Opinion
This is the most serious of Robert Parker's Spenser stories that I've read in a long time. We've been trained to expect quantities of Susan/Spenser and Hawk/Spenser repartee as a way of softening the violent core if these tales. This time, however, the rules have changed. Hawk is left for dead while on an assignment to protect a small time bookie. The damage is serious enough for it to take months for Hawk to recuperate, and he comes out with a dark need to prove himself and get even. And he doesn't want to talk much about it, he just wants to do it. Whatever the effect on his current relationships. Also try-Giorgio Kostantinos-The Quest-a super mystery. Tong |
