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    <body><![CDATA[(i'd actually rate this book 2 1/2 stars but i don't know how to do the half-star thing.) <br/><br/>i went to the library looking for a mystery to reward myself for finishing my article and i found this. spenser is always (well, almost always) enjoyable, so i picked it up. it was indeed a fun read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22629857">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have been a big fan of the <u>Spenser</u> series for a long time, but I've definitely noticed a decrease in quality with the ones written in the last ten or so years.  I'm not sure what's more at fault - the frequency with which Parker churns out the <u>Spenser</u> titles, the fact that he's got two new charact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11159085">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay so it ain't literature and it's definitely formula fiction but I LOVE the formula.  Tough non-flappable Spenser (with a heart).  Tough Hawk (without a heart).  Susan (best beloved).  Vinnie Morris (i-Pod listening shooter without either heart or soul).  Pearl, Spenser and Susan's second dog.  A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33349124">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19880808">
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was well aware of the whole Parker-Spencer series, so I read this one, (my first one) and <em>I finished it</em>. <br/><br/>It's an easy read--sparse, to the the point, and not over the top with gratutious violence, the latter has become a big turn off in my reading novels of this pop suspense/mystery ge...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19880808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40626751">
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Got this book from Aunt Kathee; started it then learned it's #35 of a series!!!!  :)  Finished it quickly, easy to read.....in spots, almost TOO easy if that's possible.  Good story line, but I won't read the entire series (too many other books on my to-read list, lol).<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've already said it in other reviews: What's not to love about Spenser?  And as before there were places I laughed out loud - and yes, it was during conversations with Hawk.<br/><br/>I gotta tell you, though, I have some issues with (author) Parker. As you'll read in the book description, Spenser...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67530464">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason, I almost always read Parker's books in one or two sittings.  In this case, I was in bed with a touch of the flu and read it in one day.<br/><br/>This story hit all the right notes.  The usual characters are here Susan and Hawk, of course, Vinnie, Chollo, Frank Belsen and Marty Qui...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39174929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39371955">
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    <body><![CDATA[Short rapid fire, staccato sentences reminiscent of Spillane, Chandler and Hammett, I said.  Spenser is a detective in that tradition, he said.  Never watched the TV series, but found this book an engrossing diversion while doing daily fitness regimen, I said.<br/><br/>Joe Mantegna does the readin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39371955">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47575276">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend foisted this book on me, after I told him I had never read any Parker's, and I was happily surprised. I can't of course say if this is one of his best efforts, but I enjoyed it. It was like eating candy. Very dialogue driven. Fast paced. The characters are &quot;hard boiled&quot; but not as...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47575276">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My mother used to read the Spenser series to my brother (who is bed-bound), and they both enjoyed them.  Mom died two years ago, and I decided to continue the tradition, mixing this lighter fare inbetween more substantial novels and non-fiction which I read to him.<br/><br/>I wish I'd come to Spen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67566114">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75699772">
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this novel, Parker's chapters are short, descriptions brief, and dialogue corky and to the point.  However, what should have been a quick read, had me dragging because I did not care for the weak plot or its outcome.  I did like the main character, Spenser, a detective, and I liked the relationsh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75699772">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I usually listen to the Spenser books on CD while doing some needlework. I love Spenser. The writing style and Spenser's narration are wonderful. The characters he surrounds himself with are so interesting and seem very real.<br/><br/>Because I haven't read the series in order, there are allusions...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54177775">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was actually quite pleased by this novel.  I mean, most Spenser novels please me, in a generic Spenser novel sort of way, but for some time there's been a hint of the cruise control about them.  And why not?  He's getting unnervingly close to 40 of them by now (and is anyone else having trouble ig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30313151">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read Spenser and Hawk mysteries for the last 20 or 30 years.  I'm almost certain I started watching the TV show with Robert Urich as Spenser (okay but a little too pretty) and Avery Brooks as Hawk (authentic and mesmerizing) before I read the books, which would make it 20 years, but I'm not sur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27689080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[NOW &amp; THEN (Priv. Invest-Spenser-Boston-Cont) – VG+<br/>Parker, Robert – 35th in series<br/>Putnam, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN:  9780399154416<br/><br/>First Sentence:  He came into my office carrying a thin briefcase under his left arm.<br/><br/>*** When a man hires Spencer to find out w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12064485">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I actually got interested in reading by the Robert B Parker spencer paperbacks that were all over my parents house when I was in high school.<br/>He has an interested perspective on ethics, like in one a college basketball player can't read and spencer points him in the direction of going p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8378846">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Several years ago I was in a used book store.  I picked up a Robert B. Parker book and the lady next to me said, oh he's a male Evanovich.  That was all I needed to buy the book.  I'm not sure which book it but it was a Spenser book and one of those written a long time ago.  [keep in mind I never sa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11491721">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75346739">
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 22 02:27:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The thirty-somethingth Spenser novel follows a familiar blueprint. Boston PI Spenser is approached by a man suspicious of his wife; in discovering the wife's infidelity Spenser and Hawk stumble on what appears to be something much darker and more complicated. I wish the villain had turned out to be ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75346739">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41643538">
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit, I am slightly disappointed by this Spenser adventure, but not by much. Will still read the next one in the series just because of the pleasure I derived reading the earlier ones. <br/>Maybe the disappointment comes from having to compare this with the previous books - dialogue is n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41643538">more...</a>]]></body>
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