false 3062753 6 <B>A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible— the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past</B>.<BR><BR> Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well connected —and she needs Spenser’s help. In a most unlikely request, Heidi, a notorious gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits the Boston P.I. to accompany her to her private island, Tashtego. The reason? To attend her daughter’s wedding as a sort of stand-in husband and protector. Spenser consents, but only after it is established that his beloved Susan Silverman will also be in attendance.<BR><BR> It should be a straightforward job for Spenser: show up for appearances, have some drinks, and spend some quality time with Susan. But when Spenser’s old nemesis Rugar—the Gray Man—arrives, Spenser realizes that something is amiss. A storm, a kidnapping, and murder tear apart what should be a joyous occasion, and Rugar is seemingly at the center of it all. The only thing is that the sloppy kidnapping is not Rugar’s style—as Spenser knows from past encounters. With six dead bodies and more questions than he can process, Spenser begins a search for answers—and the Gray Man.<BR><BR> With its razor-sharp dialogue, crisply etched characters, and high-wire narrative tension, <I>Rough Weather</I> once again proves that “Robert B. Parker is a force of nature” (<I>The Boston Globe</I>). 3093659 21 10 2008 Rough Weather (Spenser, Book 36) total:557|5:86|4:212|3:222|2:31|1:6| 557 2012 717 145 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 3 1 false Sat Jan 10 14:15:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 14:18:06 -0800 2009 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 14:13:34 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 14:15:04 -0800 2009 Parker, Robert B. – 36th in series
Putnam, 2008, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780399155192

First Sentence: If I rolled my chair back into the window bay behind my desk, I could look up past the office buildings and see the sky...more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 14:48:34 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 15:11:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 09:41:15 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 04:18:15 -0800 2008 Rough Weather is the latest in Robert B. Parker's long line of mystery novels involving his private detective Spenser (36 titles and counting). I'd recommend it only to people who are already fans of this series. It's a tremendous improvement over last year's Now & Then, but I found the end a bit ...more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 3 0 false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 06:41:25 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 06:52:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 1 1 false Thu Nov 20 14:47:45 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 14:51:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 3 0 true Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 16:27:04 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:05:10 -0700 2009 1
Obviously, there was something else going on with her abduction. Spencer knew it and the reader knew it. However, there wasn't a sense that ...more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Fri Mar 13 17:16:57 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 17:21:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 14:21:45 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 14:32:06 -0800 2009 loud a lot with the witty, witty dialogue. One of the
friends and assistants of P.I. Spencer is a huge black
guy, Spike, who talks in Ebonics, which Spencer uses with Spike. When there is a tense situation, Spike slips into re...more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Sun Jan 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 09:51:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 16:52:03 -0800 2009
I've read many 2-3 times, because I found them so satisfying.

Why?

It's the characters.

My favorite books all star characters I would like t...more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 2 0 false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 23:44:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:04:36 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 3 0 false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 15:36:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 15:38:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 08:38:28 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 08:43:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 15:12:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 15:19:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 09:27:59 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 09:38:11 -0800 2008
I love Parker's minimalist descriptive style and his dialogue heavy writing. It's fast paced and enjoyable. The only problem is they are always too short.

In Rough Weather, Spencer gets invi...more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 20:53:46 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 21:01:31 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 5 0 false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:18:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:24:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 3 0 false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 13:47:03 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 07:34:30 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 14:15:19 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 09:22:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3062753 0399155198 9780399155192 547 143 3.61 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3062753.Rough_Weather 3 0 false Sat Mar 07 06:46:21 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 06:51:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3062753