false 414749 9 Maybe Spenser's driven all the bad guys out of Boston. Which is too bad because on his home ground, the tough and tender PI and Hawk, his trusty sidekick, don't need a gang of other guys to do their work. And the hired guns they round up to help them clean out a nest of ne'er-do-wells who have the desert town of Potshot, Arizona, terrified aren't nearly as amusing as, say, John Dortmunder's criminal colleagues in Donald Westlake's caper novels. <p> The thugs who populate the Dell, a scrubby little enclave just outside of town, have the locals in their pocket, which is why the pretty blonde who hires Spenser to find whoever killed her husband points him toward the Preacher, who rules the Dell and its denizens. But Spenser's not as certain as his client that Steve Buckman died at the Preacher's hands. As our hero and his ethnically diverse but politically incorrect henchmen (one gay shooter, one Latino, one black, one Native American--all that's missing is Annie Oakley) investigate, it turns out that Spenser's right, as usual. The action ranges from Las Vegas to L.A., Atlanta to New Mexico, but much of it is a humdrum travelogue as Spenser rounds up his gang from all over the country to take on the Preacher and his musclemen. While <I>Potshot</I> isn't one of Robert B. Parker's best, it's still not bad. The one or two lines devoted to introducing Spenser's backup buddies don't begin to do any of them justice, and there's a lot more description of the artillery the guys pack than usual. But they do fill up the white space, and when the action lags, there's always Susan's dirty talk, shopping jones, and dietary obsessions to divert the reader. There's a midlife crisis somewhere in this evergreen series that's just waiting to erupt. Whether it's Spenser's, Susan's, or Parker's, however, remains to be seen. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 635482 19 3 2001 Potshot (Spenser, Book 28) total:683|5:125|4:252|3:252|2:44|1:10| 683 2487 849 36 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 17:46:46 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 18:45:31 -0800 2008
I was all set to li...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Sep 20 14:31:15 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 15:01:18 -0700 2007 Robert B. Parker - 28th book
Spenser, the intrepid Boston sleuth, heads west to aid a damsel in distress in Potshot, Arizona. But all is not as it seems in Potshot. Spenser is called upon to hire a band of thugs to rid the town of a renegade gang. Reader Joe Mantegna, who plays...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 18 08:39:26 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 08:41:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 09:17:02 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:14:12 -0800 2009 would have been a good start. Spencer, the hero,
takes seven of his strong-armed helpers to the west
in this novel, so it is a good intro to them. It
was fun to have a setting away from Boston. I'm
crazy about Spencer'...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:42:43 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:54:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sun Sep 06 11:32:01 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:32:29 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 29 18:26:19 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 18:30:56 -0800 2009 I think I just described all the Spenser books. ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 19:48:41 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 19:50:10 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Sat Mar 07 21:57:47 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 21:58:41 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 21:34:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 21:40:29 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 15:01:49 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 15:03:16 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jan 18 16:33:57 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 16:38:24 -0800 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 21:45:16 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 23:01:10 -0800 2009 i like the fast paced way these books read.
entertaining and he is such the smartass... gotta love him]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 18:52:05 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:52:05 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Aug 31 16:22:28 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:23:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 06:06:43 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 19:45:34 -0700 2009 In the western desert town of Potshot.
I really enjoyed this read.
heartily recommend it.]]> 2 0 false false Tue Dec 23 19:01:50 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 06 14:49:28 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 10:04:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 10:04:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 01 16:24:51 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 16:24:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 20:29:27 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 20:29:22 -0800 2009