Now this book is why I go to the library and check out new fiction -- the last book by Parker, who died in January, 2010. AND it's a Spenser book. Spenser again tries to 'rescue' from self-destruction someone in whom he sees some potential. This time it is Zebulon Sixkill, a young former football-playing Native American. Spenser on Susan: "It always seemed to me that being with her was enough, and that everything else, good or bad, was just background noise." Susan: "Winning fistfights means being good at fistfighting. Being tough means looking at something ugly and saying, 'That's ugly; I'll have to find a way to deal with it.' And doing so." Spenser humor: "Beside him was Junior, who was the approximate size of a 747 but organized differently." I'll miss the Parker books. Glad he had three
unpublished at the time of his death.