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The Judas Goat (Spenser, #5)

Robert B. Parker

Start date: June 7, 2011

Finish date: June 9, 2011

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Jun 10, 2011 Dolly rated it liked it

Shelves: germany-german, england-english, fitness-sports, education-school, 2011, canada, denmark, africa, new-england, the-netherlands

Oh, how I loved the television show, Spenser for Hire as a teenager of the 80s. So when I see these books, I think that I will like them. And I do, mostly, for what they are. They are gritty, violent, and often center on life in and around Boston.

This is a fairly typical book for the series, I'm sure, although it does have Spenser and Hawk jet-setting around Europe. As the book is set in 1976, it's interesting to see the more relaxed security standards for airlines back in those times.

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Aug 13, 2010 Chuck rated it really liked it · review of another edition

52 out of 100 for 2010 . . .

You wouldn't think there'd be multiple books by multiple authors entitled The Judas Goat, would ya? A Judas goat is used in slaughterhouses; it is trained to lead the other animals to slaughter while it is unharmed. Once ya know that, the title makes sense.

Spense has been hired by a man whose family was killed in a London Bombing. Remember when London was the bombing capital of the world and we were outraged that three people were killed? Now, it's a slow weekend in ...more

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