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Title: Hugger Mugger by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0-425-17955-9 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 12 June, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.24 (85 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Almost as good as the Sunny Randall debut.......
Comment: Family Honor, the book introducing Sunny Randall, was the first Parker novel I've read. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to pick up one of his famous Spenser novels so I chose Hugger Mugger. Since this is the first Spenser novel I've read I can't compare it to the others in the series...but I can comment on the character. I really like Spenser. I like his self-depricating sense of humor, I like the way he relates to other characters, I like his fairness. Quite often I found myself looking at the photo of Parker on the backcover and imagined that this is what Spenser looked like to me. Maybe that's what Parker hopes for. Unlike most books I read which are rich on description and narration, this book is made up almost entirely of dialogue. This makes for a quick read, it also gives us the sense of being with Spenser at all times, not so much in his mind as like a side-kick. I will definetly read more Parker novels...although I'm really hoping he brings back Sunny Randall on his next outing.
Rating: 4
Summary: Spenser is trapped in a Tennessee Williams play with horses
Comment: "Hugger Mugger" is a two-year old thoroughbred that is the next Citation or Secretariat (depending on how long you have known anything about horse racing), as well as the title of this Robert B. Parker Spenser novel. This time around our hero is in Georgia, where rich guy Walter Clive wants Spenser to see who has been taking shots at his horses. Everyone assumes that Hugger Mugger is the target, but that would be too easy an explanation for one of these novels and when Clive is found dead our suspicions are concerned. Unfortunately, Penny Clive, the youngest of the three sisters for whom Three Fillies Stables is named, no longer requires his services. So Spenser heads back to Boston and Susan, but not for long.
Spenser notes several times that the Clive family are like characters out of a Tennessee Williams play, which means sexual debauchery is a dominate genetic trait of the family. You just know this one is going to get particularly twisted before it is over. This is an average Spenser novel, representative of Parker's recent work, which means less cooking than the old days while Spenser and Susan find time to discuss his case after bouts of big time fun. If you are looking for Hawk, you will be disappointed as he is off in France (with a B.C. professor). However, there is a gay bouncer name of Tedy Sapp and Dalton Becker, the local deputy who are the requisite kindred spirits for our hero when he is away from home. As always Parker's novels are perfect for the commuter lifestyle and can be read in a day or two easy. "Hugger Mugger" is not one of his better books but it is still enjoyable.
Rating: 1
Summary: Flat, boring, studid
Comment: I hadn't read a Spenser novel since high school, but remember enjoying reading them when the series was on TV. What a disappointment! I felt like I was reading something that had been written in a two week burst of procrastination. I wouldn't recommend this book for anyone who enjoys more than cartoon sketches attempting to pass for characters.
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Title: Hush Money (Spenser Mysteries (Hardcover)) by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0425174018 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 10 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sudden Mischief by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 042516828X Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Pot Shot by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0425182886 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Small Vices by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0425162486 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Chance by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0425157474 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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