My latest "read" was Bad Business by Robert B. Parker...
which I absolutely thoroughly enjoyed.
For those of you not familiar with Robert B. Parker, this was #31 in his Spencer (as in the same Spencer as in the "Spencer for Hire" TV show) series of detective novels. I enjoyed the TV series, and I enjoyed the book more. This was my first Spencer book, but it definitely won't be my last. The mystery part was interesting enough, but what I really enjoyed was, as one reviewer on Amazon so eloquently put it "The dialogue cracks with wit, wisdom and humor. The banter and the quips that shoot back and forth are great!! The wonderful characters [including his tough sidekick Hawk and his psychologist girlfriend Susan] are all back, taking on another investigative job where things are not what they are portrayed to be."
Joe Mantegna read the unabridged version of the book and did a great job. I really enjoy him on "Joan of Arcadia" and it was cool listening to his smooth voice breeze through this audio book.
Based on a number of the Amazon reviews saying this only an average effort for Parker, I can't wait to read some of his "best" efforts.
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Posted by David at March 05, 2005 03:46 PM | Categorized under: Books