Title: SPENSER FANS DESERVE BETTER
Product review: I've anticipated every Spenser novel for many years and am disappointed with the latest effort. The book ends abruptly and without the kind of result an early Spenser would have achieved. There are about 25 pages mid-book that are a completely different story than the main plot. On p. 273, Parker refers to "Walter Clive" as "Walter Klein" in an obvious editorial mistake/oversight. And in the age of jet travel, Spenser drives from Atlanta to Saratoga? The characters are getting to act and sound less and less realistic, a pity because Spenser is a great character. Maybe Parker is spending too much time dividing himself between Jesse Stone, Sunny Randall, and Spenser, all in a year's time. Spenser devotees will see this book as a letdown.
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