Title: Comedy and light drama, not mystery
Product review: I've now tried to read several of Parker's "Spenser" novels and have to admit they are lost on me. The mysteries are trivial, and the characters one-dimensional. Plot development is meagre and sadly predictable. What makes them go along so quickly is the finger-snapping, fast-quipping humor of Spenser, Hawk, Susan and others, which makes me think Parker is writing something more like the TV show "Friends" than a proper Hammet, Christie or Conan Doyle mystery. I probably would recommend this to anyone who likes light reading to pass the time, but not to a diehard reader.
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