Title: Not nearly as good as the Spenser novels
Product review: After the first thirty pages, I was ready to put this book down. Parker can write, there's no doubt about that, but I didn't like how he handled third-person POV or the fact that he shifts POV from character to character. The storyline is pretty predictable, which is okay usually if the characters are engaging but I just couldn't get close to them. This book doesn't even come close to The Godwulf Manuscript (the first Spenser novel). I own all of Parker's Spenser books in hardcover but I wouldn't spend my money on even the paperback version of this one. Why two stars? Because, as I said earlier, Parker can write. He just should pick better characters to use his talent on.
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