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Robert B. Parker
Published 2001
Spenser in Arizona. It's cattle call for every person he's ever met in any other book to interact with each other. The ending is really lame, for a guy that claims to treat women the same as he does men.
Lisa Says:
I hate to give away what happens - I don't even read the jackets of the books. However, this one could be guessed at without any specific clues. Spenser is approached by a woman in trouble. He and Hawk go out to assist her. It's Not As It Seems. Spenser is bullied and refuses to back down. He tries to protect the woman. People lie to him. Other people who "should" be bad are honest to him. Women want to sleep with him. There's a big confrontation and things are resolved the Spenser Way.
I love this writing so much that it's almost painful to see the way the plot unfolds. The way this one ends is especially disappointing. Again, I don't wish to give it away, but if the males had been female and the females male, I think the reaction would have been completely opposite. Being female, this bothers me a lot. Adults should be treated with equal weight and responsibility whether they're female or male, and Spenser seems to feel that it's OK for women to do whatever they want to because "they're just women". I'm sure Susan would have something to say about that ...
If you love Spenser, definitely get the book. It's a great read, and you get to meet a bunch of his favorite partners all in one group. Reading about their interactions is priceless. Read it as a character study, and not as an actual story with a destination. If you start questioning the results, you might be disappointed.
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