School Days by Robert B. Parker

A Columbine shooting at a private school provides the setting for this story. Spenser is hired to prove the innocence of one of the shooters.

I enjoyed the book but it seemed like it was Robert Parker Light, less taste and less filling. It had a good story line and the plot was good but it just didn’t seem to have enough meat on the bones. I’ve noticed that when I’m hungry my analogies all seem food related. One of my favorite aspects of Parker’s Spenser novels is the verbal repartee between Hawk and Spenser. Since Hawk was not a participant in this story that was missing. This is not a beach book, this more like finish it in one sitting while waiting in the dentist’s office. This was a very short, very quick read, too light and too quick to be satisfying.

Body of work of Robert B. Parker

Website: http://www.robertbparker.net/

Review: http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews2/0399153233.asp

Robert B. Parker R.I.P.

Robert B. Parker, the much-beloved author of the Spenser series, died of a heart attack on Monday while working at his desk at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at the age of 77. Besides his detective fiction, he wrote westerns and YA books, more than 60 in total.

There are very few authors that make me laugh out loud. The dialogue between Spenser and Hawk often caused a spontaneous guffaw. Robert B. Parker you will be missed!

Bad Business by Robert B. Parker

I thought that I had already read all of the Spenser novels and was delighted to discovered I was wrong. It is a story of corporate greed run amuck which seems surprisingly apropos considering it was published in 2004. Parker is consistent in painting Spenser as a smart mouth, hard boiled detective. I was a little disappointed that Hawk (the ying to Spenser’s yang) did not play a larger part in the story. The repartee between those two are generally the highlight of the book. It is a quick read, not intellectually challenging and eminently enjoyable.

Body of work of Robert B. Parker

Website: http://www.robertbparker.net/

Review: http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_21274.asp