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Though one of the early Spensers, there are elements here which make this one rank surprisingly low within the Spenser canon. First, we have too much Susan Silverman. While she isn’t plopping down in the bathroom sink, so that she can be close to a mirror while putting on her makeup, as in Hugger Mu......more

Robert B. Parker is at his best when characters with disparate manners and perspectives come to realize the ties of personal honor and moral principle which bind them together. And no book of Parker's exhibits this aspect of his work better than Rachel Wallace. Rachel Wallace is a lesbian, a writer,......more

This is an early entry (number six) in Robert B. Parker's long-running series featuring Spenser, the tough, wise-cracking Boston P.I. It's also one of the best, before the plots became less compelling and before Spenser's relationship with his long-time lover, Susan Silverman, became virtually insuf......more

If you took the ultimate manly-man, tough-as-nails, smart-ass private detective and paired him with a no-nonsense feminist lesbian, would you get a hilarious new sitcom or a complete disaster? The title of the book should be a clue that it doesn’t go all that well. Political activist and author Rach......more