Promised Land

In this fourth novel of the series, Harvey Shepherd hires Spenser to track down his wandering wife Pam, who has left her husband and children to discover herself. When Spenser finds her she is living with a pair of revolutionary feminists, and does not wish to return, so he promises not to tell Harv......more

I like it a lot more when Spenser just gets to do his thing without his lady friend tagging along, constantly asking him What It All Means. As squicky as it was when he was, say, sleeping with both the mother & daughter of his client, I sort of miss those days. Maybe I can read these books with one......more

Hawk makes his debut. A great elaborately devised setup to solve everyone’s problems. Spenser supplies the witty banter while showing that he truly has a big heart.......more

I have to make a confession here, this is the first Spencer book that I have read. I've read other Parker books in his different series but never finished a Spencer. I tried a Spencer novel years ago. The character, (at that time in my life) came off pretentious and arrogant. I found this one on a b......more