Thank you, Mike Lupica and the Robert B. Parker estate for bringing us back an old friend in Broken Trust.
It’s been more than a decade, maybe even two since I last visited Boston via a Spenser novel, featuring the rough and tumble private eye with the heart of a poet, his sidekick, Hawk (don’t tell Hawk I called him that ;), and his lady love, Harvard-trained psychologist Susan Silverman.
I hadn’t realized how much I missed the trio, their banter, the literary references (lots of Red Sox references too) and, of course, the case Spenser must solve.
In Broken Trust, we meet Spenser moving into a new apartment in his old neighborhood, a good way for someone new to the books, a longtime Parker fan or someone who remembers the 1980s tv series Spenser for Hire, based on the novels.
This particular mystery revolves around a science nerd turned philanthropist-billionaire acting out, his concerned wife, his business partner, assistant and everyone involved in a gazillion dollar merger in the sixth-richest man in the world’s synthetic lithium company.
The New York Times bestselling novelist, Mike Lupica, did an outstanding job of giving readers Spenser’s voice in this 50th Spenser novel, with as much depth and clarity as the late Parker himself.
I highly recommend Broken Trust and look forward to going back and reading more of my favorite Beantown PI. I received this advance reader copy from G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House, courtesy NetGalley.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
It’s been more than a decade, maybe even two since I last visited Boston via a Spenser novel, featuring the rough and tumble private eye with the heart of a poet, his sidekick, Hawk (don’t tell Hawk I called him that ;), and his lady love, Harvard-trained psychologist Susan Silverman.
I hadn’t realized how much I missed the trio, their banter, the literary references (lots of Red Sox references too) and, of course, the case Spenser must solve.
In Broken Trust, we meet Spenser moving into a new apartment in his old neighborhood, a good way for someone new to the books, a longtime Parker fan or someone who remembers the 1980s tv series Spenser for Hire, based on the novels.
This particular mystery revolves around a science nerd turned philanthropist-billionaire acting out, his concerned wife, his business partner, assistant and everyone involved in a gazillion dollar merger in the sixth-richest man in the world’s synthetic lithium company.
The New York Times bestselling novelist, Mike Lupica, did an outstanding job of giving readers Spenser’s voice in this 50th Spenser novel, with as much depth and clarity as the late Parker himself.
I highly recommend Broken Trust and look forward to going back and reading more of my favorite Beantown PI. I received this advance reader copy from G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House, courtesy NetGalley.
Order online or buy now at your favorite independent bookstore. Mine is Sellers Books and Art in Jim Thorpe, PA.
