Burt Reynolds Reads Robert B. Parker

A Spenser 3-in-1 Edition: Chance, Hush Money, Small Vices

By: Robert B. Parker

Narrated by: Burt Reynolds

Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

Burt Reynolds reads three of Robert B. Parker's finest Spenser novels.

Includes:

Chance - Big-time Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura wants to find his only daughter's missing husband - at least that's how he puts it to Spenser and Hawk, even though it's pretty clear Julius isn't telling the whole truth. Or maybe not any part of the truth. Something about the case appeals to Spenser's passion for justice, and he launches an odyssey into the netherworld of organized crime.

Hush Money - When Robin Nevins is denied acceptance at an exclusive university, Spenser is eager to investigate. It seems the denial is tied to the suicide of a young gay activist, and as Spenser digs deeper, he is nearly drowned in a multicultural swamp of politics: black, gay, academic, and feminist. Meanwhile, Spenser's inamorata, Susan, asks him to come to the aid of an old college friend, K.C. Roth, the victim of a stalker. Spenser solves the problem a bit too effectively when K.C. turns the tables and begins to stalk him.

Small Vices - Ellis Alves is no angel. But when his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson, Alves looks to Spenser for help. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich-kid tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, is the chance for justice dead?

©1997, 1999 Robert B. Parker (P)2018 Phoenix Books

Great stories, poor performance.

Robert B Parker is always top-shelf quality. And Burt Reynolds is a great actor, but... he AIN'T no Joe Mantegna. Burt should actually read Spenser novels & learn character qualities & characteristics before trying to imitate them. Maybe even LISTEN to Joe, who, in my opinion, IS the ultimate Spenser, & the others as well. 1st story reading very poor, next 2 better, but poor character interpretations in my humble opinion.

Burt Reynolds narration

What a fabulous job Burt Reynolds did narrating Robert B Parker. I just wish there were more of Robert B that he had narrated. Yes

Best possible combination

excellent!!!! These books come to life with Burt telling the story! Highly recommend to everyone!

If you like detectives Spencer is your guy

Spencer

If you’ve never heard hey Spencer book this is the three pack to listen to .

Reynolds is absolutely great as The narrator.

It is great fun to let your imagination work while you’re listening to the descriptions .There is something special about listening to a book. Are used to read books all the time once I learn to read and I read a lot of them but when I discovered audible, I was driving over

Listening to books allowed me to continue to learn and to enjoy stories I hope that you are able to take the time to listen Learn and enjoy

Spenser at classic best times three; Narration wea

The three books, they're Robert B. Parkers early. middle, and recent Spensers. The story lines are what they always are, and they're great reads.

Spenser novels had numerous narrators over the years, and I would expect that the late Burt Reynolds would be among the best. No one, however, beats Joseph Montaegna. Reynolds is okay. He has a wonderful voice, and Spenser, Hawk, and Susan are well-performed. Everyone else sounds the same with a weird, I think supposed-to-be Boston accent. It doesn't come off, and all the bad guys sound like bad Jimmy Cagney parodies.

If you're a Spenser fan and you don't already have these three books, it's worth the deal.

Good trio of stories

Burt Reynolds does a passable job as narrator. He is not as smooth as Mr. Prichard, the usual narrator. He does a good job with differentiating voices. The stories are good as always. I have said previously that I would think twice about buying a Spenser book if it wasn't done by Mr. Prichard; I was right but the bargain of three books for the price of one was too much to pass up.

Burt Reynolds is magnificent

Three of the very best Spenser novels with a compelling and masterful reading by Burt Reynolds, These were before Robert B. Parker started writing garbage imitations of his better works. The only multi-title Spenser audiobook that I know of..

Audio not great

Audio is unclear at times. Even slowing down the audio it was not clear. Various accents were not very good.

Good stuff!

It’s a shame old Burt’s not around. He was great to listen to. Great stories!

It was a bonus to hear Burt R. read the books.

I will admit that it took a beat to get used to Burt Reynolds’ different character voices. That is only because I’ve read all the books and hear them differently. Also, Avery B. who performed as Hawk on the tv show owns that character. It would be awesome to hear him read the entire Spenser series. I can imagine everyone wanting to hear Hawk read Spenser’s exploits aloud.