Promised Land

Spenser is good at finding things. But this time he has a client out on Cape Cod who is in over his head. Harvey Shepard has lost his pretty wife -- and a very pretty quarter million bucks in real estate. Now a loan shark is putting on the bite.Spenser finds himself doing a slow burn in the Cape Cod sun. The wife has turned up as a hot suspect in a case of murder one...the in-hock hubby has 24 hours before the mob makes him dead...and suddenly Spenser is in so deep that the only way out is so risky it makes dying look like a sure thing.
"Spenser is the sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read private eye around today." (The Cincinnati Post)©1987 Robert B. Parker; (P)2009 Random House

Spenser on the cusp

Enjoyed the novel. I had not read it in awhile, so it was like reading /hearing for first time. Very good novel. Very good performance. Spenser handles love problems for a couple and handles personal love issues. All the while handling guns and zealots.

a very good read

Found it very interesting how a book written almost 50 years ago can ce so relevant even today. The philosophy, politics, inner human conflicts, and marital relations. Struggles and lessons we as a society continue to struggle have not changed very much.

My least favourite

I will still carry on with the series as I like Spencer and Parkers style. These are books that I just like to listen to if I need something light. I did not like the characters and felt that the story was a bit disjointed, and forced. But this has not put me off overall and I will continue with the series.

Spenser and Hawk

It’s hard to believe that Burt Reynolds is incapable of pronouncing library… He pronounces it without the first hour…libury.

Almost a Historical Artifact

Having lived and worked in Boston when this story is set, it was a surprise to read a book by a writer who had so much local caché and professional respect—this book won an “Edgar” award—and not think of it more as a window on another time.

I hate the idea of other writers continuing a character after an author’s death, but I can see how this book/series would lend itself to continuation and Parker had done it himself in “Poodle Springs.”