![]() ![]() Neither is the other’s sidekick, they are equals who back each other up as the situation requires. Spenser’s relationship with Hawk is more interesting. ![]() The irrestible middle-aged tough guy with the brilliant beautiful lover (more than girlfriend, not quite wife), written by a middle-aged wanna-be tough guy is self-indulgent and sometimes tedious. Parker wrote old fashioned macho detective stories in the style that made film noir so much fun. Then there is all the usual action, gun play, instinctive reaction to extreme danger, etc, formulaic, but entertaining for people who like this kind of stuff. Spenser novels are always very “talky” and here the talk is mostly about the role of gangs in the ghetto. Hawk and his new girlfriend (!) take Spenser to the ghetto to seek justice for the murder of a teenaged girl and her baby. Lately I’ve started listening to the entire series in order. I read them in print as they came out, up to this one and a little beyond, and listened to a few of the later ones. ![]()
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