Bad Business (Spenser)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.93 (784 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739318160 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 450 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Liam Person said Definitley not a Light Read. Definitely not a light read. You really have to pay attention when you're reading this novel. Mr. Parker has intertwined several characters, and at times, I had a bit of trouble keeping track of them. Sometimes he referred to them by their given first name, other times by their sir names. If you aren't paying full attention when they are first introduced into the story, you might find yourself going back to find out which character Mr. Parker was referring to at this time in the story. The storyline is intriguing, although a bit complicated at t. Predictably good Richard B. Schwartz It is hard to conceive of a bad Parker novel. By now his skills are so honed, his characters so familiar, his dialogue so effortless, his sense of place so assured and his plots so polished that he is the safest buy in crime fiction.This is good, average Parker, with very deft depiction of the accounting scams motivating the crime. As others have noted, the Enron parallels are explicit, there is too much Susan and too little action. Still, we buy the books and enjoy them.We all continue to wonder, however, what Parker could do if he really put h. ALMOST THERE ALMOST THERE Greggorio! When the distressed wife of a successful businessman comes to our man Spenser to find proof of her husband's infidelity, the last thing he expects to find is another private investigator hired to shadow his new employer. It turns out that this literary epigrammatism is only the tip of the iceberg in this unique mystery from the modern master of the whodunit.The trademark witticisms and psychoanalysis of the baddies are still to be found aplenty by the reader, but Hawk is conspicuous by his absence. Possibly this is due to the fact that the threa
There's less violence than usual in this Spenser novel but more detecting, which may explain why there's little of the PI's tough sidekick Hawk but much of his psychologist girlfriend Susan, which may not please the many Spenser fans who grew tired years ago of the love banter between the soul mates. Spenser links Kinergy's slick founder/CEO to the sex ring and blackmails him to gain access to Kinergy's records, unveiling a pattern of accounting deceptions that reveal a company about to go under. The novel ends with suspects crowded into a
O'Mara's brand of sex therapy is unconventional at best, unlawful--and deadly--at worst. Then a murder at Kinergy, where Trent Cowley is CFO, sends Spenser in yet another direction. When Marlene Cowley hires Spenser to see if her husband Trent is cheating on her, he encounters more than he bargained for: not only does he find a two-timing husband, but a second investigator as well, hired by the husband to look after his wife. Apparently, the unfettered pursuit of profit has a price.With razor sharp characterizations and finely honed prose, this is Parker at the height of his powers.. As a result of their joint efforts, Spenser soon finds himself investigating both individual depravity and corporate corruption.It seems the folks in the Cowleys' circle have become enamored of radio talk show host