audio read by Joe Mantegna
Random House Audio, 2005
5 unabridged cds
$14.95
6 hrs.
304 pgs.
rating: 4.5
Classic Spenser. He said. She said. a little philosophical thinking, a little gourmet "throwing together" of a meal, a lot of Pearl and very little of Susan in this one.
17 year-old Jared Clark and a friend have gone into their private high school in Dowling, Massachusetts on a killing spree. Jared's wealthy socialite grandmother hires Spenser to prove his innocence. So Spenser charges in, in his usual style, to entertain us and to make us think. I love the way that Parker could always piece together a story!
Spenser is in and out of the prison, speaking to the two boys, back and forth to Dowlling to probe the head of school, the school psychologist, some of the townies and some of the private school peers of the boys. Included are local and Boston gangs that run drugs and guns and an assortment of the usual interesting characters that Spenser either scorns or likes a lot.
Good stuff. Went fast.
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