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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780425147740 ISBN: 0425147746 Label: Berkley Manufacturer: Berkley Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: June 01, 1995 Publisher: Berkley Studio: Berkley Editorial Review: Product Description: When the star of a poorly rated stage production is shot mid-scene, Spenser and his sidekick, Hawk, comb the shabby waterfront town and find a cast of likely suspects among the underworld. Reprint. K. PW. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - great endingSusan is on the board of directors of a local theater, so when the theater owner says he's being followed, Spenser agrees to investigate as a favor to her. Between Spenser and Hawk, however, they can't find anyone following him. Then during a performance of an exceedingly long, boring, and pointless play, one of the actors is shot dead with a .22 to the heart, and things start getting more exciting, with the involvement of a Chinese gang and the reappearance (or not) of the stalker. ... Read More Rating: - Pure Parker, as alwaysPure Spencer, crisp and witty in dialogue, exciting in plot, delightful to read. And, as always, full of action, suspense, and excellent plot. It's always hard to put down a Robert Parker book. This one is another of his masterpieces. Don't miss it. Rating: - All the world is a stage . . .Susan has become a board member for a theatre in Port City, a shabby district on the water front that contains a Chinese ghetto filled with many illegal immigrants, including the Death Dragons, a gang that is run by the dai low for the Kwan Chang tong. The dai low in this case is Ronnie Lu, whose wife Rikki is on the board with Susan. Susan brings Spenser to a board meeting one day because the Artistic Director of the board - Demetrius Christopoulous - believes he is being stalked and wishes Spenser's ... Read More Rating:  - Good Spenser novelRobert Parker books are always a good read. Quick, snappy and entertaining, I enjoy them immensely and Walking Shadow is no exception. The book opens with Spenser and Susan, his girlfriend, attending a play in a nearby small coastal town where Susan is on the board of directors. During the performance an actor is shot and killed on stage. Hawk and Vinnie are enlisted to help Spenser find the killer. During their investigation, they discover the small town is not as placid as it seems and the rest ... Read More Rating: - Average SpenserI very much enjoy the work of Robert B. Parker, and even his lesser books are quite entertaining. WALKING SHADOW is a decent Spenser mystery, set in the world of theater and Chinatown. This novel has all the strengths of Parker's books: snappy dialogue, lean writing, and politically incorrect humor. The major downside of Parker's later novels is repetition. If you've read a lot of them, you notice that Parker often reuses certain types of characters and situations. As a result, very little ... Read More |
