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Now and Then

3 Ratings: 1.7
A book by Robert B. Parker

When a client who suspects his wife is cheating on him is murdered in Parker's 35th snappy Spenser adventure (afterHundred-Dollar Baby), the Boston PI takes it personally, not only because the case resonates with Spenser's past history with love interest … see full wiki

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Author: Robert B. Parker
Publisher: Putnam Adult
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review by . September 16, 2008
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This is the worst of the Spenser novels. FBI agent Dennis Doherty walks into Spenser's office and asks him to follow his wife, as he believes that she is having an affair. After he takes the case, Spenser has no difficulty in proving that she is involved with Perry Alderson, a professor and leader of a terrorist group. When Doherty confronts his wife with the evidence and kicks her out of the house, she goes to Alderson and he refuses to allow her to stay with him.    Shortly after this, …
review by . February 17, 2008
Much like Stuart Woods has most of his novels in the Stone Barrington series open at a certain New York restaurant, Robert B. Parker has his open in the classic and some would argue clichéd way of beginning at Spenser's office in Boston with a client walking in the door. While both series written by their respective authors feature a lack of character development for the most part as well as limited description of the surroundings in favor of a quick read, the books are very different with Robert …
review by . November 04, 2007
One of the reasons fans of Robert B. Parker keep coming back for more is the characters. Now and Then has a great plot, but it also continues to develop the characters it is so well known for - Spenser, Susan, and Hawk, as well as a couple of old favorites, Vinie and Chollo.    In Now and Then, Spenser takes on a case we don't see him accept too often. Dennis Doherty hires him to find out if his wife is cheating on him. In the course of the investigation Spenser runs across a …
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