Spare Change (Sunny Randall)
by Robert B. Parker
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Book Reviews of Spare Change (Sunny Randall)
Book Review: Slow Read
Summary: 2 Stars
Sunny teams up with her father to catch a serial killer from 20 years ago that appears to have resurfaced. A task force of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies is formed to catch the killer. Early in the book a suspect is identified but the task force does not have enough manpower for adequate surveillance so the killing continues. Sunny devises a plan to get the suspect to confess.
SPOILER ALERT: I read the Jesse Stone series and then Sunny Randall. Why was Robert Parker obsesesd with divorced people being in love with the ex for eternity? The previous Sunny Randall book stated Richie's wife was 4 months pregnant. No mention of the pregnancy in Spare Change plus
Richie leaves his wife because he is still in love with Sunny. Is Richie that much of a cad to leave a pregnant wife (or wife and baby)?
Spare Change read like someone besides Robert Parker wrote it. I didn't think I was ever going to plow through it.
Book Review: Too many mistakes!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I love Robert B. Parker, have read every single of his books. I have always sort of looked the other way with mistakes the editors didn't catch with Spenser books. These would be things such as Susan Silverman traveling from Vegas back to Boston in Chance having had all of her luggage shipped to Boston, then upon arriving home she spends lots of time unpacking...and in another book a woman is described as barefoot, then on the next page grinds out a cigarette on the floor with her shoe, etc etc. It happens I suppose.
But this book? TOO MUCH. a few Sunny Randall books prior her mother is named "Emma" and in this one? It is "Emily" For pete's sake! Also as another reviewer commented, her ex husband in the previous book was expecting a baby boy, and suddenly in this one it's just his wife he leaves for Sunny, no baby! Again, sloppy and too much to just overlook.
Book Review: A serial killer
Summary: 4 Stars
PI Sunny Randall's father has been called back as a consultant to the Boston police department. A cold case that wss never solved has now become a hot case when a serial killer reappears after a 20 year absence. He brings Sunny into the case as an assistant.
This is an interesting, fairly quick read that will hold your attention. It has some side issues about relationships and about Sunny's family. It brings up an issue that has been discussed on an Internet Forum about the ability (or inability) to share your space with someone as Sunny deals with issues in her personal life.
It is not so much a mystery as the guilty party in the serial killing case is identified early. It is more a procedural issue about dealing with the situation.
Book Review: A great read
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great beach read.
Twenty years ago Sunny's father worked on a case called the "Spare Change Murders" where women and men were murdered and three coins were left near their bodies. Sunny's father was unable to solve the crimes and they stopped suddenly.
Twenty years later Sunny is asked to help her father as the "Spare Change Murder" has struck again. She is sure she knows who it is and as she investigates further the task force agrees she is correct and now she sets out to prove the case.
The writing of this author is fairly cut and dried. I like this author and I liked this book. I stayed up late one night reading it because it was so fascinating.
Well worth the money.
Enjoy
Book Review: Sunny & Richie, maybe
Summary: 4 Stars
Sunny Randall is my favorite Robert B. Parker character and fun to follow. SPARE CHANGE pits Sunny against a serial killer her father failed to apprehend twenty years ago. This time they are working together to bring him to justice.
Richie leaves his new wife and Sunny is ambivalent about a remarriage though a relationship with him is what she desires. There is hope this couple will reunite and bring back "Uncle Felix" who manages in his way to take care of business.
A fast read with few surprises in the sparse Parker style, just the book to grab for a session of relaxing after a tough day.
Nash Black, author of SINS OF THE FATHERS and QUALIFYING LAPS.