Robert B. Parker's Wonderland Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00CH4QOW0 | Format: EPUB
Robert B. Parker's Wonderland Description
Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach and sends thugs to move the process along. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, find a trail leading to a mysterious and beautiful woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and plans to turn a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling casino. Bitter rivals emerge, alliances turn, and the uglier pieces of the Boston political machine look to put an end to Spenser's investigation.
Aspiration, greed, and twisted dreams all focus on the old Wonderland dog track where the famous amusement park once fronted the ocean. For Spenser and Z, this simple favor to Henry will become the fight of their lives.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 7 hours and 2 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Random House Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: May 7, 2013
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00CH4QOW0
Atkins has this, folks.
Wonderland brings Atkins' well-professed love of the Early Autumn-Spenser into firm sync with the rough-and-tumble of, say, Judas Goat (if you haven't lately, go back and read that Montreal fight sequence, one of Parker's best).
Add to that Atkins' own skill in creating complex tales full of deceit and other bad behaviors, and you have, in Wonderland, a story that carries lots of weight and handles it effortlessly. Bone-crunching ass-kickery. Well-placed cameos. Consequences.
Atkins also does a service by giving us more Henry Cimoli than we ever thought we'd get.....he's the pivot of the arc here, and he's drawn real and flinty as ever, but with a new weariness, and it's fun for long-timers.
We also see how that same Spenser from Early Autumn has evolved, watching his mentorship of Zebulon Sixkill, who debuted eponymously in Parker's final Spenser work. With not a mention of Paul Giacomin, Spenser's Dad genes do their thing, and we feel it.
No need to spend a lot of time discussing plot. But we've got Vegas Hotshots, Harvard Demigods, and hot women. There's gambling involved. And crime. And Pearl.
Some folks didn't feel it for Atkins' Spenser debut, Lullaby. While clearly not of that camp, it's understandable. Skeptics trying Wonderland will feel rewarded and hopeful. The rest of us will just dig the hell out of it, pure and simple.
He's totally got this.
By Don In Fremont
I was devastated when Robert B. Parker died in 2010, as he was one of my favorite writers for decades. I have read every one of his books, and his death left a huge hole in my literary pleasure. I was hugely skeptical when I learned that his books were to be written by an unknown (to me, at that point)author. Thankfully, his estate hand-picked a fitting writer to carry on the tradition. "Wonderland" is the second Spenser novel written by Ace Atkins, and it's a dandy. The language is the same, as are the relationships. The witty repartee remains, and the highbrow (and lowbrow) snark is intact. RBP would be proud that his legacy is yet untarnished. My only complaint is a minor one; I missed Spenser's other half. Don't get me wrong, I like Z, but he's no Hawk. But then, who is? The mysteries remain fresh, and Spenser never bores.
By Randy Reynolds Briggs
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