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Mortal Stakes

By: Robert B. Parker
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Everybody loves a winner, and the Rabbs are major league. Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life.

Is Marty throwing fast balls or throwing games? It doesn't take long for Spenser to link Marty's performance with Linda's past...or to find himself trapped between a crazed racketeer and an enforcer toting an M-16.

America's favorite pastime has suddenly become a very dangerous sport, and one wrong move means strike three, with Spenser out for good!

©1987 Robert B. Parker (P)2009 Random House Crime Thrillers Detective Fiction Hard-Boiled Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Sports
Concise Writing • Witty Dialogue • Stellar Narration • Fast-paced Plot • Moral Complexity • Pleasant Voice
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I’m listening to the Robert B Parker novels from the very first, which is interesting. I’d already read several, and it’s fun to see the prequel.

Good story line

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He created a character who has morals and enjoys what he does for people and he's actually good at it. Wind Spencer has to do something that goes against his moral code Mr. parker is very good at showing the into conflict inside His character I love all of Spencer books.

Robert B Parker was an awesome writer

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witty dialog of the main character, intriguing plot, not a neat ending to the story

detailed descriptions of Boston

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Excellent book. Spencer at his best! Cant wait to read the next book in the series! Excellent performance!

Great read!

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An unusual story told with sensitivity.
The main character shows that someone can do dirty work and keep his good side intact.

Great read

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Well written story narrated by Michael Prichard, one of my favorite narrators. In this Spencer story you get the action and mystery but you also get a little insight into what kind of man Spenser is, what makes him who he is. I love this series and highly recommend this story.

Another great Spencer story.

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The story was good. A little too predictable. I like the old style detective narrative like the classics; however he can get a little bogged down in some descriptions and commenting especially about extraneous details such as clothing. Doing it every once in awhile adds to the flavor, doing it every time can be tedious. Narrator does a good job of separating voices and has a pleasant voice.

Love the film noir detective style

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I’m a long time fan of Robert Parker. I am not sure if I missed this one when I started his Spencer series but it was wonderful hearing it again. The narrator was easy to listen to and brought Spencer to life.

Great story

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Its quickly obvious who the bad guys are, and this is more a story of redemption, your past reaching you and how you live your life based on rules than it is about solving a murder or other crime. Our hero is almost a parody of himself, but since he knows it you forgive him so readily. Not any baseball in it either, it almost feel like a missed opportunity, but we do get to travel some with Spencer, and that's welcome! All in all a good book, but not the best in the series so far.

Classic hardboiled, but not much mystery

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Baseball, Beer,Bourbon, Wise Cracks and Ethical Code. All the best of Spenser with a great story and a little Susan

Classic Hard Broiled Spenser!

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