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Hawk wants Spenser to wage war on a violent street gang. Susan wants Spenser to move in with her. Either way, Spenser’s out of his element. So why not risk both?
‘Mr Parker is at his best . . tense . . . suspenseful . . darkly poetic’ New York Times
The story is simple: Hawk has decided to help out his new lady friend, an investigative journalist, by cleaning out the gang in the local housing project known as ‘Double Deuce’ after the gang is responsible for gunning down a fourteen-year-old mother and her three-month-old daughter in the ghetto.
Of course he asks his old friend, hard-nosed P.I. Spenser, to help him.
And of course Spenser accepts.
‘Double Deuce‘s snappy dialogue, timely, fast-paced action and quick characterisations make it classic Spenser’ Publishers Weekly
‘Mr Parker is at his best . . tense . . . suspenseful . . darkly poetic’ New York Times
The story is simple: Hawk has decided to help out his new lady friend, an investigative journalist, by cleaning out the gang in the local housing project known as ‘Double Deuce’ after the gang is responsible for gunning down a fourteen-year-old mother and her three-month-old daughter in the ghetto.
Of course he asks his old friend, hard-nosed P.I. Spenser, to help him.
And of course Spenser accepts.
‘Double Deuce‘s snappy dialogue, timely, fast-paced action and quick characterisations make it classic Spenser’ Publishers Weekly
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The sassiest, funniest, most-enjoyable-to-read-about private eye around today . . . the legitimate heir to the Hammett-Chandler-Macdonald tradition
Reading Parker is like swimming downstream in a river of adrenalin
One of the great series in the history of the detective story
When it comes to detective novels, 90 per cent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it
Spenser is a constant revelation for even long-time Parker fans
Robert Parker is still top gun in the tough-guy school of fiction
Tougher, stronger, better educated, and far more amusing than Sam Spade, Phil Marlowe or Lewis Archer . . . Spenser gives the connoisseur of that rare combination of good detective fiction and good literature a chance to indulge himself
Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity
Nobody does it better
Reading a Spenser novel is like a family reunion - it makes one feel good
Mr Parker is at his best . . tense . . . suspenseful . . darkly poetic
Double Deuce's snappy dialogue, timely, fast-paced action and quick characterisations make it classic Spenser