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Original Title: Mortal Stakes
ISBN: 0440157587 (ISBN13: 9780440157588)
Edition Language: English
Series: Spenser #3
Characters: Spenser, Susan Silverman, Brenda Loring, Marty Rabb, Patricia Utley, Linda Rabb, Frank Doerr, Bucky Maynard, Martin Quirk, Frank Belson
Setting: Boston, Massachusetts(United States)
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Mortal Stakes (Spenser #3) Paperback | Pages: 328 pages
Rating: 3.96 | 6260 Users | 326 Reviews

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Title:Mortal Stakes (Spenser #3)
Author:Robert B. Parker
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 328 pages
Published:May 1st 1987 by Dell (first published 1975)
Categories:Mystery. Fiction. Detective. Crime

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With each new novel, Robert Parker's talent seems to deepen. In Mortal Stakes, Spenser is back again: tough, funny, sentimental, and this time drawn into the problem he had set out to solve. The crime is blackmail; the victims, a greatly talented big league pitcher and his wife. The problem is to solve the crime without destroying the pitcher's career and marriage.
Spenser's search for the solution takes him to a small Illinois town, a high-class New York whorehouse, a Boston loan shark, a shootout in the woods, and a confrontation with his own sense of honor.
Mortal Stakes is about all these things: about crime and its detection, about baseball, about love, and ultimately about code behavior and its limits. The characters are a fine assortment of the quirky, the poignant, and the wonderfully unlikable; the baseball background is sharp and fresh; and Boston once again proves to be a city of infinite charm and variety.

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Ratings: 3.96 From 6260 Users | 326 Reviews

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The first two thirds of this book stumble but the last third is pure Spenser and works hard. Excellent conclusion.

Another great effort, same funny stuff and it is tied around baseball.

Parker was really starting to get into a rhythm with these Spenser stories. You can see the character coming to life. Everything feels more natural and at ease. The triangle of deceit he created in Mortal Stakes is not diabolically ingenious, but it suits. Spenser is shown sorting out the clues he gathers and going through a methodical process to get to the bottom of it all. I thought perhaps Parker took a shortcut to the main baddies rather too quickly. It was almost like Spenser was drawn to

Spenser never gets old.

Spencer and baseball, one of his first loves. I always enjoy early Spencer, with it's rich description and fleshed out mystery. Nothing says period piece quite like "paisley jacket." He goes undercover at the Boston Red Sox, travels to a small town in Illinois, then on to New York in his background investigation. I enjoyed his sense of humor that no one else appreciates, and all the details that get pared down in later books. It's a sticky mystery with a mix of real-world not-quite perfect and

I'd never read Parker, but the fact that the story for "Mortal Stakes" involves a Red Sox pitcher and his wife got my attention, having done my own Red Sox book, "One Day at Fenway." I found this one a delight. The story moved along at a nice clip, nothing too obvious, nor too confusing, and the writing and the dialogue were both first-rate, I thought. Spenser could maybe hit for a little higher average with his sense of humor, but that's kind of the point, isn't it? Makes him human. I also like

I was late to the Spenser party. I can't remember exactly what Spenser tale I read first, but it was somewhere around book 25 or so. Parker's style of writing: short, quick sentences, fast-paced, clothing and food descriptions galore, sprinkled with literary references was pretty much solidified by this time. MORTAL STAKES is a different Spenser. In this one, Parker takes his time describing environs, people, and the intricate mind of his Spenser character. This is thoroughly enjoyable. For me,