Boston PI Spenser faces a hot case and a personal crisis in this adventure in Robert B. Parker’s iconic New York Times bestselling series.The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston’s South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the … answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at the department believe it was just a simple accident: faulty wiring in a century-old building. But Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze, suspects arson.
McGee is convinced department investigators aren’t sufficiently connected to the city’s lowlifes to get a handle on who’s behind the blaze—so he takes the case to Spenser. Spenser quickly learns not only that McGee might be right, but that the fire might be linked to a rash of new arsons, spreading through the city, burning faster and hotter every night. Spenser follows the trail of fires to Boston’s underworld, bringing him, his trusted ally Hawk, and his apprentice Sixkill toe-to-toe with a dangerous new enemy who wants Spenser dead, and doesn’t play by the city’s old rules. Spenser has to find the firebug before he kills again—and stay alive himself.
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Very good, but not quite Robert Parker (yet). Plot was good and all the usual characters appear, albeit briefly. An enjoyable read.
very good
Love Spenser.
It’s always a pleasure to visit with old friends, so every Spenser novel is worth the limited time it takes to read. One knows going in that the good guys aren’t going to die and the bad guys will go down, usually swinging. If you are looking for a good read, I recommend it. If you’ve never read the original novels by Parker, I would start with any one of his early novels first.
Keeps the style and fast pace of RBP. Good read!
Good Jesse stone book
Almost as good as Parker
I found the book OK, but not as good as the original Parker series. It stays close to the original books but doesn’t quite pull off the same feelings. Hopefully, the writing will get closer to the real thing in the future.