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Potshot (Spenser, Bk 28)
Potshot - Spenser, Bk 28
Author: Robert B. Parker
Boston PI Spenser returns - heading west to the rich man's haven of Potshot, Arizona, a former mining town reborn as a paradise for Los Angeles millionaires looking for a place to escape the pressures of their high-flying lifestyles. Potshot overcame its rough reputation as a rendezvous for old-time mountain men who lived off the land, thank...  more »
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PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780425182888
ISBN-10: 0425182886
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 352
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4 stars, based on 108 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Catwoman avatar reviewed Potshot (Spenser, Bk 28) on + 29 more book reviews
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I love everything that this man writes and this book lives up to all of your expectations!
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ol-blue avatar reviewed Potshot (Spenser, Bk 28) on + 31 more book reviews
Another great Spenser adventure, this one with a Western US setting. All the usual great Spenser characters and thugs. He touches his bases in L.A. Hawk great as usual as Afr-Amer. colleague to Spenser. A little of shrink girlfriend Susan, not enough. Moves slowly for first 200 pages, flys at the last 90. Great read.
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The Spenser series remains fresh after 28 novels in about 30 years. How does Parker do it? Through recurring characters as alive as any in fiction, and through exceptionally clean, graceful prose that links the novels as surely as do the characters. The author also refreshes himself through other writings the Sunny Randall series, for example, or Gunman's Rhapsody, a tale about Wyatt Earp that Putnam will publish in June. So even when Parker resorts to a bit of gimmickry, as he does here, the vitality of his storytelling prevails. The manifest gimmickry is Boston P.I. Spenser's corralling of sidekicks from previous novels Hawk, of course, but also gay Tedy Sapp from Hugger Mugger, sharpshooter Chollo from Thin Air, Vinnie Morris (from several novels) and a few others to deal with trouble in the Arizona town of Potshot. Spenser is hired by a sexy blonde to look into the shooting death there of her husband, who tangled with an outlaw group known as the Dell, which for years has extorted the citizens of Potshot. There's an eventual shootout, of course (there are enough parallels between this tale and that of Wyatt Earp to guess that Parker's forthcoming Earp novel inspired this one), but not before Spenser digs into the town's secrets, uncovering the expected but in detail, always surprising domestic mayhem and corruption. Genuinely scary villains, sassy dialogue, a deliciously convoluted mystery with roots in the classic western and Parker's pristine way with words result in another memorable case.
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Spenser at his usual best.
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My first Robert B Parker book but not my last.
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A fun read--Spenser's back, along with Hawk and some truly bad friends, trying to rid the town of Pot Shot of the evil element (the Dell)! Enjoy!
Dove avatar reviewed Potshot (Spenser, Bk 28) on + 262 more book reviews
This is my first book by this author. I enjoyed the "make you smile" sense of humor laced through the book. I will definitely be getting more of his books.


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