A Savage Place

By: Robert B. Parker

Narrated by: Michael Prichard

TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heaven. She also has somebody threatening to rearrange her lovely face if she keeps on snooping into charges of Hollywood racketeering.

Spenser's job is to keep Candy healthy until she breaks the biggest story of her career. But her star witness has just bowed out with three bullets in his chest, two tough guys have doubled up to test Spenser's skill with his fists, and Candy is about to use her own sweet body as live bait in a deadly romantic game--a game that may cost Spenser his life.©1987 Robert B. Parker; (P)2009 Random House

Critic reviews

"The best new private eye in fiction since Raymond Chandler." -- Dan Wakefield

"As tough as they come and spiked with a touch of real class." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Tough, wisecracking, unafraid, lonely, unexpectedly literate--an many respects the very examplar of the species." -- The New York Times

"Spenser gives the tribe of hard-boiled wonders a new vitality and complexity." -- Chicago Sun-Times

Spencer is a great character

I became hooked on Robert Parker's series featuring Spencer after reading the very first book in the series. I have now read them all. It is a great series and well worth your time getting to know Spencer and his fascinating group of friends, especially Hawk.

A well constructed story!

I love the dialogue in the Spencer detective stories. It is usually humorous and this was no exception.

A Different Kind of Spencer

This is one of the more complicated Spenser novels. Spenser cheats on Susan; develops feelings for another woman. The climatic scene was the one of the most complicated in the series. The setting is Los Angeles instead of Boston. There's no Hawk, Quirk, or Belsen. Though there is the requisite amount of humor this is one of the more serious Spenser novels. An excellent short book.

Didn't very much care about this story.

Over the years I've read all the books in no particular order. Since I got audible I've decided to start from the beginning and listen to them in sequence. Thus far this book is my least favorite, mostly because I simply didn't care about the plot or Candy or the LA mob shaking down movie people. I am grateful that I get to revisit them though.

Another Good Spenser Novel

I am a avid Spenser Series fan and it seems as if Mr. Parker only gets better with each book. Fans, Hawk is not in this one and neither is Susan. Hopefully these characters will return and build more of a relationship with Spenser.