Now  Then, Robert B. Parker
Now  Then, Robert B. Parker
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Now & Then

Author: Robert B. Parker

Narrator: Joe Mantegna

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2007


Synopsis

Spenser knows something’s amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy’s aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordan’s abnormal behavior, Spenser agrees. A job’s a job, after all.

Not surprisingly, Spenser catches Jordan with another man, tells Dennis what he’s found out, and considers the case closed. But a couple of days later, all hell breaks loose, and three people are dead. This isn’t just a marital affair gone bad. Spenser is in the middle of hornet’s nest of trouble, and he has to get out of it without getting stung.

With Hawk watching his back and gun-for-hire Vinnie Morris providing extra cover, Spenser delves into a complicated and far-reaching operation: Jordan’s former lover Perry Alderson is the leader of a group that helps sponsor terrorists. The Boston P.I. will use all his connections–both above and below the law–to uncover the truth behind Alderson’s antigovernment organization. Alderson doesn’t like Spenser poking around his business, so he decides to get to him through Susan. But what Alderson doesn’t realize is that Spenser will do anything to keep Susan out of harm’s way; nothing will keep him from the woman he loves.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on September 18, 2019

A typical later Spenser novel. A "simple" infidelity case turns out to involve the FBI, the CIA, and terrorists (or terrorist wannabes, at least). Susan of course in soon in danger, the reinforcements are summoned (Hawk, Vinnie, Chollo), and Spenser and Susan discuss their relationship ad nauseum.Th......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on June 07, 2013

Over the years, several bad guys have tried to stop Spenser by going after his girlfriend, Susan. Somehow not one of them managed to even seriously injure her. It makes one wish that Boston had more competent criminals. Spenser gets hired by Dennis Doherty to find out if his wife is cheating on him.......more

Goodreads review by Carol on January 19, 2022

Most of what I have read by Robert Parker is the Jesse Stone series, but this fit a category for a challenge so thought I would try a Spencer book. The book had witty dialogue, a tough-as-nails protagonist, three quirky sidekicks (Hawk, Vinnie, Chollo), and a rather unpleasant character in Susan. It......more

Goodreads review by Mike on March 12, 2020

Spenser the P.I. is hired by an unlikable guy who thinks his wife is up to funny business, maybe even hanky panky. Throw in the usual thugs who try to dissuade our hero, and he turns to Hawk, Vinnie and Chollo for some muscle and guns to even the odds. Lil too much Spenser/Susan ruminating on the dom......more

Goodreads review by Gary on September 24, 2018

I've read better Spenser tales, but any Spenser is pretty good. Still, as time (and the novels) went on, he became more...cute--and I prefer him more hard-boiled. And even though I am a Harvard Ph.D. myself, I get tired of the running "well, after all, you have a Ph.D. from Harvard" joke.......more