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Robert B. Parker's Lullaby
- A Spenser Mystery
- Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
When 14-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother’s murder, he’s not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where he lives - they’re the very characteristics he abides by.
Mattie believes the man convicted of the crime is innocent, and points Spenser to the Southie toughs she saw carrying her mother away hours before her murder. Neither the Boston PD nor the neighborhood thugs are keen on his dredging up the past, but as Spenser becomes more involved in the case, he starts to realize that Mattie may be on to something. He will need Hawk’s help to find peace for Mattie - a job that’s more dangerous than Spenser ever thought.
Critic reviews
“Handpicked by the Parker estate to be the keeper of the flame for the Spenser franchise, award-winning author Ace Atkins rises flawlessly to the occasion.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“Atkins succeeds. He doesn’t sound like somebody trying to emulate Parker. He sounds like Parker in a book that hits all the usual Spenser notes. He has the wisecrack-filled dialogue down and Parker’s cadences, too: Spenser, thankfully, sounds like Spenser. You also get the vivid sense of place, flexing of muscles and spare plot that were hallmarks of Parker’s 39 Spenser books….It’s a feat when a writer creates characters who live and breathe on the page and make readers care and keep coming back for more. To manage that with someone else’s characters, let alone with an icon like Spenser, is a minor miracle. Ace Atkins pulls it off.” (Chicago Sun-Times)
“Even the most fanatical Parker fans would be hard pressed to identify any aspect of this Spenser novel that doesn’t read as if it were penned by Spenser’s late creator.…Atkins hits all the familiar marks...as he offers familiar pleasures.” (Publishers Weekly)
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- AReader
- 05-06-12
Indistinguishable from RBP, adore the reading
I chose this because of Joe Mantegna's outstanding readings of some other books by RBP. I was slightly doubtful about the ghostwriting element.
I need not have worried; the book was indistinguishable from the books by RBP himself. All of them have repetitious and annoying bits, especially regarding Susan IMO. But the reading transforms them into another class. This was an excellent listen.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- mollyeyre
- 09-07-18
Not for me,
I got so bored by this book, I quite liked Spenser and his side kick, but not enough to make me ignore the foul mouths and sexual innuendos peppered through the book. It became tedious and the story wasn't worth it, mind you I did skip through a LOT of chapters, so maybe I missed something.
It was really not worth the effort or time.
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