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Spare Change (Sunny Randall, Bk 6)
Author: Robert B. Parker

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Publisher: Putnam Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780399154256 - ISBN-10: 0399154256
Publication Date: 6/5/2007
Pages: 291

Book Description:
Hi, Phil, You miss me? I got bored, so I thought I'd reestablish our relationship. Give us both something to do in our later years. Stay Tuned.

When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent ("You're smart. You're tough.... You, too, are a paradigm of law-enforcement perfection, and you're my kid"), Phil calls on his daughter Sunny to help trap the criminal who eluded him so many years before.

After interviewing just a handful of suspects, Sunny is certain that she's found her man. Though she has no evidence against Bob Johnson, she trusts her intuition. And she knows the power she has over him -- she can feel the skittishness and sexual tension that he radiates when he's around her -- but convincing her father and the rest of the task force is a different story.

When the killer strikes a second time, and a third, the murders take a macabre turn, as, eerily, the victims each resemble Sunny. While her father pressures her to drop the case, her need to create a trap to catch her killer grows.

In a compelling game of cat-and-mouse, Sunny Randall uses all her skills to draw out her prey, realizing too late that she's setting herself up to become the next victim.

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Kenneth H. (Threewheeler) - Mentor On The, OH wrote on 8/13/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

An easy 24 hour read. A good SKS (serial killer story) line. The substance of the book however, is a little weak. 290 thinly worded pages. Dialogue that sometimes seemed so clipped that it might might have been Joe Friday speaking right out of the Dragnet series. It almost seemed like a digest version of an actual book when compared with James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell. Oh well, if it's an SKS, I'll read it anyway.

Cheryl M. wrote on 12/2/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Another great Robert Parker book... this time you think you know whats going on, but he always finds a way to surprise you in the end! Quick read!


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Steven K. (sjk54) wrote on 5/30/2009...


Fair. Leans a little bit toward the "cozy" mystery - a female amateur investigator pursues a serial killer. Aside from the charisma of the main character (Sunny Randall), there isn't much substance, intrigue, cleverness, or believability to the plot.

2.5 stars out of 5


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