Spenser fans will be thrilled - and Hawk makes an appearance.

Kelly P. (
KellyP) - Marlow, OK wrote on 3/5/2007...
The 18th Spenser novel. In this one, we get a few glimpses of Spenser's past as he helps Paul Giacomin find his missing mother. Very enjoyable ... has a bit more substance than some of the others.

Cheryl (Toni) J. (
toni) wrote on 8/24/2006...
Spenser series... one of the best in this series...
The most personal and revealing Spenser thriller of all, PASTIME is Robert B. Parker's electrifying masterpiece of crime fiction-a startling game of memory, desire and danger that forces Spenser to face his own past. Ten years ago, he saved a teenage boy from a father's rage. Now, on the brink of manhood, the boy seeks answers to his mother's sudden disappearamnce. Spenser is the only man he can turn to. This time, it's more than a routine search for a missing person-Spenser must search his own soul...

Vincent L. (
Vince) wrote on 8/2/2006...
Another interesting "spencer" mystery.
VInce
Emotionally tense...gripping...vintage hard-core Spenser. The secrets of Spenser's past revealed at last.
Spenser saved a teenage boy ten years ago. Now the boy is looking for the answer to his mother's sudden disappearance and turn to Spenser for help.
Very good book

Lois W. (
laf) wrote on 9/28/2005...
Good Spenser novel