Taming a Sea-Horse
Written by Robert B. Parker
Narrated by Michael Prichard
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Looking out for April has landed him in the crud of Times Square. It's not a long way to big-business boardrooms where blood money get laundered into long green, sex is a commodity, and young girls are the currency.
"Spenser's back and New York's got him...proficient with his gun and fists, not to mention his quick verbal shots." (Daily News)
From the Cassette edition.
Robert B. Parker
Robert B Parker was the best-selling author of over 60 books, including Small Vices, Sudden Mischief, Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, Potshot, Widows Walk, Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Family Honor, Perish Twice, Shrink Rap, Stone Cold, Melancholy Baby, Back Story, Double Play, Bad Business, Cold Service, Sea Change, School Days and Blue Screen. He died in 2010 at the age of 77.
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Walking Shadow Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Small Vices Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Chance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Paper Doll Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sudden Mischief Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pastime Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thin Air Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pastime Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Double Deuce Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
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Reviews for Taming a Sea-Horse
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love the April Kyle novels - she's such a great blank to project the force of Spenser's integrity onto.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Spenser always seems to come into conflict with rich powerful criminals. This novel is no different. Trying to save a young prostitute, Spenser finds himself in dangerous situations.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Taming a Sea-Horse is Robert B. Parker’s 13th novel featuring the one-named Boston private eye Spenser. In Ceremony, the ninth of the series, Spenser “rescued” April Kyle, a young hooker from a life of low level prostitution by finding her a job with Patricia Utley, a high class madam. Here, April has left the “care” of Ms. Utley, and is now on the street working for a man named Robert, who claims to be a student at Juilliard. April thinks she is in love with Robert, and is hooking to help put him through school. Spenser’s detecting uncovers Robert as a pimp for a collection of hookers.Spenser spends some time with Ginger Bucky, another of Robert’s stable, in investigating the mechanics of the prostitution trade. He learns from Ginger that her father raped her as a teenager, and then sold her to a brothel. Ginger shortly thereafter ends up murdered.Parker’s tone is dark and philosophical in discussing prostitution. He is at his best in describing Spenser’s encounter with Ginger’s father, where Spenser demonstrates conclusively that the dad is not the toughest guy in rural Maine. This book is not as crackling with snappy dialog as most Spenser novels. As a result, it seems a little preachy to readers who are expecting Parker’s usual brand of fluff and machismo. Although I would rate it “not bad,” I don’t think this book is Parker on his “A” game.(JAB)
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was not the best Parker I have read. Spenser tries to find a girl he had left with a madam in a previous book. She disappears and in the meantime her friend and pimp are murdered. I like his books with more of Hawk and Susan. I do like his sarcastic way of speaking so it makes the book readable and humorous at the same time.