A Savage Place

Rating:
Summary: Yuck
Review: This one is necessary reading for die-hard Spenser fans like myself, but it's almost like taking bitter medicine. Candy Sloan is the most repulsive Parker female yet, a stereotype of a 'spunky girl reporter' who gets what she wants by batting her eyes and unzipping her pants. Yet for some reason Spenser finds her irresistable, and for many books to come he will agonize over her death. If only the reader could be convinced that this turn of events was a deliberate attempt to humble Spenser the Superhero.... But I think it wasn't. I think Parker actually liked Candy, dim, short-sighted and manipulative as she was, and expected the reader to like her too. Yuck!