Ace Atkins Ignites Boston In ‘Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn’ [REVIEW]

Warehouse fire
Will Spenser be able to find out who is burning down Boston? Find out in ROBERT B. PARKER’S SLOW BURN by Ace Atkins. (Photo by Mikhail Kryshen, Flickr)

Robert B. Parker’s iconic Boston based private investigator, Spenser, is back and snarkier than ever in Slow Burn. When an old church is torched in the South End, three firefighters are killed in the blaze and Captain Jack McGee wants answers. But the church was just the beginning, and soon a rash of fires engulfs Boston, and neither the cops or the arson unit are able to turn up any viable leads. So McGee enlists the P.I.’s help, and together with Hawk, Sixkill, and the sultry Susan, Spenser starts his own investigation off the books, rattling cages and earning himself even more enemies than usual. But will he identify the culprit before it is too late? Continue reading “Ace Atkins Ignites Boston In ‘Robert B. Parker’s Slow Burn’ [REVIEW]”

Laura Lippman’s ‘Hush Hush’ Fails to Entertain [REVIEW]

Looking outside, longingly
When a woman returns to face the teen daughters she left behind, a private investigator must figure out whether she is guilty or innocent. (Photo by Don Harder, Flickr)

Following the death of her baby, she disappeared from the public eye. Now she’s back once more, and someone isn’t happy about it. Will a private investigator be able to protect the mother, or will she be the one to need protecting? Find out in Laura Lippman’s Hush Hush.  Continue reading “Laura Lippman’s ‘Hush Hush’ Fails to Entertain [REVIEW]”