Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 6 hours and 27 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Random House Audio
Audible.com Release Date: May 3, 2016
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B01CRK8F4S
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SLOW BURN is a pivotal novel in the Spenser canon. Creator Robert B. Parker knew how to walk a very precise fine line between growing the character and keeping him true to himself, a (rare) talent that Ace Atkins, who has earned the reins and spurs to continue the series, has in spades as well. Some of the changes are subtle, and we’ll discuss those in a moment. Others (one comes to mind in particular) impact like a sledgehammer, and I won’t give them away. Still others are left to play out in a book or two, but the hints, and thunders, portend changes for the series.There is a mystery at the heart of SLOW BURN, the solution to which is revealed by Atkins to the reader fairly early on. Accordingly we get to watch Spenser, with Hawk, his brother in arms, and Sixkill, his apprentice of sorts, play catch-up as they chase an arsonist. Spenser is retained by Jack McGee, an old friend of his who is a firefighter. A fire a year before destroyed an abandoned church and claimed the lives of three firemen. A ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy is scheduled, but McGee is convinced that the incident was the result of arson and is happy to tell anyone and everyone what he thinks, and why.Meanwhile, fires in abandoned buildings continue throughout the city of Boston. Spenser does what he does best, going around asking questions and irritating the right people enough that he begins unearthing clues. In the course of events, he also irritates some of the wrong people, including a recently acquired enemy --- Jackie DeMarco, introduced in 2015’s KICKBACK --- who has a score to settle with him. Never one to back down, Spenser can’t resist poking this particular lion through the bars.
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