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Stardust (Spenser)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425127230
ISBN: 0425127230
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: May 01, 1991
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
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Editorial Review:
When a Hollywood-based TV series schedules filming in Boston, Spenser smells trouble. When he signs up to protect the show's star, Jill Joyce, he knows it's on its way.
First, there's Jill herself. She's spoiled, arrogant, drugged out -- made worse by fear. Someone is out to get her -- does she imagine it, or is it real?
Spenser monitors her neurosis, but finds evidence of harassment. It escalates to murder. Now begins the dangerous part -- while the act may have ended, the murderer lingers on.
"STARDUST is a four-star noir suspense that no Spenser fan will be able to resist." (Publisher's Source)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Passable Spenser, not Worth Going out of Your Way For
I like Robert Parker's Spenser novels, and have read almost all of them. The early ones are quite good, but the ones after 1990 or so are pretty much a mixed bag.
STARDUST is pretty much a by-the-numbers effort, about Spenser's attempts to bodyguard an incredibly famous TV actress, who just happens to be the most neurotic, promiscuous woman on the planet. This book is mildly funny and entertaining, but not particularly original or exciting. It doesn't help that the TV actress character ... Read More
Rating:  - StarBust
I usually enjoy the Spenser books, but "Stardust" was really disappointing. I didn't like the Jill character at all, so it was impossible for me to care about her and/or what happened to her. Too bad Spenser didn't walk away from this case at the get-go.
Also, is anybody else sick of Susan's perfection? And the way she eats - or doesn't eat, I guess would be more correct - makes me cringe.
I'll go on to the next Spenser and hope it's better than this one, and also hope that ... Read More
Rating:  - Neurotic TV star adds bit of spice to Spenser's life
Spenser is hired by Zenith Meridian Television to protect their star television personality, Jill Joyce - who says she has been receiving harassing telephone calls and letters. When Spenser tries to find out more about these calls, Jill refuses to elaborate - insisting, however, that he protect her from "Him," as she calls her stalker, while all the while refusing to answer any questions relating to details about the problem, her past or pretty much anything at all and at the same time alternating between ... Read More
Rating: - Well, at least he can write
Two stars because Parker is able to write, zero for plot (what plot?) characters(Puh-leeze). I tripped over this in the library needing an easy read. What amazes me is that this was apparently a popular series in the 80's. So much for the 80's. Spenser and Susan are so superior to the rest of the human race we should all be ashamed. They are witty, they are sensitive, they are honest, they are loving, they are perfect. As a natural offshoot of this they are tiresome, they are snide, they are racist, they ... Read More
Rating: - Gold Dust Rising from Ashes of Coal Dust
What might burn to what purification and perfection, within the ashes of impoverished beginnings ...
Again, a Spenser novel kept my focus away from the snow-packed, icy curves of a Rocky Mountain corridor over the Continental Divide on Colorado State highway 50, edging the high, steep cliffs over Monarch Pass. If any feat would recommend the ability of a novel to hold a reader captive, that should.
The fascination in this # 17 in the series seemed to pivot around a flickering disgust ... Read More
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