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Hundred-Dollar Baby (Spenser)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425217559
ISBN: 0425217558
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 04, 2007
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
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Editorial Review:
April Kyle, a prostitute from Spenser's past, comes back into his life-with deadly complications.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - One of the Weaker Spensers
I've read nearly all the Spenser novels, and this is definitely one of the weaker ones.
HUNDRED-DOLLAR BABY re-introduces April Kyle, the high-class prostitute last seen in TAMING A SEA HORSE. Kyle has never been a particularly likable character, although Spenser does see her as something of a daughter figure due to her very difficult past. Anyway, Kyle is in trouble again, and Spenser investigates on her behalf, only to find out that her motives may be less than pure.
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Rating:  - The usual Parker
Spenser, Hawk and Susan. Ought to have everything. But the plot is a little slow and a rehash of prior books.
A good read, for a sequal.
Rating: - Spenser is starting to suffer from "character rot"
Once again, Spenser is the principled good guy, risking his life, this time for April Kyle. Years before, Spenser had "rescued" her from a life of prostitution on the streets, but the best he could do was to set her up in a high-class bordello in New York City. April has branched out to having her own business, but she is being shaken down. Therefore, she turns once again to Spenser, in the hopes that he will solve the problem.
However, even with the help of Susan, Hawk, Belsen and Tedy Sapp, ... Read More
Rating:  - Like an old pair of jeans that feel comfy
Spenser has by now gotten so easy to read that you almost don't have to concentrate. You wonder if the author knows this: at one point in Hundred-dollar Baby Spenser says something about not having to look at the stuff in his apartment. Things are similar in Spenser's books: the stories are so simple, the characters so well-known, that you don't really have to read so much as absorb, and just let the book take you along for the ride Spenser is on.
The current entry has Spenser receiving ... Read More
Rating: - Great introduction
This is my first read by this author. Just randomly picked a book and I lucked up on a good one. The writing was engaging to the point that I did not want to put the book down, but wanted to keep turning the pages even when I was sleepy. And I thought it was clever how he wrote about what would be considered an undesirable quality in a person and made it seem non-judgemental. I somehow developed empathy for April. It takes a great writer to be able to do that. This will not be my last read by this ... Read More
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