The Judas Goat: Spenser
Written by Robert B. Parker
Narrated by Michael Prichard
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About this audiobook
Spenser has gone to London -- and not to see the Queen. He's gone to track down a bunch of bombers who've blown away his client's wife and kids. His job is to catch them. Or kill them. His client isn't choosy.
But there are nine killers to one Spenser -- long odds. Hawk helps balance the equation. The rest depends on a wild plan. Spenser will get one of the terrorists to play Judas Goat -- to lead him to others. Trouble is, he hasn't counted on her being very blond, very beautiful and very dangerous.
Robert B. Parker
Robert B Parker was the best-selling author of over 60 books, including Small Vices, Sudden Mischief, Hush Money, Hugger Mugger, Potshot, Widows Walk, Night Passage, Trouble in Paradise, Death in Paradise, Family Honor, Perish Twice, Shrink Rap, Stone Cold, Melancholy Baby, Back Story, Double Play, Bad Business, Cold Service, Sea Change, School Days and Blue Screen. He died in 2010 at the age of 77.
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Reviews for The Judas Goat
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A year ago Hugh Dixon was crippled and his family was killed during a random attack on a London restaurant. And he decides to hire Spenser to find who was responsible - dead or alive. And our favorite detective kisses Susan goodbye and catches the plane to London. Where things end up a bit more complicated that it looked at the start. A shot in the backside and a few people trying to kill him are enough to call home and ask Hawk to come help and the two of them are on a tour of Europe and North America chasing the bad guys. This installment is similar to the first 4 (even if it is not set in Boston) and Spenser is the same hard-talking gumshoe as always. The series continues to be testosterone filled but that's part of the charm. It won't be for everyone but it is a nice uncomplicated read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One of two Spenser for Hire books we picked up from a book sale. Jeremy read this one out loud. It was funny. No time was wasted getting into the action. Robert B. Parker, I would say from this book alone, seems to be an efficient writer. He's not wasting words. He entertainingly communicates his point without wasting your time. And though I have never seen an episode of the TV show, I'm sure they nailed it when they cast Robert Urich.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was one of my more favorite Spencer novels. Spencer is hired by a wealthy tycoon to track down a terrorist gang. He will get paid $2500 for each captured or killed. The chase begins in London, where he is joined by Hawk. The action moves to the Montreal Olympic Games. The Judas, or the person who betrays the group, is encountered early and is followed by Spencer throughout the story. I thought it was a decent plot and since I love Hawk so much, his early entry in the story made it that more enjoyable. I love the relationship between Hawk and Spencer.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This is the first Robert Parker novel I've read; an obituary described his writing as having lifted the voice of hard boiled detective fiction out of the noir context, and into a happier, lighter world. I was curious to see what that would be like. I found myself liking Spenser, the narrator, immensely: he's unimpressed with wealth or power, self-confident, faithful to his commitments. His banter with his black colleague Hawk shows that he's not a racist, that he's not paralyzed by white guilt and can actually have a black friend; he appreciates attractive women but fights off temptation and stays faithful to his lover -- and manages great erotically charged conversations with her. Plus, he's got a heart of gold, and tries to avoid unnecessary brutality.Then I stepped back, and started thinking about Parker the author, and the frame of the story. Part of why Spenser comes off as so personally sympathetic is that Parker throws him a series of racist, misogynist tropes to disavow. Hawk is the mysterious black Other -- cool and controlled, but with animal violence just waiting to erupt, and unconstrained sexuality. The femme fatale is a nymphomaniac who doesn't really have a character of her own; she's there to tempt Spenser and illustrate Hawk's sexual charisma. Ultimately, the world Parker creates is pretty repugnant. I wonder if Parker intended it to be read ironically, or if he just used the tropes he had at hand without feeling any particular responsibility for them.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If you like Spenser this is one of the two best Spenser books out there (Catskill Eagle is the other one).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This installment has Spenser travelling to London to find the terrorists who destroyed an wealthy Americans family in a bombing. There are lots of twists and turns and Hawk becomes an important character.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I've read some of the later Spensers, so I know how far Parker falls from his heights. Thus, it was good to revisit early Spenser, when his relationship with Susan was still early, Hawk was still an enigma, and the plot makes sense. Still, this is weaker than some of the other early works; it feels a bit thrown together and the character of Kathie, in particular, is a complete waste of potential. 1970s Spenser is always worth a read, though.