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Coins are left at murdered bodies. Pretty Good. ( )
  Tweellow | Jul 8, 2009 |
Sunny Randall, private eye, is back to help her dad on an old case that was recently reopened. Both are former members of the Boston Police Department. The dad, Phil Randall, tried to, but never caught the Spare Change serial killer before retiring from BPD. The killer's modus operandi: a single bullet to the head, and three coins left near the body. When more bodies with the same MI start showing up, Phil is called out of retirement to help BPD determine if there is a copycat loose, or if the original Spare Change killer has also come out of retirement. Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help. This is classic Parker: great character development, good dialog, believable plot, interesting subplots, local color, dysfunctional family members, and lots of introspection. Highly recommended! ( )
  RGaryRasmussen | Jul 4, 2009 |
A good read when you have spare time!, February 11, 2009

Robert B. Parker's 'Spare Change' was an enjoyable read. I recently finished his 'Melancholy Baby' and had guessed the plot halfway through. 'Spare Change,' on the other hand, kept me guessing a lot longer. It was almost as though this book was more enjoyable for Mr. Parker to write, and as such, more enjoyable for me to read.

I would definitely recommend this book for someone who has 'spare time' :)

J.R. Reardon
author, 'Confidential Communications' ( )
  jrreardon | May 13, 2009 |
I read Spare Change and Night & Day right after. They both have the same premise. Everyone knows who the killer is and the trick is to prove it. Both have the undercurrent of the main character's inability to have a sustaining relationship with a significant other. Both have witty repartee between characters. Not sure why, but I liked Spare Change better. ( )
  JoEllen1503 | Mar 26, 2009 |
it seems to me that the sunny randall books are more about the people than the crime, even tho parker does a nice job with that, too. as a very wise woman said, it was like settling in with old friends when i started this. i don't get how a man can write from a woman's perspective as well as parker does. loved the interaction between sunny and her dad, the vignettes with "Mother," not to mention Spike and Rosie, and last but not least, one of the creepiest serial killers in a while. ( )
  kathy_h | Jul 15, 2008 |
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For Joan: once in a lifetime
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I sat with my father at the kitchen table and looked at the old crime-scene photographs.
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Boston P.I. Sunny Randall joins forces with the most important man in her life-her father-to crack a thirty-year-old case. Hi Phil, You miss me? I got bored, so I thought I'd reestablish our relationship. Give us both something to do in our later years. Stay tuned. Spare Change When a serial murderer dubbed "The Spare Change Killer" by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent ("You're smart. You're tough. You, too, are a paradigm of law enforcement perfection, and you're my kid"), Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help catch the criminal who eluded him so many years before. Sunny is certain that she's found her man after interviewing just a handful of suspects. Though she has no evidence against Bob Johnson, she trusts her intuition. And she knows the power she has over him-she can feel the skittishness and sexual tension that he radiates when he's around her-but persuading her father and the rest of the task force is a different story. When the killer strikes a second and third time, the murders take a macabre turn, as the victims each eerily resemble Sunny. While her father pressures her to drop the case, Sunny's need to create a trap to nab her killer grows. In a compelling game of cat-and-mouse, Sunny uses all her skills to draw out her prey, realizing too late that she's setting herself up to become the next victim.

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