With an unbroken string of bestselling suspense novels behind him,
Robert B. Parker is nothing if not world-class. Now, after the success
of Paper Doll, applauded by The Boston Globe as "one of the best
Spensers in a decade, " Parker returns with his two-fisted sleuth in
Walking Shadow - a twisty, ambitious whodunit, which finds them both
breaking new ground. A Massachusetts waterfront town. A small repertory
theater with a big reputation. A soupcon of scandal. And Spenser is on
hand to steal the scene. Hired by the Port City Theater Company's board
of trustees to investigate the director's claim that he is being
followed, Spenser feels like a fish out of water - until an actor is
gunned down during a performance of a politically controversial play.
Then Boston's premier private cop and his cohort, Hawk, go into action,
plunging straight into a maze of motives that constitutes a master class
in the difficulty of judging reality from appearances. Spenser soon
discovers that solving the actor's murder is only a piece of the puzzle.
From covert carnal connections within the community to municipal
corruption with international tentacles; from petty troublemakers to
major malefactors for whom murder is merely a day at the office - this
case has everything it takes to stump the sharpest of Sherlocks. And
nobody loves a challenge more than Spenser. Heady and sardonic, with an
unpredictable cast of lovers, liars, killers, and clowns, Walking Shadow
entertains even as it ponders the instability of identities. It is a
thoroughly engrossing performance by a classic talent.
