Small Vices

A Spenser Novel

By: Robert B. Parker

Narrated by: Burt Reynolds

Spenser finds himself fighting for his life when he takes on a murder case for Ellis Alves, a Black man with a criminal record who says he was framed. From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects. But when an assassin with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, is the chance for justice dead?

©1997 Robert B. Parker (P)2005 Phoenix Audio, All Rights Reserved

Critic reviews

"Robert B. Parker is a tough act to follow." (The New York Times Book Review)

Standard Spenser

This is standard Spenser fare. If you've ready one Parker mystery, this is very likely the same. Spenser's still cracking wise. Hawk's still tough and kinda scary and Susan's....well...Susan. Utterly standard, solid and forgettable. Charming characters in an uninspired mystery.

Difficult to understand!

This is absolutely one of the most difficult narrations to understand clearly. If you listen in your car, in can be nearly impossible to hear many of the sentence endings. I completely readjusted my stereo (decrease base, increase treble, and turn the volume way up!) to enable me to follow this story. The story is good - a typical Robert Parker - but I don't think I'll invest in any more read by Mr. Reynolds.

Small Vices

Burt Reynolds was terrific. He did all of the voices well, especially Hawk's. Super effort by ole Burt!

One of Parker's Best

I found this book to be one of Parker's best in the Spencer series. It has a little more suspense to it then some of his other's. And I think Burt Reynolds is the perfect narrator for his Spencer Books. I wish they would allow Burt to narrate more of Parker's Books.

Please lose the music. Burt is just ok.

The music at start and end of each chapter is distracting, annoying and cheese. burt reynolds is just ok. Sounds old.