Spare Change

By: Robert B. Parker

Narrated by: Kate Burton

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, Phil calls on his daughter Sunny to help trap the criminal who eluded him so many years before.
When the killer strikes a second time, and a third, the murders take a macabre turn, as, eerily, the victims each resemble Sunny. While her father pressures her to drop the case, her need to create a trap to catch her killer grows. In a compelling game of cat-and-mouse, Sunny Randall uses all her skills to draw out her prey, realizing too late that she’s setting herself up to become the next victim.©2007 Robert B. Parker; (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Too many saids

I enjoy reading Robert B. Parker books, but when they're read to me as audiobooks they become really annoying. It's one "he said," "she said," "I said" after another -- I've concluded that every fifth word, or so, must be SAID. After listening to several Parker audiobooks I'm convinced the printed books would be half as thick if the SAIDs were left out. Here's where a little abridgement would be welcome -- just leave out 50%-60% of the SAIDs, and let the reader (with voice changes) show who's doing the saying.

Hard

It was hard to keep up with. I had to go back several times. Otherwise it was ok

Too many I said's....! takes away from the story

Listening to all the "I said & he Said is just as annoying as reading all those I's and he's in the book. It takes away from what could be a great story. I rate this book as middle of the road because of them.

Good read

Love the reader she draws you in the calmness and it is suspenseful you can always know the change of people no confusion

Great book; exceptional narration

Kate Burton does Robert Parker’s Sunny Randall books justice. Burton’s narration style is a perfect fit for a tough, thoughtful, independent detective. Kudos Kate!