| Sometimes you have to wonder how Robert B. Parker keeps his mojo working. . . . There is a trick to keeping the faith with an old hero. In an age of shifty heroes with shaky values， he has created a hero who can still stand up for himself-and us. (The New York Times Book Review) When fifty-one-year-old Nathan Smith， a once-confirmed bachelor， is found in his bed with a hole in his head made by a .38-caliber slug， it s hard not to imagine Nathan s young bride as the one with her finger on the trigger. Even her lawyer thinks she s guilty. But given that Mary Smith is entitled to the best defense she can afford-and thanks to Nathan s millions， she can afford plenty-Spenser hires on to investigate Mary s bona fides. Mary s alibi is a bit on the flimsy side: She claims she was watching television in the other room when the murder occurred. But the couple was seen fighting at a high-profile cocktail party earlier that evening， and the prosecution has a witness who says Mary once tried to hire him to kill Nathan. What s more， she s too pretty， too made-up， too blonde， and sleeps around-just the kind of person a jury loves to hate. Spenser s up against a wall; leads go nowhere， no one knows a thing. Then a young woman， recently fired from her position at Smith s bank， turns up dead. Mary s vacant past suddenly starts looking meaner and darker-and Spenser s suddenly got to watch his back. With lean， crackling dialogue， crisp action， and razor-sharp characters， Widow s Walk is another triumph. |
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