Once upon a time, though not so long ago, there was a girl named April Kyle a beautiful teenage runaway who turned to prostitution to escape her terrible family life. Now, April Kyles return in Hundred-Dollar Baby is nothing short of shocking. When a mature, beautiful, and composed woman strides into Spensers office, the Boston PI barely hesitates before recognizing his once and future client. Now a well-established madam herself, April is still looking for Spensers approval, and it takes her a moment before she can ask him ...
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Once upon a time, though not so long ago, there was a girl named April Kyle a beautiful teenage runaway who turned to prostitution to escape her terrible family life. Now, April Kyles return in Hundred-Dollar Baby is nothing short of shocking. When a mature, beautiful, and composed woman strides into Spensers office, the Boston PI barely hesitates before recognizing his once and future client. Now a well-established madam herself, April is still looking for Spensers approval, and it takes her a moment before she can ask him for his assistance. April claims to be in the dark about who is trying to shake her and her business down, but Spenser and Hawk find ties to organized crime and local kingpin Tony Marcus, as well as a scheme to franchise her operation across the country. As Spenser again plays the gallant knight, it becomes clear that April's not as innocent as she seems. In fact, she may be her own worst enemy.
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I regret to say that I have read this book carefully and eagerly, as I have always done, but it is not a memorable book, on the order of Parker's earler effforts. Perhaps I would suggest, with humility, that Mr. Parker seems to be trying to accomplish too much, and as a result the book suffers some. Others have remarked on the same vein.
