Book Review: Family Honor
May 29th, 2008 by jeremy
Book twenty-two in 52 books in 52 weeks
I wasn’t too excited with the last Robert B. Parker book I read. I had trouble with the hero of the story, he wasn’t as likable as his other hero, Spenser. Sunny Randall is the protagonist of this series, and she’s much more interesting, and easier to enjoy reading.
Sunny Randall is a former cop who has become a private eye. She’s left her husband and is in the process of getting a divorce. Her husband is a member of a Boston crime family, and she has trouble with his associates. As a policeman, her father had been trying to put his family in prison, and this was a huge conflict in Sunny’s marriage. Sunny is hired by a rich couple whose 15 year old daughter has run away. The father trying to become governor but when Sunny starts checking, it turns out their daughter had been threatened by the mob after she witnessed a crime. Sunny then has to figure out how to save the daughter and fix the problem with the mobsters.
Like the Spenser books, the dialogue is crisp and fun. Nobody writes snappy dialogue like Parker does, and he’s great in this book. The characters aren’t deep, but there are some good personalities and the interaction between Sunny and the girl are very moving at times.
It’s a good start, I’m looking forward to reading more of the books in the series.
Rating B
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