With each new novel, Robert Parker's talent seems to deepen. In, spenser is back again: tough, funny, sentimental, and this time drawn into the problem he had set out to solve. The crime is blackmail; the victims, a grea...With each new novel, Robert Parker's talent seems to deepen. In, spenser is back again: tough, funny, sentimental, and this time drawn into the problem he had set out to solve. The crime is blackmail; the victims, a greatly talented big league pitcher and his wife.