A Catskill Eagle (Spenser Novels (Dell)) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ (Author) "IT WAS NEARLY MIDNIGHT AND I WAS JUST GETTING home from detecting..." (more)
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Spenser's girlfriend Susan goes away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich and dangerous criminal. Spenser and his friend, Hawk, go to find Susan. Soon they are in the world of the CIA, guns and murder. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Dell; 1st THUS edition (June 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440111323
• ISBN-13: 978-0440111320
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 13 in The Spenser Series.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not among the best but still very good., January 25, 2001

By	John D. Costanzo "johndc" (Bensalem, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have read several Spenser novels chronologically starting with Mortal Stakes. This was my least favorite so far, but I still give it high grades. Parker is really stretching credibility in a story that boils down to a fight between two boys over a girl. It is a really big and complicated fight, and it involves mercenaries, gun manufacturers, CIA, FBI, so on and so on. But Parker somehow pulled it off. I can't help but enjoy the dynamic of Spenser, Hawk, Susan, et al. As with all of Parker's books, the strength lies in his characters.

Overall, it was an entertaining but not quite great book; it was just a little too farfetched to get a five star rating. But if you are a fan of Spenser, you have to read this book. It is of crucial importance if you are following the relationships and the development of the characters.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is where the downfall began, December 17, 2000

By	David White (NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Before this every Spenser novel was enjoyable, rich with characterization, and an amazing sense of style.

Then came A Catskill Eagle.

It's like Parker used everything up right here. He has Spenser go cross country to save his girl and all of a sudden everything becomes overblown. There is no reason to believe that the villain is FBI related and a terrorist until Parker runs out of steam. And then it turns into a James Bond novel. Which isn't what I'm looking for.

It gets three stars because it's Parker, but after this Parker loses some steam, and the novels are on the decline. Until Small Vices anyway.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Spensers, March 12, 2000

By	Charles R. Slater (Mount Kisco, New York United States) - See all my reviews

Having read all of Parker's Spenser novels -- and all but the first are very good or better -- this one is the best. It integrates all the familiar Spenser characters from earlier novels, even Rachel Wallace, sheds further light on the relationship with Hawk, and, most especially, on that with Susan Silverman, which is the subject of the esoteric title. It shows Spencer sensitive and suffering over the woman he loves, seems satisfying psychologically to me, although I'm not sure Susan would act quite as she did. But that's a quibble. This is Parker at his best, Spenser at his height, and a good, rip-roaring, cross-country adventure story to boot. I like God Save the Child and Mortal Stakes and Early Autumn and Small Vices very much. But if I had to take one Spenser book with me on a long, boring journey, this would be it.