I loved all of these,
But this one had the whole gang.
When Parker died: tears.
(Potshot is an homage to The Magnificent Seven, and brought back lots of familiar characters from previous installments in the Spenser series. I read every one of Parker’s Spenser novels, and when I heard he had died (Parker, not Spenser), I really did cry. I had been reading the series since high school — almost 20 years — and the gang felt like family. The series has been continued by other authors, but I haven’t read any of the 2-3 that have been published so far. I’ll get around to it at some point, I’m sure. But it won’t be the same.)
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