The godwulf manuscript series#
Let’s just say the book is featherweight fun – in fact it’s so light, and so much fun that I’ll probably read another in the series sometime soon. The Godwulf Manuscript (Spenser Series 1) by Robert B. Godwulf is in fact a well-written Mickey Spillane novel imitation, with a setup that is so silly and a plot that is so transparent that the fun of reading it is waiting for Spenser to figure out what the reader already has surmised – he would but he’s too busy letting a beautiful mother and her nubile daughter seduce him. But I am glad I read a Kindle edition of the book because the idea that this book should have heft belies its true weight, which is basically nothing. Having never read any of Parker’s books and having read only a few detective stories in my life, I chose The Godwulf Manuscript which is the first of the series.ĭetective stories should be intriguing and fun to read, and by that measure Godwulf succeeds marvelously well. He is hardly surpised that his only clue is a radical student with four bullets in his chest. New York Times bestselling author of the Spenser series of crime thrillersBook 1 in the series. PARKER and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles. The cops are ready to throw the book at the pretty blond coed. Enter Spenser: The Godwulf Manuscript / God Save the Child / Mortal Stakes by ROBERT B.
He is hardly surpised that his only clue is a radical student with four bullets in his chest. It was discovered forty years ago behind an ornamental faade at Godwulf Abbey, where it is thought to have been secreted during the pillage of the monasteries that followed Henry the Eighth’s break with Rome. Spenser earned his degree in the school of hard knocks, so he is ready when a Boston university hires him to recover a rare, stolen manuscript. Parker’s passing by reading one of his detective stories, preferably one of the Spenser Series. The Godwulf Manuscript - The Godwulf Manuscript audiobook, by Robert B. Our book group chair suggested we honor the late Robert B.
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