Colleen's Reviews > Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust

Robert B. Parker's Broken Trust is the 50th book in the Spenser series. It was my first one to read in the series. I didn't feel as if I was missing a lot of back story, so this can be a stand-alone read. But this is an established series and deserves to be read in its entirety.

Spenser's gets a call to speak with Laura Crain, the wife of the world's sixth richest man which also happens to be an acquaintance of Spenser's longtime partner, psychologist Susan Silverman. Laura would like Spenser to find out what it is going on with her husband. The marriage is fine, but he is acting different and needs Spenser to help her. Andrew's partner, Ethan Lowe, at their company is working on a merger. Everything Spenser hears in his investigation has him going in many directions and no solid clues, until Laura is murdered as well as another employee's death which is made to look like suicide.

There are many characters in this story. There is also a lot of quick-witted bantering going on as well that moves the story along. Most of the investigation goes nowhere which has Spenser circling back to what they know as opposed to what they don't which gives them a bigger picture to look at.

I thought that this was a great story and was well written. The characters have great depth and are people you might want to have as friends. This felt more of an intellectual story since we are following Spenser around as he is thinking out loud to us. I highly recommend this book.

I received an ARC from NetGalley for an unbiased review.