Robert B. Parker - Double Play

Pros: Great characterization and a departure from Parker's general fare.
Cons: None, really.

Double Play reminds me why I have liked Robert B. Parker so much over the years - despite that I feel his last several Spenser novels are cookie cutter and he is on auto pilot a lot of the times. Parker has created a unique and interesting character type ...

Pros: A nice slice of baseball history, wrapped around a good story.
Cons: I dunno; I'll come back and edit later if I think of any. :-)

"oh my!". I've tried a couple of Parker's singleton novels over the couple of years since I found and fell in love with Spenser (I've even just managed to finally buy Hawk's car. Ok, mine's an 87 635, and his was an 89 M6, but who's counting?) but ...