Review of "Bad Business" by Robert B. Parker

It is always a joy to receive a new Spenser tale. One a year during the first hints of spring Parker brings out a new adventure of this popular detective.

One day a woman named Marlene Cowley hires Spenser to investigate her husband, Trent. He is cheating on her she says. As Spenser takes on the case he begins to realize that there is a lot more to this. First he discovers that the husband has hired a private detective to follow his wife.

This complex and fascinating case begins to lead the detective into a world of individual depravity and corporate corruption

The mystery involves a talk-show host who is spreading his views on what he calls, "courtly love." The corporate folks find this new philosophy fascinating. O'Mara, the host of the radio show believes in very loose sex therapy. It is probably illegal and certainly deprived. There is a murder at the company where husband Trent is CFO and Spenser takes off in another direction.

Is it good? Of course it is!