Get a grip

I read the next Parker novel The Handle and it was a bit of a disappointment. The first novels were pretty good in large part, I think, because they weren't too fanciful. They had some fairly ridiculous moments where Parker single-handedly fights the mob, but nothing too over the top. This novel however involves Parker making deals and alliances with the mob and the FBI and involves an amphibious raid on an off-shore gambling outpost and efforts to secure a Nazi war criminal. It just all seemed a bit much. We'll see how the next one goes; I've got The Rare Coin Score on hold at the library.