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A typical later Spenser novel. A "simple" infidelity case turns out to involve the FBI, the CIA, and terrorists (or terrorist wannabes, at least). Susan of course in soon in danger, the reinforcements are summoned (Hawk, Vinnie, Chollo), and Spenser and Susan discuss their relationship ad nauseum.They even flirt (sigh) with the possibility of marriage. The actual mystery--which Spenser solves in a road trip to Cleveland, is actually somewhat interesting, but it is not even to tip the balance. This is a ho-hum book.The tough talk is as good as always (although I grow weary of the tough guy ethnic humor), but the later books in this series often seem tired and repetitive. The relationship between Spenser and Susan, always formulaic, has now lost most of its credibility. Less believable than the epic battles or the snappy, extempore literary allusions, it is a frozen fantasy of mature love that exhausts our willing suspension of disbelief and damages the total effect of many of the later books of this otherwise exemplary series.