This is my first Spenser novel, and I vaguely remember the TV series, so I think I would actually like to see that show again. The characters and their banter are fun and the plot moves, but the very Bostonian level of race consciousness, albeit on a more progressive note, is exhausting, although rings authentic (along with all the other Boston scenery) because I spent some years in the Boston area and people would just say stuff like "You guys don't like Koreans, right?" and random strangers would ask me if I could speak English or hand me an ESL pamphlet. Like I say, exhausting. But maybe I'll try another book. Hawk is pretty cool.