I picked up the latest Spenser mystery the other day at the Denver Public Library. Robert Parker, the creator of the series, which chronicles the adventures of a Boston private eye, died several years ago. Instead of letting the character die with him, Parker's widow choose another writer, Ace Atkins, to continue the series. And I must say, he does a pretty good job, too. If you don't over-scrutinize, the stories are almost as good as the originals. And a much more honest way to do it, too. I still remember the husband of author Jacquelyn Suzanne finding an "unpublished manuscript" in a desk drawer almost every year for about a decade. Talk about blind luck! I'm surprised no one has held seances in order to take dictation from famous deceased authors. You never know - you might still see a new Harold Robbins novel published.
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