A friend sent me Robert B. Parker's The Boxer and the Spy. She likes Parker because of his Boston-set, PI series featuring some guy whose name I can't remember. Kathy can fill it in, if she so desires.
Anyway, The Boxer and the Spy turned out to be YA, a genre which leaves Marlene (the friend who sent it) cold. So I inherited.
It wasn't bad. There are high school students—one of whom dies mysteriously, teachere who appear to be up to no good, the not unexpected pompous jock, lots of dialogue and not much description. Add to that big print and wide margins, and you wind up with quite an acceptable book, IMHO.
