In addition to its similarity to other Spenser novels involving the Boston Mafia, from Promised Land and Early Autumn (1981) to The Widening Gyre (1983), Pastime, and others, Chance is related to those Spenser novels where the detective explores the past of a victim or client: Mortal Stakes (1975), Stardust, and the recent Small Vices (1997). In Wilderness (1979), an independent novel, a husband and wife go into training to fight a mobster and break his hold.....
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