Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes

 Shirley J.               Adult Fiction                           Spenser,   Private Eye series  Book 48

Robert B. Parker's Angel Eyes by Ace Atkin    305 pages

Gabby Leggett decides to leave her home in Boston to seek fame and fortune in L.A. as an actress,  however, as anyone who has been to L.A can tell you, many come seeking the dream but few actually achieve the dream.     Gabby being a young voluptuous girl makes a lot of "acquaintances" in L. A.  going on auditions she starts meeting industry people and starts getting noticed, not so much for her talent as for her potential easiness when it comes to the casting couch.   She takes up with a guy wh has a foot in the entertainment word door so she thinks a relationship with him would be beneficial to her career, and it turns out to get her introduced to a studio mogul who is all about pretty young ladies he can collect as his wife turns a blind eye on his shenanigans.  Shee son tosses her "boyfriend" to the curb, but, he doesn't want to stay there and becomes obsessive stalker though she makes no bones about working her way up the ladder.   He never gives up and when after 2 years in LA. she disappears, he is one of a small number of potential suspects to her demise.   When no one can reach her, her mothr hires Spenser to find her.  Turns out search and vacation go together as Spenser has lots of friends in L.A. including his former apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill (nice name for a stoic Cree Indian,  also another Native American buddy,  Bobby Horse who is always up for some action and a good strong fellow to have on yuor side, not to mention his South of the Border bud, Chollo who could shoot an eye out with precise precision from 500 yards away.   Good friends to have your back.   A good story with lots of references baby boomers will understand not so much millenials.  It becomes a question of is Gabby still alive or not?  And what is the connection with the Algerian mob and a wacko cult leader and his foloowers?   I recommend this book to Baby Boomer adults especially who will get the references but story-wise I think mature teenagers on up will enjoy it, though, I found out this is #48 in a series of 60 books!  It stood alone well enough though.