Ask the Parrot
THE PARROT AIN'T TALKING (Well, maybe a little): Ask The Parrot (2006) When we last left Parker in Nobody Runs Forever, after a big score, Parker was on the side of a hill out in the woods, with police and police dogs coming up the hill, we wondered if [... more]
$23.99
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The Outfit (Parker Novels)
1963 Parker Adventure Good, but Not as Good as Later Novels: The Outfit is a thinner than normal Parker adventure by Westlake writing under his Richard Stark penname. Although the 1963 Parker character is pretty similar to Parker in the post novel [... more]
$12.95
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Comeback
Amazon.com Review: The frighteningly prolific mystery writer Donald E. Westlake, a.k.a. Richard Stark, ended his legendary series of books about a career criminal known only as Parker with 1974's Butcher's Moon. He cited too much competition from [... more]
$18.00
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Flashfire
Amazon.com Review: Richard Stark's professional criminal, Parker, is so hard-boiled he could make an egg cry. Blunt and matter-of-fact (the less charitable might say cold and calculating), he has perfected the art of theft. Unfortunately, perfection can [... more]
$22.95
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The Jugger
What's In A Name?: Joe Sheer, a fine old man, retired safecracker (jugger), has been Parker's contact man for years. Parker receives a disquieting letter from Joe and wonders if he is getting a little old for the job. Parker decides to pay him a visit, [... more]
$12.95
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Comeback
Amazon.com Review: The frighteningly prolific mystery writer Donald E. Westlake, a.k.a. Richard Stark, ended his legendary series of books about a career criminal known only as Parker with 1974's Butcher's Moon. He cited too much competition from [... more]
$19.99
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Breakout
Amazon.com Review: Tired of do-gooder heroes saving the day? Meet Parker--just Parker to you, bub--a one-man wrecking crew, cunning, fearless, and more than just a little cold-blooded. Writing again under hard-boiled alter-ego Richard Stark, Mystery [... more]
$30.45
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Payback
Just OK: After reading all these rave reviews on here I decided to get this book. It's out of print and I could only find copies ranging from $20-$40. I found a really clean 1st edition and payed $35 for it. I wish I hadn't. This is an extremely short [... more]
$12.00
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Lemons Never Lie (Hard Case Crime)
kids book: this book is a sorry excuse for anything interesting. Its so shallow. No surprises, . This is not Stark at his avg least of all his best. He needs to stick to the Parkers format. A very poor effort. Short, Enjoyable Caper Novel: LEMONS NEVER [... more]
$6.99
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Nobody Runs Forever
Could this be the final Parker book?: Nobody Runs Forever When he saw the one called Harbin was wearing a wire, Parker said, "Deal me out". They were playing seven card stud. Parker should have walked away right then. It didn't get any better. [... more]
$30.95
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Backflash (Parker Novels)
Amazon.com Review: A large part of the pleasure of having Richard Stark back writing about the master criminal Parker is the obvious delight that Stark (a pen name for Donald Westlake) takes in doing the research for his capers. This one must have been a [... more]
$15.99
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Ask the Parrot
THE PARROT AIN'T TALKING (Well, maybe a little): Ask The Parrot (2006) When we last left Parker in Nobody Runs Forever, after a big score, Parker was on the side of a hill out in the woods, with police and police dogs coming up the hill, we wondered if [... more]
$59.95
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