just finished reading another of the Parker novels by Richard Stark, Breakout. Parker gets pinched for the first time in the series, and it’s all about getting out. a real nail-biter, or maybe it was just the flight i was on. really great. i’m down to the last three, and i’ll have read all of …
just finished reading another in Richard Stark’s series centered on the hardman, Parker, Flashfire. this one BEGINS with a doublecross, moves through a hit on Parker (closest brush with death of the series, so far), and culminates in the biggest jewelry heist ever. maybe my favorite.
just finished reading the next in Richard Stark’s Parker series, Backflash, in which a beautifully planned casino ship heist goes terribly wrong, as always, leaving Parker with dire options. one of the better action-heavy books of the series. i’ll be sorry when i get through this binge. brilliant
just finished reading Richard Stark’s Comeback, the 17th in his Parker series; bittersweet, as i’m now reluctantly entering the homestretch of the novels. this one was, appropriate to the title, written after a 23-year absence from the work of this, the darkest of Donald E. Westlake’s nom de plumes. i’ll be very sorry to see …