Synopses & Reviews
Master criminal Parker takes another turn for the worse as he tries to recover loot from a heist gone terribly wrong. In
Nobody Runs Forever, Parker and two cohorts stole the assets of a bank in transit, but the police heat was so great they could only escape if they left the money behind.
In this follow-up novel, Parker and his associates plot to reclaim the loot, which they hid in the choir loft of an unused country church. As they implement the plan, people on both sides of the law use the forces at their command to stop Parker and grab the goods for themselves. Though Parker's new getaway van is an old Ford Econoline with "Holy Redeemer Choir" on its doors, his gang is anything but holy, and Parker will do whatever it takes to redeem his prize, no matter who gets hurt in the process.
Review
"[T]he hard-edged Parker is as resolute and dangerous as ever, and the faithful will stand beside him through every step of this typically involved and entertaining novel." Booklist
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"[One] of the greatest writers of the twentieth century....Richard Stark, real name Donald Westlake....His Parker books form a genre all their own." John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea and Christine Falls (as Benjamin Black)
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"The nice thing about the rather nasty stories Richard Stark (a k a Donald E. Westlake) writes about a career criminal named Parker is that none of the significant characters is ever innocent. Which is why it's so easy to laugh when their intricate schemes begin to unravel." Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
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"Stark, Donald E. Westlake's more bad-tempered alter ego, breaks his usual rule and gives women...major roles. Not that Parker takes a back seat for a minute. The man is fiercely conceived, one mean piece of work." Kirkus Reviews
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"Dirty Money and the other [Stark] thrillers...are...an exploration of caverns dark and gritty. But even with the ground shifting under your feet and a sense of foreboding in the air, the experience is compelling and oddly exhilarating." Los Angeles Times
Synopsis
" One] of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...Richard Stark, real name Donald Westlake...His Parker books form a genre all their own."
--John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea
Master criminal Parker takes another turn for the worse as he tries to recover loot from a heist gone terribly wrong. In Nobody Runs Forever, Parker and two cohorts stole the assets of a bank in transit, but the police heat was so great they could only escape if they left the money behind. In this follow-up novel, Parker and his associates plot to reclaim the loot, which they hid in the choir loft of an unused country church. As they implement the plan, people on both sides of the law use the forces at their command to stop Parker and grab the goods for themselves. Though Parker's new getaway van is an old Ford Econoline with "Holy Redeemer Choir" on its doors, his gang is anything but holy, and Parker will do whatever it takes to redeem his prize, no matter who gets hurt in the process.
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Synopsis
Master criminal Parker takes another turn for the worse as he tries to recover loot from a heist gone terribly wrong. As he implements the plan, people on both sides of the law use the forces at their command to stop Parker and grab the goods for themselves.
About the Author
Richard Stark has been hailed as one of the inventors and one of the true masters of noir crime fiction. Stark's Parker novels Comeback and Backflash were each selected as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His first novel, The Hunter, became the classic 1967 movie Point Blank. Thirty years later, The Hunter was adapted again by Hollywood, in the hit Mel Gibson movie Payback. Richard Stark is also, at times, the mystery Grand Master Donald E. Westlake. To learn more about the author, you can visit www.donaldwestlake.com.