Author(s): Richard Stark

Crime Fiction & Thrillers

Master thief Parker has unfinished business to conclude: Two million dollars are up for grabs but collecting them means returning to the scene of a heist turned sour. Just a week ago, Parker and his gang made off with the contents of a country bank, stirring up a hornet's nest of law-enforcement. Trapped on foot and much too near the crime scene, Parker was forced to stash the loot in the choir loft of an abandoned country church. Regardless of the still-present roadblocks and wanted posters, Parker knows he needs to recover the spoils before his murderous ex-confederates do. Of course, the cops are looking for the money, too. As are some New York thugs who've sniffed out what Parker is up to. And there's a resourceful female bounty hunter after a cut too. Remorseless as ever, Parker will do whatever it takes to redeem his prize, no matter who gets hurt in the process - his new getaway van may have 'Holy Redeemer Choir' emblazoned on its doors, but Parker's no choirboy... Review: Parker is probably the genre's most captivating anti-heroA...he's showing little signs of ageing and neither is Stark's prose - it's as lean, hungry and tightly plotted as ever. A...superior entertainment - Daily Mirror Stark is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century - John Banville Author Biography: Richard Stark is one of the true masters of crime fiction. His recent 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, visit www.donaldwestlake.com. First published 2008.