Parker thrillers
1. The hunter: a Parker novel
Parker, the ruthless antihero of Richard Stark's eponymous mystery novels, is one of the most unforgettable characters in hardboiled noir. Lauded by critics for his taut realism, unapologetic amorality, and razor-sharp prose-style, Stark is a master of crime writing, his books as influential as any in the genre. Parker goes under the knife in The Man with the Getaway Face, changing his face to escape the mob and a contract on his life. Along the
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3. The outfit: a Parker novel
4. The mourner: a Parker novel
5. The score: a Parker novel
6. The jugger: a Parker novel
7. The seventh: a Parker novel
8. The handle: a Parker novel
9. The rare coin score: a Parker novel
10. The green eagle score: a Parker novel
11. The black ice score: a Parker novel
12. The sour lemon score: a Parker novel
13. Deadly edge
14. Slayground
15. Plunder squad
16. Butcher's moon
17. Comeback
After the bloodbath of Butcher's Moon, the action-filled blowout Parker adventure, Donald Westlake said, "Richard Stark proved to me that he had a life of his own by simply disappearing. He was gone." And for nearly twenty-five years, he stayed away, while readers waited.
But nothing bad is truly gone forever, and Parker's as bad as they come. According to Westlake, one day in 1997, "suddenly, he came back from the dead, with a chalky
...18. Backflash
After the publication of Butcher's Moon in 1974, Donald Westlake said, "Richard Stark proved to me that he had a life of his own by simply disappearing. He was gone." And readers waited.
But nothing bad is truly gone forever, and Parker's as bad as they come. According to Westlake, one day in 1997, "suddenly, he came back from the dead, with a chalky prison pallor"—and the novels that followed showed that neither Parker nor Stark
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