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“Hearing the click behind him, Parker threw his glass straight back over his right shoulder, and dove off his chair to the left.” When a job looks like amateur hour, Parker walks away. But even a squad of seasoned professionals can’t guarantee against human error in a high-risk scam. Can an art dealer with issues unload a truck of paintings with Parker’s aid? Or will the heist end up too much of a human interest story, as luck runs out before Parker can get in on the score?

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Parker... lumbers through the pages of Richard Stark's noir novels scattering dead bodies like peanut shells.... In a complex world he makes things simple. - William Grimes, New York Times Richard Stark's Parker novels... are among the most poised and polished fictions of their time and, in fact, of any time. - John Banville, Bookforum The Parkers read with the speed of pulp while unfolding with an almost Nabokovian wit and flair. - Richard Rayner, Los Angeles Times Parker is refreshingly amoral, a thief who always gets away with the swag. - Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly Whatever Stark writes, I read. - Elmore Leonard

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Richard Stark was one of the many pseudonyms of Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008), a prolific author of noir crime fiction. In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America bestowed the society's highest honor on Westlake, naming him a Grand Master.

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