Deze serie duikt in de grimmige onderwereld door de ogen van een uiterst efficiënte en gewetenloze professionele crimineel. Hij opereert volgens een strikte persoonlijke code: verraad nooit een partner, tenzij hij eerst wordt verraden. Wanneer die grens wordt overschreden, verwacht dan een zorgvuldig geplande en bruut uitgevoerde wraak. Het is een masterclass in heist-fictie en misdaadthrillers, die loyaliteit en vergelding in de donkerste hoeken van de samenleving onderzoekt.
Doublecrossed, shot and left for dead in a burning house by his wife and one-time partner, Parker is out for revenge. They thought they had left him for dead, but Parker survived and now he's out for revenge and prepared to do whatever it takes. Stark's brutal novel was made into the cult classic film starring Lee Marvin.
Master thief Parker visits a plastic surgeon in Nebraska to hide the face that the New York syndicate wants to destroy, but now, with a whole new face, Parker sets out to plan the perfect heist of an armored car, but somehow things still keep going wrong
When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares war. Ripping off the syndicate is easy, but going one-on-one with Bronson, the Outfit's big boss, is the hard part. Hard for anyone but Parker, because the entire underworld understands that whatever Parker does -- he does for keep
The fourth Parker novel has the main character coming up against the KGB while on the trail of a small statue stolen from a fifteenth-century French tomb
Parker works with a group of professional con men on his biggest job yet - robbing an entire town in North Dakota.
A Parker novel, which has the main character in Sagamore, Nebraska, at the request of Joe Sheer, a retired safe cracker who carries many of Parker's criminal secrets.
The seventh book in the Parker series, this describes the aftermath of a brilliant heist at a college football game
Parker is enlisted by the mob to knock off an island casino guarded by speed- boats and heavies, forty miles from the Texas coast.
Parker mistakenly involves an amateur in his plan, which includes a woman named Claire.
Here's Parker--planning to steal the entire payroll of an Air Force base in upstate New York, with help from Marty Fusco, fresh out of the pen, and a smart aleck finance clerk named Devers. Holed up with family in a scrappy little town, the hoisters prepare for the risky job by trying to shorten the odds. But the ice is thinner than Parker likes to think--and Marty's ex-wife is much more complicated. "Parker is refreshingly amoral, a thief who always gets away with the swag."--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly "Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader, draw him or her into the story, and then slowly tighten his grip until escape is impossible."--Washington Post Book World
A corrupt African colonel has smuggled diamonds to Manhattan, prompting four citizens to plan a heist to reclaim their nation's wealth. They enlist Parker, a skilled specialist, who faces pressure from both his girlfriend's expectations and threats from hired goons. Will he break his rule against amateurs to help them?
After a four-way split following a job, George Uhl begins to pick off his fellow hoisters, one by one. His first mistake? He doesn't begin things by putting a bullet into Parker.
Parker robs a rock concert, but the heist goes sour, and he finds himself - and his woman, Claire - menaced by a pair of sadistic, drug-crazed hippies. Slayground turns the hunter into prey, as Parker gets trapped in a shuttered amusement park, besieged by a bevy of local mobsters.
Parker robs a rock concert, but the heist goes sour, and he finds himself - and his woman, Claire - menaced by a pair of sadistic, drug-crazed hippies. Slayground turns the hunter into prey, as Parker gets trapped in a shuttered amusement park, besieged by a bevy of local mobsters.
Parker robs a rock concert, but the heist goes sour, and he finds himself - and his woman, Claire - menaced by a pair of sadistic, drug-crazed hippies. Slayground turns the hunter into prey, as Parker gets trapped in a shuttered amusement park, besieged by a bevy of local mobsters.
Knocking over a lucrative religious revival show, Parker reminds us that not all criminals don ski masks - some prefer to hide behind the wings of fallen angels. Backflash followed soon after, and it found Parker checking out the scene on a Hudson River gambling boat.
The thief Parker teams up with some crooks to steal half a million dollars from a TV evangelist. But one cannot keep his mouth shut and Parker is on the run, pursued by people on both sides of the law.
Roman
Ein Casinoschiff, das den Hudson befährt, soll ausgeraubt werden. Die Schwierigkeit besteht darin, Waffen an Bord zu bringen und mit der Beute nach dem Raub das Schiff wieder zu verlassen. Parker soll den Plan ausführen, und das Team, das er zusammenstellt, ist vielfach bewährt: der Mann fürs Grobe, der Fahrer, derjenige, der einen Politiker darstellen soll, die junge Frau, die die Invalidin spielt, in deren Rollstuhl die Beute abtransportiert werden soll. Aber wer ist der Unbekannte, der Parker und Co. die schmutzige Arbeit abgenommen hat? Das ist der Parker-Roman, den Stephan King als Einstieg in die Lektüre Richard Starks empfohlen hat.
Originally published: New York: Mysterious Press, 2000.
Parker and his team attempt to get past a mansion's security and heist a Montana millionaire's stolen paintings. No matter how untamed the wilderness, Parker's guaranteed to be the most dangerous predator around.
Stuck in jail while awaiting trial, Parker builds a network among his fellow cons to assist him in getting out, but when he becomes involved in a heist set up by one of his fellow escapees, they suddenly find themselves on the run.
Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, hard-boiled novels featuring Parker, a shrewd career criminal with a talent for heists and a code all his own. With the publication of the last four Parker novels Westlake wrote-Breakout, Nobody Runs Forever, Ask the Parrot, and Dirty Money-the University of Chicago Press pulls the ultimate score: for the first time ever, the entire Parker series will be available from a single publisher. Nobody Runs Forever opens a three-part saga with a job at a poker game that sours into a necktie party. When Parker goes in on a messy scam-stealing an armored car-with someone he barely knows, as usual the amateurs get in the way of the job. Featuring new forewords by Chris Holm, Duane Swierczynski, and Laura Lippman-celebrated crime writers, all-these masterworks of noir are the capstone to an extraordinary literary run that will leave you craving more. Written over the course of fifty years, the Parker novels are pure artistry, adrenaline, and logic both brutal and brilliant. Join Parker on his jobs and read them all again or for the first time. But don't talk to the law.
Together at last. Under the pseudonym Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake, one of the greats of crime fiction, wrote twenty-four fast-paced, hard-boiled novels featuring Parker, a shrewd career criminal with a talent for heists and a code all his own. With the publication of the last four Parker novels Westlake wrote-Breakout, Nobody Runs Forever, Ask the Parrot, and Dirty Money-the University of Chicago Press pulls the ultimate score: for the first time ever, the entire Parker series will be available from a single publisher. In Ask the Parrot, Parker's back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. Forced to work with a small-town recluse and a group of fools at a gun club in rural Massachusetts, Parker focuses on getting the cash and getting out. It'll be a deadly day at the races. Featuring new forewords by Chris Holm, Duane Swierczynski, and Laura Lippman-celebrated crime writers, all-these masterworks of noir are the capstone to an extraordinary literary run that will leave you craving more. Written over the course of fifty years, the Parker novels are pure artistry, adrenaline, and logic both brutal and brilliant. Join Parker on his jobs and read them all again or for the first time. But don't talk to the law.
Parker will das Geld abholen, das er bei einem Überfall zurücklassen musste. Dumm ist nur, dass die damals beteiligten Kumpel auf eigene Faust arbeiten wollen. Und dass andere Gangster davon Wind bekommen. Und dass die scheine numeriert sind. Ganz zu schweigen von der Polizei, die an jeder Straßenkreuzung auf ihn lauert
