AUDIOBOOK
Duration
5h 26m
Year
2007
Language
English

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When he's not carrying out heists with his friend Parker, Alan Grofield runs a small theater in Indiana. But putting on shows costs money and jobs have been thin lately-which is why Grofield agreed to fly to Las Vegas to hear Andrew Myers' plan to knock over a brewery in upstate New York. Unfortunately, Myers' plan is insane-so Grofield walks out on him. But Myers isn't a man you walk out on, and his retribution culminates in an act of unforgivable brutality. That's when Grofield decides to show him what a disciple of Parker is capable of …

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"Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island."
Lawrence Block
"Whatever Stark writes, I read. He's a stylist, a pro, and I thoroughly enjoy his attitude."
Elmore Leonard
"Nobody does the noir thriller better than Richard Stark…His lean style and hard-edged characters, not exactly likable, but always compelling, provide a welcome return to the hard-bitten days of yore."
San Diego Union Tribune

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