The sixteenth Parker novel, "Butcher's Moon" is more than twice as
long as most of the master heister's adventures and absolutely
jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension
readers have come to expect. Back in the corrupt town where he lost
his money, and nearly his life, in Slayground, Parker assembles a
stunning cast of characters from throughout his career for one
gigantic, blowout job: starting - and finishing - a gang war. It
feels like the Parker novel to end all Parker novels, and for
nearly twenty-five years that's what it was. After its publication
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 resulting novel, "Comeback", showed that neither Stark
nor Parker had lost a single step. Knocking over a highly 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. Parker's no fan of
either relaxation or risk, however, so you can be sure he's playing
with house money - and he's willing to do anything to tilt the odds
in his favor. Featuring three new introductions by Westlake's close
friend and writing partner Lawrence Block, these classic Parker
adventures deserve a place of honor on any crime fan's bookshelf.
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