Backflash

Name: Backflash
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Richard Stark
ISBN: 9781597776554

Author: Richard Stark

Narrator: Robert Davi

Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc.

Published: 01/01/1998

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

A gritty novel featuring resourceful criminal Parker, the anti-hero of Payback.Steel-nerved master thief Parker has his eyes on a fat prize: a gambling casino on the Hudson River. But it' s not in Parker's nature to gamble, so he leaves nothing to chance. From the phony politician to the getaway boat, from bringing guns on board to getting the money off, Parker has it all planned. There are only a few problems: The guy who tipped off Parker is a bureaucrat with a moral streak; the guy who's steering the getaway boat has unsavory friends with plenty of guns; and a reporter on the casino has enough sense to know that something isn't quite right. Suddenly, Parker's surefire plan is blowing up like fireworks on the Fourth of July. With his luck going south, and no one left to trust but himself, Parker must do what he does best: punch, claw, and kill his way out of the night.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper

When Parker takes a boating trip along a river, you know that it’s not gonna be a pleasure cruise. After a narrow escape from his previous robbery, Parker is contacted by a retired government bureaucrat named Cathman who has a proposition. Cathman has the details on a new riverboat casino that is alw......more

Goodreads review by Dave

‘’We live and learn, Ray.” And then Parker shot him”—Stark The second Parker book Stark wrote after a 23 year hiatus, #18 of 24, and it is better than Comeback, the previous book. Feels a bit like they are getting back in their stride, Parker and Stark. A solid entry in the series, with just the right......more

Goodreads review by John

As a professional thief Parker goes about his business with ruthless efficiency. In his eighteenth outing the heist involves a casino ship sailing the Hudson River in upstate New York and a fair amount of the book involves deciding whether the inside man is trustworthy, if the theft is viable, and t......more