The Outfit

When Parker and the Outfit had a dispute in the first book of the series, Parker warned them what he’d do if they didn’t leave him alone. But after surviving an attempt on his life, it’s time for Parker to make good on his threat. As Parker told the bosses of the Outfit, all the professional thieves......more

This is the third novel in Richard Stark's (Donald Westlake's) great series featuring Parker, a completely amoral professional thief. Like all of the books in the series, this one is lean, mean, dark and gritty, and it opens when a professional hitman targets Parker. Not surprisingly, the hitman fai......more

You'll need to read the previous two books in order to fully enjoy this one ... Parker is one of a kind character, he isn't exactly evil and he's not good too , he steels for a living, very professionally, he's very smart and he has a sharp and strategic mind that allows him to plan his heists effici......more

Another great entry in the Parker series! I could read these all the time and never get bored. I love "Richard Stark's" writing and Parker's adventures are always a fun read. Note to myself: I unexpectedly read this one at the perfect time: the day after Thanksgiving. Later on in the novel, it's ment......more

The third in Stark’s Parker series (and you really should read the first three in order, at least—this is the culmination of an arc). When The Outfit tries to kill Parker, whom we find at eh opening of the book in bed with a woman, he decides he needs to “settle things,” which for you and me might m......more