Deadly Edge, Donald E. Westlake
Deadly Edge, Donald E. Westlake
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Deadly Edge
A Parker Novel

Author: Donald E. Westlake, Charles Ardai

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 5 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2013

Synopsis

Deadly Edge bids a brutal adieu to the 1960s as Parker robs a rock concert and the heist goes south. Soon Parker finds himself—and his woman, Claire—menaced by a pair of sadistic, drug-crazed hippies. Parker has a score to settle, while Claire's armed with her first rifle—and they're both ready to usher in the end of the age of Aquarius.

About Donald E. Westlake

Richard Stark (1933–2008), wrote dozens of novels under his own name and a rainbow of other pseudonyms. Many of his books have been adapted for film, most notably The Hunter, which became the 1967 noir Point Blank and the 1999 smash Payback.

About Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on November 11, 2016

While Parker is off robbing the proceeds of a rock concert his girlfriend Claire has found them a quiet home near a lake. Parker may be a profesional thief and a stone cold killer when necessary, but even he has to bow to this simple truth: If the woman in your life decides that the time has come to......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on July 25, 2023

This one stands out as particularly twisted and suspenseful, with some time well spent in the narrative focused on girlfriend Claire and her chilling run-in with a deranged hophead. As always, Stark/Westlake expertly balances Parker's personality on a razor's edge. On the one hand a completely ruthl......more

Goodreads review by Greg on August 20, 2011

Sadistic hippies whacked out on LSD versus Parker? Yes, please! Do you know those episode of "Dragnet" with Blue Boy, the acid fried freak? Parker's up against two of him, but a Blue Boy who wouldn't mind nailing a person to the wall and torturing them to death with a lit cigarette. Fucking Hippies!!......more

Goodreads review by Amos on July 24, 2021

A post-robbery kill or be killed situation engulfs our favorite antihero, and there's gonna be hell to pay for anyone not named.......Parker!!! 3 1/2 Suspense Soaked Stars.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 22, 2014

Downloaded from my local library. It starts off with a 10 minute intro by Charles Ardai. I quit listening when Ardai started talking about Slayground & Plunder Squad, books 14 & 15 in this series. THIS IS BOOK 13!!! I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT BOOKS LATER IN THE SERIES!!! Sorry, but I seriously want......more

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