Flashfire, Donald E. Westlake
Flashfire, Donald E. Westlake
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Flashfire
A Parker Novel

Author: Donald E. Westlake

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 7 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2013

Synopsis

Between Parker's 1961 debut and his return in the late 1990s, the world of crime changed considerably. Now fake IDs and credit cards had to be purchased from specialists; increasingly sophisticated policing made escape and evasion tougher; and, worst of all, money had gone digital—the days of cash-stuffed payroll trucks were long gone. But cash isn't everything, and now Parker's after a fortune in jewels. In Flashfire, Parker's in West Palm Beach, competing with a crew that has an unhealthy love of explosions. When things go sour, Parker finds himself shot and trapped—and forced to rely on a civilian to survive.

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 Mark Peckham

Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper

When you ask Parker for a loan you’d better make sure that he agrees with the terms or else he’ll really make you pay. It’s not unusual for Parker’s accomplices to try to rip him off after they pull a robbery, but this one plays out differently from the typical stab in the back. Instead of just tryi......more

Goodreads review by Dave

"Everybody's dead. Some people just don't know it yet"--Stark I think #19 in the series is basically a solid 4 stars; it's as with other late Parkers, a tad too long, compared to the tighter, earlier Parkers, and I prefer 'em lean and mean(er). But it does have some remarkable dimensions I'll mention......more

Goodreads review by Michael

For pure thrill and pleasure sort of summer reading, Richard Stark delivers some great stuff in Flashfire. Using his badass bad guy Parker, it is a sort of criminal Monte Cristo where Parker gets revenge on other bad guys that screwed him over. It's action is about as graphic and exciting as pulp fi......more

Goodreads review by Amos

Hot damn that was fun!!! Four Fabulous Stars for this most excellent slice of Parker Pie!!......more

Quotes

“Parker is in fine form: steely, sardonic, detached. Stark’s acidly funny depictions of Palm Beach and its native fauna are a bonus.” Amazon.com, editorial review

“All of his admirers, and all aficionados of the hard-boiled tradition, will need this book, which reaffirms its author’s position as one of the most versatile, consistently reliable figures in the recent history of American popular fiction.” Barnes & Noble, editorial review

“This is great, dirty fun…In the twenty-three-year gap between the twentieth and twenty-first Parker episodes, Westlake has recharged his batteries with a formula he should market to other writers.” Publishers Weekly, starred review

“If there was a Mohs’ scale for the hardness of hard-boiled crime novels, it might be aptly named for Richard Stark…Diamond-hard crime fiction.” Booklist

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