The Mourner

Name: The Mourner
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Donald E. Westlake
ISBN: 9781609982393

Author: Donald E. Westlake

Series: Parker Novels #4

Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 03/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled

Synopsis

The heist was a piece of cake. It didn't bother Parker that the priceless statue was in a Russian diplomat's house … because he had no scruples about ripping off a Red. It didn't bother Parker that his ex-girlfriend had blackmailed him into pulling this job … because he figured out how to make an extra fifty grand on the deal. It did bother Parker that somebody else was trying to steal the statue first—because being second wasn't Parker's style. Whether he was up against the mob or the KGB, Parker intended to beat them all at the stealing game. Of course, he didn't count on a double cross, a two-timing blonde, and one lethal luger aimed at making him not only second, but last—dead last.

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 Stephen R. Thorne

Stephen R. Thorne, winner of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration, is a professional actor and member of the resident acting company at Providence’s esteemed Trinity Repertory Company, where he has played Hamlet, Henry V, and Tom Joad.

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“Richard Stark’s Parker…is refreshingly amoral, a thief who always gets away with the swag.” Stephen King

“Richard Stark is the Prince of Noir.” Martin Cruz-Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Star was, and is, a pseudonym for Donald Westlake, a writer so inventive and wildly fecund that he had no option but to publish under other names.…It’s excellent to have [his novels] readily available again—not so much masterpieces of genre, just masterpieces, period.” Richard Rayner, Los Angeles Times

“Westlake knows precisely how to grab a reader…escape is impossible.” Washington Post

“Westlake’s ability to construct an action story filled with unforeseen twists and quadruple-crosses is unparalleled.” San Francisco Chronicle