| Search | About | Preferences | Interact | Help | |
| 150 million books. 1 search engine. | ||
books tagged “Parker”
books tagged “Parker”
›› Find signed collectible books by ''
Ask the Parrotby Nat HentoffISBN 089296068X (0-89296-068-X)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ask the Parrot'More editions of Ask the Parrot:
Ask the Parrotby Richard StarkISBN 1585478946 (1-58547-894-6)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ask the Parrot'More editions of Ask the Parrot:
Back Storyby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425194795 (0-425-19479-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Back Story'Book summary:In this 30th entry in one of mystery fiction's longest-running and best-loved series, Spenser--the tough yet sensitive Boston private eye with no first name--takes on an unsolved murder nearly three decades old. The client, an actress, is a friend of Paul Giacomin, Spenser's surrogate son (who first appeared in 1981's Early Autumn). Her mother was slain by leftist radicals at a bank holdup in 1974, and now she wants to know who fired the shot. As Spenser digs into the past, he soon learns that powerful people on both sides of the law want the case left alone--badly enough to kill.
These death threats provide a fine excuse for Hawk, Spenser's extremely scary (yet sensitive) bad-guy pal, to tag along in nearly every scene as bodyguard. The interaction of the two friends is one of this series's familiar pleasures, as is the presence of Susan Silverman, Spenser's longtime love interest. Another pleasure is Parker's stripped-down prose, a marvel of craftsmanship as smooth as 18-year-old Scotch. (Plus we get the first meeting between Spenser and Jesse Stone, hero of another Parker series.) Alas, the whole enterprise feels a little tired. The plot never generates much sustained suspense, and the author's adoration for his central characters renders them at times almost cartoonesque. Still, Back Story is excellently prepared comfort food, even if it isn't five-star cuisine. --Nicholas H. Allison [via]
-
Backflashby Richard StarkISBN 0446675261 (0-446-67526-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Backflash'Book summary:A large part of the pleasure of having Richard Stark back writing about the master criminal Parker is the obvious delight that Stark (a pen name for Donald Westlake) takes in doing the research for his capers. This one must have been a blast. Certainly, he must have spent time on board a cruise ship to get all the inside details for Parker's planned robbery of a fictional floating casino called the Spirit of the Hudson--details such as how to get the cash off (inside a wheelchair's converted potty seat) or how to make use of a hard-shelled female publicist.
Then there must have been a tour of old towns along the Hudson, to come up with this letter-perfect description of a seedy saloon: "It was called the Lido, but it shouldn't have been. It was an old bar, a gray wood cube cut deep into the ground floor of a narrow 19th Century brick house, and at two on a sunny afternoon in April it was dark and dry, smelling of old whiskey and dead wood.... At the bar, muttering together about sports and politics--other people's victories and defeats--were nine or ten shabbily dressed guys who were older than their teeth."
After Comeback (Parker's triumphant return to action after a 20-year hiatus), readers know that all the best planning in the world can't account for fate or human weakness. This time, a weirdly motivated retired civil servant, an out-of-control smalltown cop, and some greedy bikers stand in the way of Parker and Co.'s successful removal of $400,000 from the gambling boat. Stark is too gifted an artist to make their intervention trivial, and also too talented an entertainer to leave his old and new Parker fans unsatisfied with the outcome. --Dick Adler [via]
-
Bad Business: Library Editionby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425199576 (0-425-19957-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Bad Business: Library Edition'Book summary:A very good book. [via]
More editions of Bad Business: Library Edition:
The Black Ice Scoreby Richard StarkISBN 0850316820 (0-85031-682-0)
Hardcover, Intl Pub Marketing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Ice Score'More editions of The Black Ice Score:
Blue Screenby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0786285591 (0-7862-8559-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Screen'More editions of Blue Screen:
Breakoutby Richard StarkISBN 0446678252 (0-446-67825-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakout'Book summary:Tired of do-gooder heroes saving the day? Meet Parker--just Parker to you, bub--a one-man wrecking crew, cunning, fearless, and more than just a little cold-blooded. Writing again under hard-boiled alter-ego Richard Stark, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Donald E. Westlake returns to the violent world of his legendary criminal creation with Breakout.
This time around Parker has picked certain members of his crew wrong and the job goes south right into the county lockup. Alone and isolated, the antihero finds himself without much wiggle room. But experienced Stark readers know, wiggling is what the slippery Parker does best. In Breakout, he wiggles himself out of jail and right into an even more dangerous situation involving an armory, a tunnel, and a jewelry wholesaler.
While there are rough spots here and there, Breakout is simply another fun-to-read Parker novel, taking readers again to the flip side where the bad guys win and the good guys are never as good as they should be. Call it a great escape because, with this Parker novel in particular, that's just what it is. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
A Catskill Eagle: A Spenser Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440111323 (0-440-11132-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Catskill Eagle: A Spenser Novel'Book summary:Spenser's girlfriend Susan runs away with another man, Jerry Costigan, the son of a very rich and dangerous criminal. Spenser and his friend Hawk go in search of Susan, but are soon caught up in the world of the CIA, guns and murder. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class. [via]
More editions of A Catskill Eagle: A Spenser Novel:
Cold Serviceby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425204286 (0-425-20428-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Cold Service'
Comebackby Richard StarkISBN 0446674656 (0-446-67465-6)
Softcover, Mysterious Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Comeback'
Complete Poemsby Dorothy ParkerISBN 0141180226 (0-14-118022-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Poems'More editions of Complete Poems:
Crimson Joyby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440203430 (0-440-20343-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Crimson Joy'More editions of Crimson Joy:
-
Dorothy Parkerby Dorothy R. Parker, Brendan GillISBN 0140150749 (0-14-015074-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Dorothy Parker'Book summary:Before there was Fran Leibowitz, there was Dorothy Parker. Before there was practically anyone, there was Dorothy Parker. When it comes to expressing the pleasure and pain of being just a touch too smart to be happy, she's winner and still champion after all these years. Along with Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, and the rest of the Algonquin Round Table, she dominated American pop lit in the '20s and '30s; like Ginger Rogers, she did it all backwards. Parker's held up well--maybe the best of all of them.
This book is essential for any Parker fan, and an excellent way for new readers to make her acquaintance. It reprints her finest short stories and poems, some later articles, and all of her excellent "Constant Reader" book reviews from the Depression-era glory days of the New Yorker. The poetry, always light, has become brittle, sorry to say. But you've only to pick any story to be reminded that no middle-distance writer was better than Parker at her best. [via]
More editions of Dorothy Parker:
Double Deuceby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0816155976 (0-8161-5597-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Double Deuce'More editions of Double Deuce:
Early Autumnby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1560542861 (1-56054-286-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Early Autumn'Book summary:A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land, he decides to do some kidnapping of his own.
With a contract out on his life, he heads for the Maine woods, determined to give a puny 15 year old a crash course in survival and to beat his dangerous opponents at their own brutal game. [via]More editions of Early Autumn:
- Early Autumn: ISBN 0440122147 (0-440-12214-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Early Autumn: ISBN 0613069471 (0-613-06947-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Early Autumn: ISBN 0440213878 (0-440-21387-8)
Softcover, Dell Publishing - Early Autumn: ISBN 0385282427 (0-385-28242-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - Early Autumn: ISBN 0440022487 (0-440-02248-7)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence - Early Autumn: ISBN 1560542861 (1-56054-286-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
- Early Autumn: ISBN 0440122147 (0-440-12214-7)
Firebreakby Richard StarkISBN 0446678244 (0-446-67824-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Firebreak'Book summary:Penzler Pick, December 2001: You'd have to hammer apart an armored tank to find a surface harder than that of Richard Stark's antihero Parker. A thief and a killer, Parker is the protagonist of a contemporary series that has the legendary status of vintage noir. The films Point Blank (with Lee Marvin) and Payback (with Mel Gibson) were both made from the first Parker novel, The Hunter. After an absence from print of over two decades, Parker began breaking all the commandments again in 1997's Comeback.
However, since Stark is, as the dust jacket informs readers, also at times the mystery Grand Master Donald E. Westlake, there's a curious phenomenon worth noting in the pages of this, the 21st Parker novel. Larry Lloyd, a crook by virtue of his (bad) temper if not his temperament, seems to be a second-banana character who's strolled out of a Westlake comic caper into a Stark scenario and can't quite figure out what he's doing here. Practically a textbook definition of a loose cannon, he comes on board the team planning to rob a billionaire techno-geek's remote mountain hideaway because of his own electronics expertise. OK, so he has a violent streak and is willing to put a bullet through a guy's eyeball, but he's still more Walter Mitty than James Cagney.
As he's about to help get the heist back on track at the last minute, Parker asks him if he thinks he's 007. "Are you kidding?" he says. "The last few weeks, I've been scaling cliffs, shooting people, getting rid of bodies, stealing ambulances, I am James Bond."
Since this comes from the hugely fertile mind of Westlake/Stark, this is not the story's only plotline. There is another, more twisty one running on a track parallel to the one with Parker and his robbery-minded pals on it. Revenge may be a dish best eaten cold, but when it's a matter of kill or be killed, Parker is not likely to be one of the leftovers.
Sometimes, a series loses some of its freshness and originality after it reaches a certain number. Amazingly, after 39 years and 21 books, this novel is as good as any in the series, which should be taken as the highest praise it's possible to give without seeming to be sycophantic. --Otto Penzler [via]
Flashfireby Richard StarkISBN 0446677906 (0-446-67790-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Flashfire'
The Handleby Richard StarkISBN 0805282424 (0-8052-8242-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handle'More editions of The Handle:
-
Hundred-Dollar Baby: Library Editionby Robert ParkerISBN 0786288221 (0-7862-8822-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Hundred-Dollar Baby: Library Edition'Book summary:A client from a decades-old case reaches out to Boston PI Spenser-but can he rescue troubled April Kyle once more?
Longtime Spenser fans will remember that once upon a time, though not so long ago, there was a girl named April Kyle-a beautiful teenage runaway who turned to prostitution to escape her terrible family life. The book was 1982's Ceremony, and, thanks to Spenser, April escaped Boston's "Combat Zone" for the relative safety of a high-class New York City bordello. April resurfaced in Taming a Sea-Horse, again in dire need of Spenser's rescue-this time from the clutches of a controlling lover. But April Kyle's return in Hundred-Dollar Baby is nothing short of shocking.
When a mature, beautiful, and composed April strides into Spenser's office, the Boston PI barely hesitates before recognizing his once and future client. Now a well-established madam herself, April oversees an upscale call-girl operation in Boston's Back Bay. Still looking for Spenser's approval, it takes her a moment before she can ask him, again, for his assistance. Her business is a success; what's more, it's an all-female enterprise. Now that some men are trying to take it away from her, she needs Spenser.
April claims to be in the dark about who it is that's trying to shake her down, but with a bit of legwork and a bit more muscle, Spenser and Hawk find ties to organized crime and local kingpin Tony Marcus, as well as a scheme to franchise the operation across the country. As Spenser again plays the gallant knight, it becomes clear that April's not as innocent as she seems. In fact, she may be her own worst enemy. [via]More editions of Hundred-Dollar Baby: Library Edition:
The Hunterby Richard StarkISBN 0839827067 (0-8398-2706-7)
Hardcover, Gregg Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunter'More editions of The Hunter:
Judas Goatby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0893402206 (0-89340-220-6)
Softcover, John Curley & Assoc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Judas Goat'
Juggerby Richard StarkISBN 0446677744 (0-446-67774-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jugger'
Leisure and Entertainment Facilitiesby Fred LawsonISBN 0792430514 (0-7924-3051-4)
Hardcover, Octopus Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Leisure and Entertainment Facilities'More editions of Leisure and Entertainment Facilities:
The Man With the Getaway Faceby Richard StarkISBN 0446674664 (0-446-67466-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man with the Getaway Face'More editions of The Man With the Getaway Face:
The Mournerby Richard StarkISBN 0446677728 (0-446-67772-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mourner'
Nobody Runs Foreverby Richard StarkISBN 0892967986 (0-89296-798-6)
Hardcover, Mysterious Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Nobody Runs Forever'More editions of Nobody Runs Forever:
The Outfitby Richard StarkISBN 0446674672 (0-446-67467-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Outfit'-
Pale Kings and Princesby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440200040 (0-440-20004-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Pale Kings and Princes'Book summary:In this crime story, the Boston private eye Spenser is hired to determine whether a reporter was killed by dope dealers or by an irate husband. The other Spenser novels include "The Godwulf Manuscript", "The Judas Goat" and "Promised Land", which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for 1976. [via]
More editions of Pale Kings and Princes:
Paper Dollby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0786200049 (0-7862-0004-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Paper Doll'More editions of Paper Doll:
Paybackby Richard StarkISBN 0446674648 (0-446-67464-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Payback'More editions of Payback:
The Portable Dorothy Parkerby Dorothy Parker, Marion MeadeISBN 0143039539 (0-14-303953-9)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portable Dorothy Parker'More editions of The Portable Dorothy Parker:
- The Portable Dorothy Parker: ISBN 067001074X (0-670-01074-X)
Softcover, Viking Press - The Portable Dorothy Parker: ISBN 0517478552 (0-517-47855-2)
Hardcover, Viking Press - The Portable Dorothy Parker: ISBN 0670540161 (0-670-54016-1)
Hardcover, Viking Press - The Portable Dorothy Parker: ISBN 0143039539 (0-14-303953-9)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
- The Portable Dorothy Parker: ISBN 067001074X (0-670-01074-X)
Rare Coin Scoreby Richard StarkISBN 1555048099 (1-55504-809-9)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Rare Coin Score'More editions of Rare Coin Score:
A Savage Place: A Spenser Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440180953 (0-440-18095-3)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'A Savage Place: A Spenser Novel'Book summary:TV reporter Candy Sloan has eyes the color of cornflowers and legs that stretch all the way to heaven. She also has somebody threatening to rearrange her lovely face if she keeps on snooping into charges of Hollywood racketeering.
Spenser's job is to keep Candy healthy until she breaks the biggest story of her career. But her star witness has just bowed out with three bullets in his chest, two tough guys have doubled up to test Spenser's skill with his fists, and Candy is about to use her own sweet body as live bait in a deadly romantic game--a game that may cost Spenser his life. [via]More editions of A Savage Place: A Spenser Novel:
School Daysby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1594131163 (1-59413-116-3)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'School Days'
The Scoreby Richard StarkISBN 1555045987 (1-55504-598-7)
Softcover, Chivers Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Score'Book summary:It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant payroll, all the banks, and all the stores in one entire city in one night. But there was one thief good enough to try-Parker. All he needed was the right men, the right plan, and the right kind of help from Lady Luck.The men and the plan were easy; Lady Luck was another story. She turned out to be a good-looking blonde with a taste for booze and eyes for Parker. And Parker knew this chilling caper could either be the perfect crime...or a set-up that would land him in jail-for life. [via]
Seventhby Donald E. Westlake, Richard StarkISBN 0380698994 (0-380-69899-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Seventh'
Slaygroundby Richard StarkISBN 0893408603 (0-89340-860-3)
Softcover, Chivers Press
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Slayground'
The Sour Lemon Scoreby Richard StarkISBN 0792705092 (0-7927-0509-2)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sour Lemon Score'
Stardustby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1560540680 (1-56054-068-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardust'Book summary:Spenser's never had a client like Jill Joyce, the star of TV's Fifty Minutes. She's beautiful, bitchy, sexy--and someone is stalking her. Spenser can hardly blame the would-be assassin...until he means the true meaning of "stage fright."[via]More editions of Stardust:
Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0786260793 (0-7862-6079-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel'More editions of Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel:
Sudden Mischiefby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1568955693 (1-56895-569-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Sudden Mischief'More editions of Sudden Mischief:
Taming a Sea-Horseby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440188415 (0-440-18841-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Taming a Sea-Horse'Book summary:In his latest highly acclaimed Spenser novel, Robert B. Parker takes readers into the murky big-city underground where Spenser undertakes an intense search for a beautiful, missing prostitute, and finds himself traveling amidst the sleaze of Times Square where sex is a commodity, and young girls are the currency. This phenomenal bestseller, with a million-copy paperback first printing is supported by national TV advertising and a 6-month backlist reissue program. HC:Delacorte. [via]
Thin Airby Robert B. ParkerISBN 1568952120 (1-56895-212-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Thin Air'
Valediction: A Spenser Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440192463 (0-440-19246-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Valediction: A Spenser Novel'More editions of Valediction: A Spenser Novel:
Walking Shadowby Robert B. ParkerISBN 156895106X (1-56895-106-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking Shadow'Book summary:In a shabby waterfront town, an actor is shot dead onstage. Granted, the script left much to be desired. But there's more behind the scenes than an overzealous critic--and Spenser and Hawk are combing Port City's underworld to find it...[via]More editions of Walking Shadow:
The Widening Gyreby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440195357 (0-440-19535-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Widening Gyre'More editions of The Widening Gyre:
Wildernessby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0440193281 (0-440-19328-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Wilderness'
![[powered by Muze Inc.]](http://i.bookfinder.com/images/site/muze/powered_by_muze.gif){kind=small}