The sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher\'s Moon is more than twice as long as most of the master heister\'s adventures, and absolutely jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension readers have come to expect.
More than thirty-five years later, Butcher\'s Moon still packs a punch: keep your calendar clear when you pick it up, because once you open it you won\'t want to do anything but read until the last shot is fired..
Featuring a new introduction by Westlake\'s close friend and writing partner, Lawrence Block, this classic Parker adventure deserves a place of honor on any crime fan\'s bookshelf.
He was gone.
After its publication in 1974, Donald Westlake said, Richard Stark proved to me that he had a life of his own by simply disappearing.
It feels like the Parker novel to end all Parker novels, and for nearly twenty-five years that\'s what it was.
Back in the corrupt town where he lost his money, and nearly his life, in Slayground , Parker assembles a stunning cast of characters from throughout his career for one gigantic, blowout job: starting--and finishing--a gang war.
The sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher\'s Moon is more than twice as long as most of the master heister\'s adventures, and absolutely jammed with the action, violence, and nerve-jangling tension readers have come to expect
