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Title details for Dirty Money by Richard Stark - Available

Dirty Money

#24 in series

by Richard Stark
Stephen R. Thorne
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Master criminal Parker takes another turn for the worse as he tries to recover loot from a heist gone terribly wrong. Parker and two cohorts stole the assets of a bank in transit, but the police heat was so great they could only escape if they left the money behind. Now Parker and his associates plot to reclaim the loot, which they hid in the choir loft of an unused country church. As they implement the plan, people on both sides of the law use the forces at their command to stop Parker and grab the goods for themselves. Though Parker's new getaway van is an old Ford Econoline with "Holy Redeemer Choir" on its doors, his gang is anything but holy, and Parker will do whatever it takes to redeem his prize, no matter who gets hurt in the process.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Parker

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792755487
      • File size: 149906 KB
      • Duration: 05:12:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      With 2.1 million dollars of very hot cash stashed within a few miles of a bizarre armored car robbery, just about every cop in New England is searching for the robbers. The robbers, of course, are scheming to grab their loot and get out of town. DIRTY MONEY presents these criminals as the focus of the story, and as protagonists they elicit mixed feelings from the listener. Narrator Stephen Thorne provides an engaging narration with his smooth delivery. He doesn't give this band of thieves complete credibility, but he does endow each character with his own vocal identity. Thorne's unassuming, comfortable cadence makes for an entertaining listening experience. The only real problem with DIRTY MONEY is that you just don't know whom to root for. T.J.M. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 21, 2008
      Master thief Parker wraps up some unfinished business in this entertaining if relatively lackluster entry in this long-running crime series from the pseudonymous Stark (aka MWA Grand Master Donald Westlake). Lots went wrong after Parker and two partners robbed an armored car in rural Massachusetts of $2.2 million in 2004's Nobody Runs Forever. The money was \x93poisoned\x94 (i.e., marked); one of his partners was captured before killing a marshal and escaping; and bounty-hunter Sandra Loscalzo wants to cut herself in on the take. The pragmatic, quick-thinking Parker must find a way to retrieve the stashed haul he and his confederates left in Massachusetts without getting caught by the law or nibbled to death by other crooks. Stark handles the criminal aspects of his tale with his usual panache, but some fans will find Parker's trademark sharp edge less in evidence this outing.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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