The Rare Coin Score Audiobook

" "Parker spent two weeks on the white sand beach at Biloxi, and on a white sandy bitch named Belle, but he was restless, and one day without thinking about it he checked out and sent a forwarding address to Handy McKay and moved on to New Orleans." "

" I read this in one sitting on the airplane. No one wrote a better series of hard-boiled novels in the 1960s than Richard Stark (Donald Westlake). In this one Parker leads a small group in a caper at a coin show and he meets a girl named Claire. "

" The first sentence is astounding. "

" Another fast paced entry in the Parker series. "

" Working my way through some old school pulp series. The 'Parker' series by Richard Stark is a quick lite bus read "

" Decent caper novel. But how come everybody recognizes Parker after his plastic surgery in the first chapter? "

" This heist is different because Parker ends up scoring a girl as well. I'm not sure I like that Parker ends up with her but it does mean he's human. Overall a great story with great individual characters but another heist that ends up flawed when someone else decides to steal the take. "

" Totally gripping - Parker changes his pattern and end up involved in a heist his first instinct was to walk away from. A little more thoughtful and character focused than the previous book. "

" One of my favorite Parker books. "

" One of my favorite Parker books. Claire is a great character, and the tension throughout is ridiculously taut. Excellent stuff. "

" Parker gets a girlfriend novel. Enjoyable as wicked fun, but not his best. Maybe because it feels like a formula or another clog in a series - but still, its a form of literature that will please one, if stranded in the desert or in a boring hotel. Therefore it is sort of a masterpiece. "

" After misfiring with the first Grofield novel, Richard Stark regroups with garden-variety Parker: In The Rare Coin Score, Parker steals exactly what the book's title promises, and, of course, he runs into some trouble along the way. "

" Good Parker book but not as enthralling as some of the others in the series. Definitely recommend the series as well as the few movies based on The Hunter and The Outfit. "

" Parker joins a caper he quickly discovers is run by amateurs. This grates on him, as he's a professional, and hates poorly conceived gigs. But he takes over, and find a score within a score, and in the process hooks up with Claire. "