The coldblooded criminal known as Parker tries, and fails, to stay under the radar in rural New England: âNobody does the noir thriller better than Stark.â âSan Diego Union-Tribune
In Ask the Parrot, the followup to Nobody Runs Forever, ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the racetrack that fired him. Even in hiding, Parker manages to get up to no good. Itâll be a deadly day at the races . . .
âRichard Starkâs Parker crime novels are the ultimate page-turners.â âJonathan Ames, The Boston Globe
âParker is a blunt instrument of a human being.â âJohn Hodgman, Parade
âOften funny, laced with Starkâs brutally morbid humor . . . fast-moving, tense scenes that drip with potential violence before, inevitably, exploding into actual violence.â âChristopher Bahn, AV Club