The coldblooded criminal known as Parker tries, and fails, to stay under the radar in rural New England: тАЬNobody does the noir thriller better than Stark.тАЭ тАФSan 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. ItтАЩll be a deadly day at the races . . .
тАЬRichard StarkтАЩs Parker crime novels are the ultimate page-turners.тАЭ тАФJonathan Ames, The Boston Globe
тАЬParker is a blunt instrument of a human being.тАЭ тАФJohn Hodgman, Parade
тАЬOften funny, laced with StarkтАЩs brutally morbid humor . . . fast-moving, tense scenes that drip with potential violence before, inevitably, exploding into actual violence.тАЭ тАФChristopher Bahn, AV Club
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