From:Carrie Pruett:
> Wow, I had no idea there were so many Parker books!
Certainly not that
many
> in stock at my local bookstore or
library,
In theory they will all be republished, but until they all
are you will have to look for them used. A few years ago I
managed to find them all twice, but the one ones that have
not been published in the last few years are becoming
increasingly more difficult to find and more expensive. Here
is the list of the original books in order:
The Hunter The Man with the Getaway Face The Outfit The
Mourner The Score The Jugger The Seventh The Handle The
Damsel* The Rare Coin Score The Green Eagle Score The Dame*
The Black Ice Score The Sou Lemon Score The Deadly Edge The
Blackbird* Slayground Lemons Never Lie* Plunder Squad
Butcher's Moon
and recently, Comeback Backflash Flashfire
*Books featuring a sometime associate of Parker, Grofield.
They are lighter in tone. As Dick Lochte mentioned Blackbird
and Slayground have the same first chapter.
Westlake considered The Jugger the worst of the original
series because it was out of character for Parker to have
come to assist an old friend. It seems to me his recent books
have also had Parker often act out of character. Mark
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