William Denton:
> These are all the first lines from the Parker books
by Stark. All but one
> opens with the word "when." You folks with the rest,
can you check the
> others? I wondered why 11 is different, but maybe
some others are too.
>
> Of these, I think my favourites are 1, 5, 18 and
20.
>
>
> #1 HUNTER: "When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy
offered him a lift,
> Parker told him to go to hell."
>
> #2 THE MAN WITH THE GETAWAY FACE: "When the bandages
came off, Parker
> looked in the mirror at a stranger."
>
> #3 THE OUTFIT: "When the woman screamed, Parker
awoke and rolled off
> the bed."
>
> #4 THE MOURNER "When the guy with the asthma finally
came in from the
> fire escape, Parker rabbit-punched him and took his
gun away."
>
> #5 THE SCORE "When the bellboy left, Parker went
over to the house
> phone and made his call."
>
> #7 THE HANDLE "When the engine stopped, Parker came
up on deck for a
> look around."
>
> #11 THE BLACK ICE SCORE "Parker walked into his
hotel room, and there
> was a guy in there going through his suitcase laid
out on his bed."
>
> #17 COMEBACK "When the angel opened the door, Parker
stepped first
> past the threshold into the darkness of the cinder
block corridor
> beneath the stage."
>
> #18 BACKFLASH "When the car stopped rolling, Parker
kicked out the
> rest of the windshield and crawled through onto the
wrinkled hood,
> Glock first."
>
> #19 FLASHFIRE "When the dashboard clock read 2:40,
Parker drove out of
> the drugstore parking lot and across the sunlit road
to the
> convenience store/gas station."
>
> #20 FIREBREAK "When the phone rang, Parker was in
the garage, killing
> a man."
There used to be a web page that only had all the first lines
from the Parker books. I have looked for it recently and
haven't been able to find it so it probably doesn't exist
anymore. Mark
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