Sometimes mystery master Donald E. Westlake is the author of uproarious crime capers. Sometimes he has a mean streak-and its name is Parker. From his noir classic The Man with the Getaway Face to his recent novel Nobody Runs Forever, whenever Westlake writes as Stark, he lets Parker run loose-a ruthless criminal in a world of vulnerable "straights."On a sunny October afternoon a man is running up a hill. He's not dressed for running. Below him are barking police dogs and waiting up ahead is a stranger-with a rifle, a life full of regrets, and a parrot at home who will mutely witness just how much trouble the runner, Parker, can bring into an ordinary life.The rabbit hunter is Tom Lindahl, a small-town lonely heart nursing a big-time grudge against the racetrack that fired him. He knows from the moment he sees Parker that he's met a professional thief-and a man with murder in his blood. Rescuing Parker from the chase hounds, Lindahl invites the fugitive into his secluded home. He plans to rip off his former employer and exact a deadly measure of revenge-if he can get Parker to help.But Tom doesn't know Parker and that the desperate criminal will do anything to survive-no matter who has to die...

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Bookseller: Willis Monie Books - ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 77656
Title: Blues for Charlie Darwin
Author: Hentoff, Nat
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Printing
ISBN 10: 0688012604
ISBN 13: 9780688012601
Publisher: Morrow
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: 0688012604, Mystery

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