Richard Stark: Backflash (USA 2011) From the Publisher: But nothing bad is truly gone forever, and Parker's as bad as they come. According to Westlake, one day in 1997, "suddenly, he came back from the dead, with a chalky prison pallor" -- and the novels that followed showed that neither Parker nor Stark had lost a step. Backflash finds Parker checking out the scene on a Hudson River gambling boat. Parker's no fan of either relaxation or risk, however, so you can be sure he's playing with house money -- and he's willing to do anything to tilt the odds in his favor. Featuring a great cast of heisters, a striking setting, and a new introduction by Westlake's close friend and writing partner, Lawrence Block, this classic Parker adventure deserve a place of honor on any crime fan's bookshelf. Richard Stark: Backflash. A Parker Novel. With a new Foreword by Lawrence Block. University of Chicago Press, ISBN: 9780226770604 (April, 2011), 304 p., $15.00.
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Richard Stark: Backflash (UK 2001) From the Publisher: Another gritty and compelling story for all devotees of Parker. Richard Stark: Backflash. A Parker Novel. Robert Hale, ISBN: 0709069561 (December, 2001), 220 p., £17.99 .
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Richard Stark: Backflash (USA 1999) From the Publisher: The guy who tipped off Parker in the first place is a bureaucrat who has a moral streak-or a yellow streak-plus a story that doesn't quite add up. The guy who's steering the getaway boat has some unsavory friends who happen to have plenty of guns. And a reporter on the casino has enough sense to know that something on this cruise isn't quite right. Suddenly Parker's surefire plan is blowing up like fireworks on the Fourth-only these bangs make people dead. Now with his luck going south and no one left to trust but himself, Parker will do what he does best: punch, claw, and kill his way out of the night. Richard Stark: Backflash. A Parker Novel. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0446675261 (October, 1999), 224 p., $12.95.
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Richard Stark: Backflash (USA 1998) From the Publisher: BACKFLASH The guy who tipped off Parker in the first place is a bureaucrat who has a moral streak-or a yellow streak-plus a story that doesn't quite add up. The guy who's steering the getaway boat has some unsavory friends who happen to have plenty of guns. And a reporter on the casino has enough sense to know that something on this cruise isn't quite right. Suddenly Parker's surefire plan is blowing up like fireworks on the Fourth-only these bangs make people dead. Now with his luck going south and no one left to trust but himself, Parker will do what he does best: punch, claw, and kill his way out of the night. Richard Stark: Backflash. A Parker Novel. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892966629 (September, 1998), 292 p., $20.00.
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