Parker Series

24 primary works • 29 total works
A ruthless career criminal, Parker has almost no traditional redeeming qualities, aside from efficiency and professionalism. Parker is cold, methodical, and perfectly willing to commit murder if he deems it necessary to get what he wants. He does, however, live by one ethical principle: he will not double-cross another professional criminal with wh…

Book 1

The Hunter
3.98
· 14730 Ratings · 1320 Reviews · published 1962 · 8 editions
NYC 1950s. In the first volume of the series, Park…
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Book 2

The Man with the Getaway Face
3.98
· 6589 Ratings · 522 Reviews · published 1963 · 52 editions
Master thief Parker comes to a plastic surgeon in …
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Book 3

The Outfit
4.17
· 9673 Ratings · 719 Reviews · published 1963 · 66 editions
When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares…
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Book 4

The Mourner
3.94
· 3689 Ratings · 325 Reviews · published 1963 · 30 editions
The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t i…
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Book 5

The Score
4.08
· 3992 Ratings · 363 Reviews · published 1964 · 41 editions
It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant…
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Book 6

The Jugger
4.01
· 2955 Ratings · 290 Reviews · published 1965 · 41 editions
Not many men knew what Parker did for a living, be…
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Book 7

The Seventh
4.07
· 2796 Ratings · 265 Reviews · published 1966 · 45 editions
Why not?

Just because no one had ever tried it befo…
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Book 8

The Handle
3.96
· 2405 Ratings · 212 Reviews · published 1966 · 34 editions
The Baron ran a gambling island off the Texas coas…
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Book 9

The Rare Coin Score
4.03
· 2232 Ratings · 207 Reviews · published 1967 · 29 editions
When it comes to heists, Parker believes in some c…
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Book 10

The Green Eagle Score
4.01
· 2104 Ratings · 202 Reviews · published 1967 · 36 editions
Here’s Parker—planning to steal the entire payroll…
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Book 11

The Black Ice Score
3.86
· 2029 Ratings · 181 Reviews · published 1968 · 30 editions
A corrupt African colonel has converted half his c…
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Book 12

The Sour Lemon Score
4.09
· 2284 Ratings · 174 Reviews · published 1969 · 26 editions
Bank robberies should run like clockwork, right? I…
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Book 13

Deadly Edge
4.11
· 1902 Ratings · 203 Reviews · published 1971 · 23 editions

Deadly Edge bids a brutal adieu to the 1960s as Pa…

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Book 14

Slayground
4.20
· 2335 Ratings · 224 Reviews · published 1971 · 32 editions
The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his…
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Book 15

Plunder Squad
4.05
· 1711 Ratings · 162 Reviews · published 1972 · 23 editions
Hearing the click behind him, Parker threw his gla…
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Book 16

Butcher's Moon
4.43
· 2038 Ratings · 234 Reviews · published 1974 · 25 editions

The sixteenth Parker novel, Butcher’s Moon is more…

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Book 17

Comeback
4.11
· 1994 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 1997 · 38 editions
A robbery of a Christian Crusade executed in the h…
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Book 18

Backflash
4.10
· 2140 Ratings · 166 Reviews · published 1998 · 34 editions
Following on the heels of Comeback, a New York Tim…
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Book 19

Flashfire
4.07
· 2098 Ratings · 219 Reviews · published 2000 · 48 editions
Melander likes to do things flashy. When Parker fi…
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Book 20

Firebreak
3.94
· 1568 Ratings · 155 Reviews · published 2001 · 39 editions
Parker put down the body and answered the phone. A…
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Book 21

Breakout
4.08
· 1755 Ratings · 158 Reviews · published 2002 · 29 editions
Stuck in jail without bail while awaiting trial, P…
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Book 22

Nobody Runs Forever
4.01
· 1430 Ratings · 144 Reviews · published 2004 · 22 editions
Seven men came to a meeting in Cincinnati. One wor…
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Book 23

Ask The Parrot
3.90
· 1727 Ratings · 185 Reviews · published 2006 · 45 editions
Sometimes mystery master Donald E. Westlake is the…
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Book 24

Dirty Money
3.94
· 1503 Ratings · 171 Reviews · published 2008 · 25 editions
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Book 17, #18, #19

Comeback / Backflash / Flashfire
4.48
· 21 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 3 editions
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Book 17, #19

Comeback / Flashfire
4.28
· 79 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 1 edition
1st Omnibus edition paperback, vg++
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Book 2, 3 & 13

The Parker Omnibus: Volume 1
4.35
· 20 Ratings · published 1997 · 1 edition
Three Parker thrillers: "The Man With the Getaway …
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Book 5, 7 & 8

The Parker Omnibus: Volume 2
4.50
· 26 Ratings · published 1999 · 2 editions
The Parker Omnibus: "The Split", "The Score", "The…
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Book 1, 7 & 8

Parker: l’inferno in terra
Anonima carogne. Pensano di averlo fatto fuori. Gr…
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