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
· 15232 Ratings · 1371 Reviews · published 1962 · 91 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
· 6758 Ratings · 534 Reviews · published 1963 · 51 editions
Master thief Parker comes to a plastic surgeon in …
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Book 3

The Outfit
4.17
· 9855 Ratings · 739 Reviews · published 1963 · 67 editions
When the Outfit tries to kill him, Parker declares…
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Book 4

The Mourner
3.94
· 3769 Ratings · 331 Reviews · published 1963 · 44 editions
The statue wore white and grieved. Parker wasn’t i…
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Book 5

The Score
4.08
· 4064 Ratings · 371 Reviews · published 1964 · 7 editions
It was an impossible crime: knock off a huge plant…
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Book 6

The Jugger
4.01
· 3013 Ratings · 296 Reviews · published 1965 · 12 editions
Not many men knew what Parker did for a living, be…
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Book 7

The Seventh
4.06
· 2878 Ratings · 276 Reviews · published 1966 · 11 editions
Why not?

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

The Handle
3.96
· 2470 Ratings · 222 Reviews · published 1966 · 35 editions
The Baron ran a gambling island off the Texas coas…
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Book 9

The Rare Coin Score
4.02
· 2290 Ratings · 218 Reviews · published 1967 · 4 editions
When it comes to heists, Parker believes in some c…
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Book 10

The Green Eagle Score
4.01
· 2143 Ratings · 204 Reviews · published 1967 · 8 editions
Here’s Parker—planning to steal the entire payroll…
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Book 11

The Black Ice Score
3.85
· 2065 Ratings · 185 Reviews · published 1968 · 31 editions
A corrupt African colonel has converted half his c…
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Book 12

The Sour Lemon Score
4.09
· 2318 Ratings · 176 Reviews · published 1969 · 4 editions
Bank robberies should run like clockwork, right? I…
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Book 13

Deadly Edge
4.11
· 1934 Ratings · 205 Reviews · published 1971 · 31 editions

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

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Book 14

Slayground
4.20
· 2393 Ratings · 233 Reviews · published 1971 · 34 editions
The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his…
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Book 15

Plunder Squad
4.05
· 1745 Ratings · 164 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
· 2078 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
· 2042 Ratings · 190 Reviews · published 1997 · 9 editions
A robbery of a Christian Crusade executed in the h…
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Book 18

Backflash
4.11
· 2168 Ratings · 168 Reviews · published 1998 · 8 editions
Following on the heels of Comeback, a New York Tim…
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Book 19

Flashfire
4.07
· 2138 Ratings · 223 Reviews · published 2000 · 48 editions
Melander likes to do things flashy. When Parker fi…
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Book 20

Firebreak
3.93
· 1590 Ratings · 158 Reviews · published 2001 · 43 editions
Parker put down the body and answered the phone. A…
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Book 21

Breakout
4.09
· 1790 Ratings · 162 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
· 1455 Ratings · 147 Reviews · published 2004 · 22 editions
Seven men came to a meeting in Cincinnati. One wor…
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Book 23

Ask The Parrot
3.91
· 1760 Ratings · 189 Reviews · published 2006 · 45 editions
Sometimes mystery master Donald E. Westlake is the…
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Book 24

Dirty Money
3.95
· 1535 Ratings · 179 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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