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ASK THE PARROT
(#23--2006)
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, whenver
Westlake writes as Stark, he lets Parker run loose--a ruthless criminal in a
world of vulnerable "straights." Now in this new adventure, it's
easy to find out where Parker ends up. Alll you have to do is...
ASK THE PARROT
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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