Richard Stark (AKA Donald E. Westlake) created master criminal named Parker in 1962. Since then in more than 20 novels he's perfected the anti-hero crime novel and with it a formula that has spawned endless homages. There are good pastiche and bad imitations, the recently reviewed Fever by Sean Rowe was certainly among the good novels inspired by Stark's Parker. But sometimes it pays to go staright to the source. In light of this, I've charted which Parker audiobooks are available from which publishers. Unfortunately you may have a lot of trouble getting a hold of these anywhere except for eBay- that's where I got most of mine. Here's the chart...

TITLE---------------SETTING----------PUBLISHER 1 The Hunter ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 2 The Man With the Getaway Face Lincoln, Nebraska Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 3 The Outfit ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 4 The Mourner Washington, DC / Florida Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 5 The Score Copper Canyon, North Dakota Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 6 The Jugger ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 7 The Seventh ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 8 The Handle Texas, Gulf Of Mexico, Mexico Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 9 The Rare Coin Score Indianapolis, Indiana Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 10 The Green Eagle Score US Air Force Base Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 11 The Black Ice Score New York, NY Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 12 The Sour Lemon Score ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 13 Deadly Edge ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 14 Slayground ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 15 Plunder Squad Oakland, CA N/A 16 Butcher's Moon ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 17 Comeback ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 18 Backflash ? Dove Audio [ABRIDGED] 19 Flashfire ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 20 Firebreak ? Books On Tape [UNABRIDGED] 21 Breakout ? N/A 22 Nobody Runs Forever ? N/A

posted by Jesse