by Richard Stark
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Seven men came to a meeting in Cincinnati. One wore a wire, and another didn't hesitate to kill him-fast and hard. Now Parker has left that meeting and the murder behind, and gotten involved in a scheme that is stuffed with money and trouble. In the rural northwestern corner of Massachusetts, Parker and a pal plan to steal an armored car. But the human element gets in the way. From a nervous ex-con and his well-intentioned sister to a bank manager's two-timing wife and a beautiful, relentless cop, too many people have their hands too close to Parker's pie. Then a bounty hunter, who just happens to be hunting the man who never left the Cincinnati meeting, joins the fray. Parker can see this job turning bad, yet he can't let go of the score. And when guns go off and the heist goes down, the perfect plan will explode with a sound and fury all its own. For Parker, there's always the choice of turning from fight to flight-even if there's nowhere to run....
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Stark/Westlake delivers again!, 2008-01-13
Over time, things change, sometimes for the better and sometimes not. In this hectic world, it's sometimes nice to find something that remains stable throughout the years. Richard Stark's books about master thief Parker are one such constant. It's not that Stark (or really Donald Westlake) has stagnated over the forty years of Parker novels; instead, he is able to use the same essential formula over and over with enough variations to make each book a delight.
Within the first couple of pages of Nobody Runs Forever, Parker has killed a man. Harbin had been wearing a wire during a planning meeting for a heist, and when caught, paid the price. The wire having tainted his plans, Parker goes his own way, though he soon teams up with an old partner, Nick Dalesia to orchestrate an armored car robbery.
Of course, there are complications. The inside person, the wife of a bank president, is an amateur, and in Parker's experience, amateurs mean trouble. He's right, as she'll commit acts that threaten the entire scheme, and she's not the only amateur in the mix. This will get the police involved, but Parker is able to defuse most of the problems. Unfortunately, there are also a pair of bounty hunters who are looking for Harbin and will cause grief if they don't find him.
At the core of the novel, as always, is Parker himself. Parker is the ultimate man of action, impassive with no real deep thoughts beyond his job. While we do see the motivations of others, Parker remains cryptically stoic; even when with his lover Claire, he doesn't express his feelings. While never cruel, he is ruthless, yet he is also an utterly compelling character. Stark/Westlake is a great writer, and once again, he has written a great book.
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
Could this be the final Parker book?, 2007-11-29
Nobody Runs Forever
When he saw the one called Harbin was wearing a wire, Parker said, "Deal me out". They were playing seven card stud. Parker should have walked away right then. It didn't get any better. This was one capper that was snake-bit from the get go.
Could this be Parker's Waterloo?
I think Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark is just playing with us. Maybe he'll get a jury from Los Angeles and get off all together.
As usual Stark is very entertaining with his fast paced tough guy. This time robbing a bank's vault's contents as it is being moved to another larger bank via armored cars.
Highly recommended for Parker fans.
As far as I can tell the other Parker books are:
1) The Hunter (1963; AKA Point Blank, Payback; Parker, by Richard Stark).
2) The Man With the Getaway Face (1963; AKA The Steel Hit; Parker,
3) The Outfit (1963; Parker, by Richard Stark)
4) The Mourner (1963; Parker, by Richard Stark)
5) The Score (1964; AKA Killtown; Parker, by Richard Stark)
6) The Jugger (1965; Parker, by Richard Stark)
7) The Seventh (1966; AKA The Split; Parker, by Richard Stark)
8) The Handle (1966; AKA Run Lethal; Parker, by Richard Stark)
9) The Rare Coin Score (1967; Parker, by Richard Stark)
10) The Green Eagle Score (1967; Parker, by Richard Stark)
11) The Black Ice Score (1968; Parker, by Richard Stark)
12) The Sour Lemon Score (1969; Parker, by Richard Stark)
13) Slayground (1971; Parker, by Richard Stark)
14) Deadly Edge (1971; Parker, by Richard Stark)
15) Plunder Squad (1972; Parker, by Richard Stark)
16) Butcher's Moon (1974; Parker, by Richard Stark)
17) Comeback (1997;
18) Backflash (1998; Parker)..
19) Nobody Runs Forever (2004; Parker)
Gunner November 2007
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 Nobody Reads One Parker Classic and Isn't Forever Running Around Looking for More!, 2006-03-07
Donald E. Westlake's alter ego Richard Stark's Parker character is back in another extremely enjoyable fast paced easy read. In Nobody Runs Forever Parker is told of a plan for an armoured car heist by a criminal partner he formerly worked with. The Deer Hill Bank is being sold to a much bigger consortium and the wife of the seller who is so annoyed that her father's legacy is being destroyed, she has asked her ex jail bird lover to hijack the bank's money when it is transferred by armoured cars to the purchasing banks vaults. She can provide the information on the dates and which car the money will be in but Parker can see a lot of problems with the plan. Of course he is still interested but the wife and the ex con are not the only problems his team will come across.
Nobody Runs Forever is a novel both fans of and new readers to Westlake under his or his pen name Stark will read over and over again. Short chapters make putting it down when you reluctantly have to a breeze as well. As well as other Parker adventures also check out under Westlake's own name his masterpiece solution to being unemployed, The Ax. His novels Corkscrew and the Scared Stiff are also brilliant!
I would also recommend James Pattinson (Pattinson not Patterson), a British author who writes very similar novels which are also short chaptered and simple but enjoyable reads to those who have read everything Westlake has written so far but want more of this sort of reading.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
possibly the most evocative ending of a Parker novel yet, 2006-02-28
Like all the other Parker capers, this one has a hard, relentless "hero" and a caper that all sorts of flakes and investigators want in on. I enjoyed the ending more than any other Parker ending yet; it evoked the barking of bloodhounds and the snap of cold air in the woods as winter nears. A nearly lyrical end to a book starring a very bad man.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Don't mess with Parker!, 2006-01-31
Another great Parker novel. Stark/Westlake always throws out a few imagery gems that make you smile. For example, to describe the freshly washed caravan of armored cars: "The four armored cars lumbered like costumed circus elephants..." You can almost picture them trunk-to-tail!
Unusually, this Parker novel doesn't wrap up all the ends in a neat package. The finale is a cliff hanger of sorts. I'm anxiously awaiting the next one to find out what happens.
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