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Nobody Runs Forever: A Parker Novel
By Richard Stark and Duane Swierczynski
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Nobody Runs Forever opens a three-part saga with a job at a poker game that sours into a necktie party. When Parker goes in on a messy scam—stealing an armored car—with someone he barely knows, as usual the amateurs get in the way of the job. 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. Even when he sees the job turning bad, he can’t let go of the score—and there just might be nowhere left to run...
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parker gets involved in a robbery of money being transferred between two banks. A cop and a bounty hunter start making things difficult. A bit slower than early Stark novels and, for me, a bit too much minor character background. His characters work better as ciphers. The momentum did build nicely however and the end was intriguing.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This action book can hardly be called a mystery. It is clear from chapter one who the 'bad guys' are and the only suspense is will the only-somewhat likeable gang of thieves be able to pull off their heist. Anchored by Parker, this book is really a mixed bag in terms of characters and pace. Some, like Dr. Madchen, and Nels, seemed pitch perfect; Nick Dalesia was underdeveloped and flat, and some others were one or two dimensional. The book starts off with an interest event, which could have really popped with some artistry. Then it sags into a slow and sometimes tedious set of character development, much of which never gets a return on investment when the pace starts speeding up to a fever pitch at the end.All in all, this book is a like a moderately bad movie with some really good scenes, where the good scenes are all in the movie trailer, promising more of the same, but when you watch the movie, there's little else. This book had 4-6 amazing scenes, two of the six associate characters are really good, and the rest is boilerplate a writing workshop student could have come up with. Nevertheless, the premise and mostly the lead character Parker are going to make me want to read the sequel, Dirty Money.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In the introduction to "Deadly Edge," Charles Ardai explains that the Parker novels are all rather similar in that they all involve some kind of heist and things go wrong, but they are like jazz tunes that are all familiar in a sense, but no two solos are alike. "Nobody Runs Forever" is the 22nd book in this series ( not counting the four Grofield books) and it is part one of the trilogy that ends the series with "Ask The Parrot" and "Dirty Money" being the other two pieces. Each of these three novels is complete for themselves, but together they are part of a continuous story about an armored car robbery in Western Massachusetts and it's aftermath.
A smaller bank is getting swallowed up by a larger one and all the cash is being moved at night by a high security team in four armored vehicles. An Ex-con has been dating the bank president's wife and she has the inside scoop on when and what route the money is being moved. A perfect chance or is it ever that simple in Parker's world? Maybe you got an inside person, but the absolute worst thing is to have an amateur involved. And, before they even got underway (like on the first few pages) some joker wearing a wire had to be put down and the body hasn't even been laid to rest. At least, you're not attracting the attention of an over zealous woman cop, Detective Reversa. At least, a bounty hunter isn't trying to crash the party. At least the ex-con isn't running from a jealous husband.
It's hard to pick a favorite among the Parker novels as they are all terrific. This is another brilliant work by Mr. Westlake. Well-plotted and simply well done. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Satisfying Parker romp. There are a few too many people in on the string, but you do what ya gotta when your getting low. Only two more Parkers to go.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another great book from Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark. So well written that I could actually forget that someone had strung these words together. A good writer knows how not to let the words get in the way of the story.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is another lean mean Parker novel by Richard Stark. All of the Parker tales are quick and entertaining reads. Neither Parker nor Stark disappoint, but this time around, Parker runs. This doesn’t happen often.Published in hardcover by Mysterious Press.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent Parker novel.
These just whip right along, every heist coming with numerous complications and mistakes, exemplifying human foibles except for Parker who remains totally amoral and focused only on the job, and who must use his wits to deal with the inevitable screw-ups and unforeseen holes in the road.
To recount the plot would be to layer the review in spoilers. I’ll just whet your interest with four armored trucks, one very smart police detective, a smarmy doctor, two bounty hunters looking for a dead body, some ex-cons, and a church filled with hymnals.
Number 22 in the series. Read them all. Perfect length for a transcontinental flight. You won’t even miss flying over Kansas and Nebraska.