Reconsidering his lifes work after he is set up for a murder, master criminal Parker ignores his suspicions in order to accept a potentially lucrative heist job involving a team of incompetent associates, a small-town bank, an alcoholic heiress, and a philandering social climber. By the author of Backflash and Comeback. 20,000 first printing. Reconsidering his lifes work after he is set up for a murder, master criminal Parker ignores his suspicions in order to accept a potentially lucrative heist job involving a team of incompetent associates, and a small-town bank. Seven men came to a meeting in Cincinnati. One wore a wire, and another didnt 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 managers two-timing wife and a beautiful, relentless cop, too many people have their hands too close to Parkers 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 cant 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, theres always the choice of turning from fight to flight - even if theres nowhere to run. Master criminal Parker is back and in deeper, darker trouble than ever before. The classic anti-hero is forced to use every trick in his dubious arsenal to avoid having to pay the ultimate price for his questionable line of work.
