Parker Novels - Mystery and Thrillers in one

First published in 1963 the second book in the series where Parker is still not a well liked man. There is a contract on his head in New York and in Nebraska there is a plastic surgeon being guarded by a fighter. In New Jersey there is a red armored truck filled with money and Parker and some interesting characters plan a heist for that money.

The cover shot at the right is from the 1998 Time Warner publication in hardcover.

The king is in his castle in Buffalo and armed with a new face and an iron will Parker is out to get the king and the Outfit who has put a contract out on his life. His associates pull off 12 capers in 5 days.

The Outfit was also made into a movie also called The Outfit in 1973 starring Robert Duvall as the criminal everyone loves to hate.

The cover shown here is from the 1998 Time Warner publication of the book.

It takes a thief to catch a thief and Parker is one of the best. Parker is blackmailed by an ex-girlfriend to steal a priceless statue from a Russian diplomat, but he's not the only one after the statue.

First published in 1963 in paperback. Allison and Busby (cover shown here) published the first hardcover British edition in 1987..

Twelve racketeers are going to take over an entire town. Introduction of Alan Grofield, who eventually gets his own series.

This story was also published under the name of Killtown and was made into a French movie Mise A Sac.

First published in paperback in 1964. Allison and Busby published the first hardcover British edition in 1985 with the cover shown here.

Parker travels to Nebraska when an old friend asks for help. Kind of out of character for our thief except that he needs to make sure this guy isn't going to blow his cover.

First published in 1965 in paperback. Cover shown here is from the 1986 Allison & Busby publication in hardcover.

A movie Made in U.S.A was made from this book in 1967 with Richard Widmark.

"The robbery was a piece of cake. The getaway was clean. And seven men were safely holed up in different places while Parker held all the cash - until the heat was off and each could collect his seventh to spend on booze or broads or dreams. Except this sweet heist turned sour. Somebody stole Parker's stash. Killed Parker's girl. And made Parker murderously mad. Now Parker's looking for the lowlife who did him dirty. The cops are looking for seven clever thieves. The killer is looking for a way to shoot Parker. And when hunters and hunted meet - some win, some lose, and some die." - excerpt from the book.

Originally published in 1966 as The Seventh the book was re-titled as The Split. Made into a movie in 1968, called The Split and starred Jim Brown as the Parker character, although the movie called him McClain.