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The Handle

Written by: Richard Stark
Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
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Baron is clever - perhaps too clever. He sits on the heavily protected island of Cockaigne, a mini-Las Vegas forty miles out in the Gulf of Mexico, raking in as much as $250,000 some nights, laughing at the Outfit, who can’t collect their cut. Now the Outfit can no longer stand the loss of face - not to mention the loss of revenue. That’s why they’ve sent for Parker, who knows that the line between success and failure on this score would be exactly the length of the barrel of a .38. Double-crosses and double-dealings from the word go, not to mention the arrival of Parker’s flamboyant friend Grofield, make this one of Richard Stark’s best.

©1966 Richard Stark. All rights reserved. (P)2011 Richard Stark Hard-Boiled Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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I love the Parker novels and the audio version is great too but I’d love a Darwin Cooke(He adapted some of the novels it to brilliant and beautiful comic books) audio drama adaptation w full cast.

Top 10 maybe even Top 5 of the 20+ Parker novels

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It’s been barely six weeks since the violent conclusion of “The Seventh” and Parker is lured by the mob into robbing and ruining a private party island owned by the mysterious BARON. With his pals Salsa and Grofield on the heist this time, what could wrong? How about double-crosses, desperate feds, and non-stop violence. A great ending that sets up the first stand-alone Grofield novel; this one really fleshes out the regulars in Parker’s gang, and is a top-notch story from start to finish. Thorne does a great array of voices to really make this one pop.

Fast and Furious!!

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One of the best in this series for me. Constant twists and turns.

And grofield steals the show. 👌🏽

Stand out Parker novel.

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