police official who purses Parker in the final two books, briefly working with Gwen Reversa in Dirty Money (2008). Briggs: An explosive man who works with Parker in Butcher's Moon (1974). Although semi-retired following the events of that novel, he later provides Parker with weapons to use for the heist in Nobody Runs Forever (2004). Adolf Lozini: Head of organized crime in the fictional city of Tyler. His men attempt to kill Parker to rob him of his heist money in Slayground (1969), with Lozini becoming invested in this after Parker kills his chosen successor. When Parker returns for his cached money in Butcher's Moon (1974), he initially goes to war with Lozini again to recover it, but stumbles into the middle of a coup by several of Lozini's inner circle, who are responsible for finding and taking Parker's money. Fred Ducasse: An experienced and even-tempered but sometimes unlucky man who works three jobs with Parker, two of which fall apart in the planning stage. Lou Sternberg: A Parker associate who lives in England and makes it a policy to never work there, traveling to America to commit a crime whenever he runs low on money. George Uhl: A double-crossing associate of Parker who survives their first run-in to return in a later novel, seeking to kill him. Noelle Braselle: A former hippie and niece of another career criminal who works on two of Parker's jobs. Paul Brock and Matt Rosenstein: A mismatched gay couple involved in a variety of crimes, they first clash with Parker over George Uhl's money, with Parker leaving them for dead. They return in a later book, with Rosentstein having been paralyzed form his injuries, and the two seeking revenge against Parker. Madge: Owner of a boarding house Parker and his associates sometimes stay at between jobs, or hide loot at. Tom Hurley: An easily irritable colleague of Parker from Butcher's Moon (1974). After being injured during a shootout, he acts as a broker between other professionals looking to build crews, in Flashfire (1998). George Walhiem: A bespectacled small-time lock man who becomes involved in two jobs with Parker, both of which end poorly due to other members of the crew. Frank Meany: An organized-crime figure introduced in Firebreak (2001) who tries to kill Parker on behalf of Brock and Rosenstein. In Dirty Money (2008) Parker is forced to deal with him in order to