Title: solid crime fiction
Product review: Parker signs on to do an armored car job. Unfortunately, too many amateur cooks spoil the stew...I really like the author's Dortmunder series, so thought I'd try some of his other stuff. Glad I did: while not as funny as Dortmunder, Parker is still as shrewd and calculating. Stark (aka Westlake) is a good writer with a good sense of pacing and plots. Technically, this book invokes a pet peeve of mine: willful stupidity on the part of the characters as a means of moving the plot along. However, I'm willing to forgive it here, as its actually in character of the characters to act so boneheadedly dim, and Westlake does a good job of dancing around it.The book ends on a cliffhanger, so if you want to find out what happens you'll also need to pick up "Ask the Parrot (Parker Novels)."I don't know how this book stands up against other Parker novels (I'm suspecting well) but if you like the author, I'm willing to bet you'll like this.
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