This is the sort of Parker novel that I like best: it focuses
fairly narrowly on Parker planning and executing a heist and then dealing with
the aftermath. So why didn’t I like it more? Why did I actually find it a wee
bit tedious? The answer, I think, is that while Starklake ably executes the
Parker formula, it feels like a formula this
time out. Starklake doesn’t play with his own conventions as he sometimes does—he
just marches through them. Of course, this wouldn’t be my reaction if this were
my first encounter with Parker, in which case I would probably think this was a
great book. More than anything, this all suggests that I ought to take a break
from Parker. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ALERT: In Backflash, Parker laughs at a joke. Grade: C+
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