Richard Stark: Firebreak (USA 2011) From the Publisher: But cash isn't everything: Flashfire and Firebreak find Parker going after, respectively, a fortune in jewels and a collection of priceless paintings. In Flashfire, Parker's in West Palm Beach, competing with a crew that has an unhealthy love of explosions; when things go sour, Parker finds himself shot and trapped -- and forced to rely on a civilian to survive. Firebreak takes Parker to a palatial Montana "hunting lodge" where a dot-com millionaire hides a gallery of stolen old masters -- which will fetch Parker a pretty penny if his team can just get it past the mansion's tight security. The forests of Montana are an inhospitable place for a heister when well-laid plans fall apart, but no matter how untamed the wilderness, Parker's guaranteed to be the most dangerous predator around. Richard Stark: Firebreak. A Parker Novel. With a new Foreword by Terry Teachout. University of Chicago Press, ISBN: 9780226770659 (August, 2011), 304 p., $15.00.
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Richard Stark: Firebreak (UK 2008) From the Publisher: Richard Stark: Firebreak. Quercus, ISBN: 1847244475 (April, 2008), 297 p., £6.99 .
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Richard Stark: Firebreak (UK 2002) From the Publisher: Richard Stark: Firebreak. A Parker Novel. Robert Hale, ISBN: 0709072988 (December, 2002), 224 p., £17.99 .
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Richard Stark: Firebreak (USA 2002) From the Publisher: Richard Stark: Firebreak. A Parker Novel. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0446678244 (November, 2002), 304 p., $12.95 .
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Richard Stark: Firebreak (USA 2001) From the Publisher: FIREBREAK The master thief wasn't the only one in his crew with scores to settle. Recently released from prison, Lloyd is the brains behind the Montana heist, the only guy who can crack the lodge's alarm system. But Lloyd had a quarrel with some former partners-and a temper. And when he explodes, and shoots a guy through the eye, Parker just happens to be by his side. Now Parker and his would-be partner are both cutting swaths of destruction on their way to Montana. With broken bodies and broken promises piling up behind them, one question remains: Is there enough room in this heist for both men to come out alive? In FIREBREAK Richard Stark has elevated the noir novel to a kind of relentless poetry, painting a searing portrait of seemingly ordinary men moonlighting in death and destruction. From an elderly husband-and-wife team of assassins to a pair of crippled criminals stewing in their hatred of Parker, FIREBREAK is a furious drama acted out by people who know only one way to fight fire: with fire... Richard Stark: Firebreak. Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892967110 (November, 2001), 297 p., $23.95.
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