The Black Ice Score

A Parker Novel

By: Richard Stark

Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne

The good guys in a new African nation were missing a treasury full of diamonds. The nation's corrupt leader had stashed the rocks somewhere in New York City. Now the good guys needed a specialist to get their diamonds back. So they came to the best in the business: Parker. Only the three mysterious tough guys came to Parker, too. They figured three hands filled with .38s could convince him to pass up this international gem game. But leaning on Parker was like pressuring a box of TNT with a short fuse.

Crack another case with Parker.©1968 Fawcett Publications, Inc. (P)2010 BBC Audio

Stark is a great writer

the story, like every one of the Parker stories so far flows right along and the narration is spectacular.

Running out of steam

I love the Parker series and plan to listen to all of them from first to last. This is by far the weakest one in the series so far.

My man Parker

Digging these books. Not only ate they great heist stories, which seem technically correct, they can be finished in one listen.

Nasty, brutish, and short...

This fast-paced, no-nonsense noir from master Donald Westlake (writing as Richard Stark) starts tense, adds twists, and doesn't seem to waste a single word as Parker is hired to plan a jewelry heist...while learning other criminals also want the diamonds. As Parker says, "You can plan a job, but you can't plan for people." Taut, smart, and wholly unsentimental, Parker continues to fascinate as one of crime fiction's most interestingly focused and professional anti heroes. Not a bad Parker novel to start with, if you're curious.

Great bee character

Solid fee Audible book. I listened non-stop & the story was full of enough intrigue & twists to keep me hooked. This author has some chops. Would like to see a follow-on or better yet a prequel!