The master criminal gathers a gang to rob a casino boat, but things don't run smoothly in this hard-boiled caper novel.

Foreword by Lawrence Block

Parker's got a couple of rules that have helped keep him alive throughout his long career. One of those is never to work on a boat. But with a gambling boat cruising down the Hudson, stuffed to the gunwales with cash, Parker's got a plan, a team, and a new rule: a shot at a big enough score makes any rule worth breaking.

Parker and his crew hit the boat, hard, but as always, there are a lot of complications -- and a lot of bodies -- before this one's in the bag.

Praise for the Richard Stark and the Parker novels

"Fiercely distracting... Westlake is an expert plotter; and while Parker is a blunt instrument of a human being depicted in rudimentary short grunts of sentences, his take on other characters reveals a writer of great humor and human understanding." ?John Hodgman, Parade

"[Parker] lumbers through the pages of Richard Stark's noir novels scattering dead bodies like peanut shells... In a complex world [he] makes things simple." ?New York Times

"Elmore Leonard wouldn't write what he does if Stark hadn't been there before. And Quentin Tarantino wouldn't write what he does without Leonard... Old master that he is, Stark does all of them one better." ?Los Angeles Times

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