Richard Stark ; with a new foreword by John Banville.
Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2009.
x, 211 pages ;
21 cm
Parker ;
6.
"A Parker novel"--Cover.
A Parker novel, which has the main character in Sagamore, Nebraska, at the request of Joe Sheer, a retired safe cracker who carries many of Parker's criminal secrets.
Parker heads to Sagamore, Nebraska, at the request of Joe Sheer, a retired safe cracker who carries many of Parker's criminal secrets. By the time Parker arrives Sheer is dead, and a greedy cop, a nosy neighbor, and a gaudy crook are looking for a treasure the old man many never even have had.