Richard Stark

The fourth Parker novel has the main character coming up against the KGB while on the trail of a small statue stolen from a fifteenth-century French tomb.

The fifth Parker novel has the main character planning a score that involves a dozen professional crooks ready to take over a rich, remote North Dakota town.

"In Flashfire Parker hobnobs with the excessively monied citizens of West Palm Beach while impersonating a Texan oilman looking to buy property. The true object of his affection is a twelve-million-dollar stash of jewels that he aims to steal from under the noses of a hundred socialites, a hit man, and six other thieves who have an unhealthy love of explosions. When things go sour, Parker finds himself shot and trapped--and forced to rely on a civilian...

Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys, one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. When he refuses to join them for another job, they try to kill him. They dispose of his body, but someone finds him...still alive. After recovering, he sets out to get back at the ones who tried to...

After evening the score with those who betrayed him, Parker is riding high, living in swank hotels and enjoying the finer things in life again. Until that is he is fingered by a squealer who rats him out to the Outfit for the price they put on his head...and they find out too late that if you push Parker, it better be all the way into the grave.

A graphic-novel adaptation of Richard Stark's 1964 novel, following as Parker teams up with a group of professionals with a plan to rob an entire town, but a one-night crime spree is difficult to pull off, especially with unforeseen circumstances.