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Old 07-24-2017, 06:56 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by BenG View Post
I suppose you've read Richard Stark's (aka Donald Westlake) Parker books. If not, it starts with The Hunter which has been made into four movies including Lee Marvin's Point Blank and Mel Gibson's Payback. The Hunter is more of a revenge story, the rest of the books are heist novels.
In any case Parker is as hard-boiled as they get.

Yes, I forgot to mention him. His 'Richard Stark' were very entertaining when I read them. (I'll need to check to see what I've read, but this was way before calibre and ebooks.)
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