The University of Chicago Press is following up on its re-issues of the classic and long out-of-print Parker novels by Richard Stark (a pen-name of mystery grand-master Donald E. Westlake) with new editions of other novels that Westlake wrote as Stark. In addition to the Parker novels, Westlake wrote four novels that focused on one of Parker's occasional partners in crime, Alan Grofield.
Per Wikipedia: "A career criminal and professional thief, Grofield is a devilishly handsome and charming womanizer whose main passion in life is the stage. In fact, the only reason he steals is to keep his summer stock company
running, and if he were ever able to make enough money through his legitimate artistic efforts, he would have no trouble giving up his life of crime. Unlike his frequent companion Parker, Grofield is a somewhat inconsistent character, and his adventures run the gamut from hard-boiled crime stories (Lemons Never Lie) to more fanciful, James Bond-style globetrotting and intrigue (The Damsel, The Dame, and The Blackbird)."
While Lemons Never Lie is still in-print as part of Charles Ardai's Hard Case Crime imprint, the other three Grofield novels have been difficult, or at least expensive, to track down - at least until mid-April.
Pre-order links are live now at Amazon.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
It's been a busy three years...
New year's resolution: post to the blog more often.
Considering that it's been three years since my last post, that should be an easy one.
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