Breakout (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Series) - Hardcover

Stark, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078625131X ISBN 13: 9780786251315

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Stuck in jail while awaiting trial, Parker builds a network among his fellow cons to assist him in getting out, but when he becomes involved in a heist set up by one of his fellow escapees, they suddenly find themselves on the run.

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Review

"Stark . . . applies his great wit and dexterous mental skills to a series of . . . ingenious exits and entrances in (what else?) Breakout. . . . Jampacked. . . . He writes with ruthless efficiency."--Marilyn Stasio "New York Times "

"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

From the Back Cover

Master-thief Parker is caught and banged up in a prison from which no one has ever escaped. Even after he manages it he is still in big trouble.
In a hulking drab warehouse in a hulking drab city in the centre of an empty state, Parker is caught moving pharmaceuticals into a waiting truck. Led into a joint called Stoneveldt - from which no one has ever escaped - Parker has to find a way out, before his whole violent past catches up with him. And getting out of Stoneveldt means taking on the only partners he can find, including one who is already planning his next job.
For Parker and his fellow jail breakers, freedom is just another word for committing their next felony. They pull off the perfect jailbreak and then start the prefect heist. But things go south in a hurry - leaving three men dead and Parker and his fellow escape artists scratching, clawing, and running for their lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078625131X
• ISBN 13: 9780786251315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344