
The Sour Lemon Score
A Parker Novel
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Narrated by:
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Stephen R. Thorne
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By:
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Richard Stark
Bank robberies should run like clockwork, right? If your name's Parker, you expect nothing less. Until, that is, one of your partners gets too greedy for his own good. The four-way split following a job leaves too small a take for George Uhl, who begins to pick off his fellow hoisters, one by one. The first mistake? That he doesn't begin things by putting a bullet in Parker. That means he won't get the chance to make a second. One of the darkest novels in the series, this caper proves the adage that no one crosses Parker and lives.
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When the Job goes South and Sour.
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I was not expecting this. It was one of the best yet!
Best Parker Novel since The Hunter
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Either way this one seemed to make it all the more realistic in someway, I assume because some times the thief gets robbed ! What goes around comes around !
Love the Parker Series, and the Narration from the Narrator.
Thanks for another great read !
Realize !
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The bank robbery is a short section at the beginning. Then one of the group (George) kills the others and takes all the money. The problem is when he tried to kill Parker, he missed. So the rest of the book is watching Parker survive the double cross and then hunt George in various places across the country. I had no idea how Parker would be able to find someone who was on the run and in hiding, but he does. Good suspense, interesting writing, very enjoyable.
A mother and children are held hostage by someone other than Parker. It’s a small part of the story and did not end badly. But some readers might want to know.
There is a forward by Dennis Lehane (dated 2010) in the paperback. I was disappointed that the forward was missing from this audiobook.
The narrator Stephen R. Thorne was good, but I wish he had a rougher, darker, or more menacing voice for Parker. His Parker voice was too clean cut and normal sounding.
THE SERIES:
This is book 12 in the 24 book series. These stories are about bad guys. They rob. They kill. They’re smart. Most don’t go to jail. Parker is the main bad guy, a brilliant strategist. He partners with different guys for different jobs in each book.
If you are new to the series, I suggest reading the first three and then choose among the rest. A few should be read in order since characters continue in a sequel fashion. Those are listed below (with my star ratings). The rest can be read as stand alones.
The first three books in order:
4 stars. The Hunter (Point Blank movie with Lee Marvin 1967) (Payback movie with Mel Gibson)
3 ½ stars. The Man with the Getaway Face (The Steel Hit)
4 stars. The Outfit.
Read these two in order:
5 stars. Slayground (Bk #14)
5 stars. Butcher’s Moon (Bk #16)
Read these four in order:
4 ½ stars. The Sour Lemon Score (Bk #12)
2 ½ stars. Firebreak (Bk #20)
(not read) Nobody Runs Forever (Bk #22)
2 ½ stars. Dirty Money (Bk #24)
Others that I gave 4 or more stars to:
The Jugger (Bk #6), The Seventh (Bk#7), The Handle (Bk #8), Deadly Edge (Bk#13), Flashfire (Bk#19)
GENRE: noir crime fiction
4 ½ stars. I liked getting revenge,
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One of the better Parker novels
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As per the title of the Mel Gibson movie adaptation of the first book, THE HUNTER, one of the best ingredients of some of the best Parker novels is that of *payback*, in various ways. In general, Parker is not ever really into revenge, even as sometimes other characters in his stories are. He just wants payback, just wants to even the score. Sometimes that does include a kind of rough justice, but generally, he just wants to get paid back for the trouble he went through on the initial score.
Parker is often at his best when he’s more a force of nature than anything else. Let others in the story be full of passions and jealousy and overweening greed and any other emotions, Parker is more just like a brilliant dog, he just uses his resources to get what he wants and doesn’t let normal human weaknesses get in his way.
The Parker novels remind me a lot of the Reacher novels, albeit in very different ways. There’s a sense of almost a kind of superhero in both main characters, although not in a science-fiction or fantastic way. But just from their characters and the stories. The stew of all the ingredients make them so satisfying, even though we know that for the main character, the stakes will not be mortal. But there are plenty of other stakes to make it interesting. And they can be hurt. And (this should not be be a spoiler if you’ve read other books in the series), Parker (and Reacher) *can* be hurt pretty badly, even if they don’t die from the injuries. But often damn near.
This book has that in spades. All of the other characters add to the story in various ways and it all builds to somewhat of a twist on the formula in the end.
This is one that I would definitely listen to again.
The narration by Stephen R. Thorne is outstanding as always. He’s one of my favorite readers and especially in this series. He and John Chance are tied for me. They have different approaches and character voices they use, but I like both about equally.
Highest recommendation
A True Return to Form
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Take the money and run!
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