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Dirty Money: A Parker Novel

Richard Stark
Grand Central Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780446178587
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (4/08)

“Dirty Money” is the follow-up novel to “Nobody Runs Forever.” “Nobody Runs Forever” is a story about three men who stole the assets of a bank in transit, but the police made it so difficult for them to escape, that they had to hide the money in a unused country church. In this follow-up novel, the three men are trying to get back to where they hid the money, but they are not together. Parker is with his girlfriend, Claire, who doesn’t seem to question anything that Parker does or wants to do. Nick is on the run and also headed back for the money, and McWhitney, now owner of a bar, meets up with and is willing to work with Parker on getting the money back.  Parker and McWhitney have not seen or heard from Nick. He was nabbed by the police but has now escaped. So the two team up to do what they can to get the money and split it. Also on their trail is a bounty hunter named Sandra, who is willing to let Parker and McWhitney get away with the money if they deal her in on Nick’s share. What happens to them along the way is sometimes crazy but also very frightening.

This novel was written very well. It keeps the reader intrigued.  The threesome of Parker, McWhitney and Sandra are quite interesting. I suspected that Sandra wasn’t on the up and up with the others all along, I believed that she was going to turn them in at the end, but you have to read to the end to get a surprise. This novel reveals things that happen in everyday life with bank robbers and all other types of crimes. The author, Richard Stark, really brings to light, what can happen with a crime of this nature. His writing is magnificent. I would definitely read another follow-up to this story as well. “Dirty Money” would probably be good for teen to adult readers. I definitely recommend this Parker Novel for anyone who likes suspense. It was worth the read.

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