Here’s Parker—planning to
steal the entire payroll of an Air Force base in upstate New York, with help
from Marty Fusco, fresh out of the pen, and a smart aleck finance clerk named Stan
Devers. Holed up with family in a scrappy little town, the hoisters prepare for
the risky job by trying to shorten the odds. But the ice is thinner than Parker
likes to think—and Marty’s ex-wife (who is now dating Devers) is turning out to
be much more complicated than anyone thought.
The Green Eagle Score (why it's called this, I'm unsure) is a less action oriented
Parker book (the tenth in the series) and thus more a physiological study of
people who interact with each other over a strained and long period of time. There
are some tense situations here, though, and it was nice to get in the heads of
the other players. Parker remains the blunt and relentless engine and despite the lack of action, Stark’s writing did suck me in, unlike the last book which
took me forever to get into. Parker remains the no-nonsense, unemotional and amoral
thief he is –even his relationship with Claire does not soften him one bit. So more hardcore straight men will like that!
I found Ellen Fusco to be an interesting character, flawed and damaged and who is not really being helped by her physiologist (and for good reasons, as we'll see). It did surprise me that no one caught on that she was the loose link in their chain, though. I mean I saw it almost right away. But this is Parker –his lack of empathy is causing some of his own troubles, me thinks.
No comments:
Post a Comment