Deadly Edge bids a brutal adieu to the 1960s as Parker robs a rock concert, and the heist goes south. Soon Parker finds himself?and his woman, Claire?menaced by a pair of sadistic, drug-crazed hippies. Parker has a score to settle while Claire?s armed with her first rifle?and they?re both ready to usher in the end of the Age of Aquarius.

?Richard Stark?s Parker novels . . . are among the most poised and polished fictions of their time and, in fact, of any time.? ? John Banville, Bookforum

?The Parkers read with the speed of pulp while unfolding with an almost Nabovokian wit and flair.? ? Richard Rayner, Los Angeles Times