The Outfit
Rating
The Pequod Review:
In The Outfit, the third book in the Richard Stark series, an organized crime syndicate (known as the Outfit) tries to kill Parker, and Parker in turn declares war. The book starts slow, but the scenes when Parker gets his revenge are some of the best set pieces in the entire series. Like most of Richard Stark's novels, it begins mid-action: “When the woman screamed, Parker awoke and rolled off the bed. He heard the plop of a silencer behind him as he rolled, and the bullet punched the pillow where his head had been.”