5 January, 2002: The Mourner
Donald Westlake's Parker books (written under the pen name Richard Stark), featuring Parker, a sociopathic and violent crook relentlessly focused on getting the job done, are slowly coming back into print. The first three (including The Hunter, made into John Boorman's Point Break) reappeared a few years ago, and Westlake has published two new ones after a twenty-year hiatus. The Mourner is the fourth Parker novel, and I found it a bit lacking compared to the first two.