- Hardcover
- Publisher: John Curley & Assoc (October 1989)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1555049745
- ISBN-13: 978-1555049744
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,305,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Pinch the Payroll, May 19 2011
By W. Easley "Opa" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Green Eagle Score: A Parker Novel (Paperback)
"The Green Eagle Score", another adventure staring the antihero Parker. Parker has several rules that he does not normally violate: Do not work with amateurs, be cautious with people who have recently been in prison, avoid involvement with women during a heist, and avoid having a love triangle within the team. Parker violates all four in this story.Marty Fusco, An acquaintance who was recently paroled, visits Parker and tries to sell him on an aggressive job - rob the payroll at an Air force Base. Marty's ex-wife is living with an Air Force payroll clerk named Stan Devers. The concepts is that with Stan's inside contacts they can rob the Air Force Finance Office, when it has a lot of money, the day before payday.
Parker is a great planner with normally good "common sense". But rob the payroll at an Air Force Base? How does one do that. A Base has built in security - people to check your identification, watch how you walk, ask for your orders, question whether you have authorization to be in the area (especially around Finance or anything valuable). Bases tend to have security fences, gates where police check everyone upon entry and exit. Air Force Bases tend to take matters seriously. So how can you steal the payroll?
This novel is suspenseful and intriguing as a plan slowly comes into focus. Parker is known to be a bit dystopian, always having the misfortune of an unexpected problem during the execution of his plan. What will it be this time? Will the Air Force change procedures? Will someone talk about the plan to outsiders? Will one of the amateurs become nervous and botch the plan? Will fighting break out among the members of the team? With a Parker story, the intervening problem could be anything.
I recommend this book. It is a fun read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
10th Novel in the Parker Series and One of the Best, Oct 26 2010
By James N Simpson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Green Eagle Score: A Parker Novel (Paperback)
The Green Eagle Score is the 10th novel in the 21 Parker novels series, it's a bit thicker than most so word count wise you're also getting a nice deal. Although this one is a little predictable finding out exactly what Parker does when the event you are expecting happens is still fun. In this adventure Parker is flown up from his vacation to a small town New York town, near an airforce base by the boyfriend of the ex of a former criminal colleague Marty Fusco. The plan is to rob the payload of cash that should be around $400 000 which makes up the wages of the base personnel. Parker's unsure at first as some who suddenly find themselves free from the life behind bars are so keen to impress themselves that they still have it that they end up back there. Also Devers, the airforce base employee who's idea it is is a young guy, whose never done this sort of thing before so who knows how he will act during and after the caper when it all counts. Plus the fact that Devers is sleeping with Fusco's ex and all three seem happy with this deal when normal people wouldn't, and the whole team relationship needed for the caper is a little weird. Throw in the fact the fact that the ex is seeing a psychiatrist and the whole deal gets even more complicated.A very enjoyable Parker adventure though. if you're reading these in order next in the series is the Black Ice Score.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting characters compensate for messy plot., July 12 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Green Eagle Score (Hardcover)
Parker, a classic hard-guy and professional thief, sets out to rob a U.S. Air Force finance office. Various misfits and ex-cons comprise his crew. The plan goes sour, but Parker prevails. The story gets unbelievable and dumb about midway through, but the characters are interesting enough to keep you hooked. A good airplane or beach read--fun, quick, and inconsequential.
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