The Score (Parker, #5) - Richard Stark This is about another of Parker's wildly improbable adventures. This time he becomes involved in a plot to rob an entire town, Copper Canyon  the local plant's payroll, the two banks, jewelry stores, everything. The plan is proposed by a rather suspicious character and Parker is at first reluctant, but the plan seems workable. Soon, however, his reservations prove founded and Edgars, creator the the plan, is discovered to harbor personal vendettas against the town members for reasons of his own. Before long events are almost out of control. Great story for a short six-hour drive somewhere or if stuck in bed with a fever some Thanksgiving.