"Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #25 for 2025...

Slayground (Random House, 1971).

First chapter shared with The Blackbird, a novel in Stark's Alan Grofield series.

Parker #14.

The Wheel of Fortune turned and Parker figured his number had finally come up. An armored car heist had gone sour. His partners were dead or dying. He had escaped with the loot, but holing up in a deserted amusement park with only one exit had turned into a fatal mistake. Now the local mob and a couple of crooked cops were on their way in after the money...and the odds were against Parker getting out with his life. But Parker always did like to play the long shots. Besides, he knew all the ways there were to with his gun...with his knife...with his own bare hands.

Sore Left Knee, Joints ache.