MYSTERY The Mourner is a story of convergence of cultures and of guys with guns. Hired by a dame who has something he needs, Parker is hot on the trail of a statue stolen from a fifteenth-century French tomb. Coincidentally, the foreign official who has been hiding the statue is targeted by the KGB, which dispatches one of its best men, the loquacious and colorful August Menlo, who makes the mistake of bringing in the Mob. In a deadly, treacherous endgame, Parker will find out who intends to bury whom-and why no one will be crying over his grave. Richard Stark is one of the many pseudonyms of Donald E. Westlake, prolific author of noir crime fiction. In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America bestowed the society's highest honor on Westlake, naming him a Grand Master.

ISBN: 9780226771038