Donald Westlake has written more hb than the Parkers. Try
reading the books he wrote as Tucker Coe They are about Mitch
Tobin who was kicked off the police because he was sleeping
with a woman when he was supposed to be on duty. Since his
partner was killed covering for him he is wracked by guilt.
He is absorbed by building a wall, but he winds up being a
detective in 5 books. Kinds of Love, Kinds of Death is the
first. An early novel, Killing Time, is clearly influenced by
Red Harvest.
I think reading Robert Crais' first Elvis Cole novel, The
Monkey's Raincoat, first is best. While he clearly has grown
as a writer, this clearly shows his debt to Robert
Parker(mainly early). It lays the groundwork for Cole and Joe
Pike's relationship. Mark
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