The score (1964)

Parker’s target is an entire town’s money in a single night, so the job depends on assigning roles and controlling a much larger operation than an ordinary robbery. Richard Stark, Donald E. Westlake’s other major crime-writing name, gives the preparations a cold economy very different from Dortmunder’s comedy. Read this early Parker novel for ruthless professional calculation and the danger of another participant’s private agenda. The crew are criminals with lethal methods, not comforting rogues.