Point Blank — Richard Stark

Parker steals.
Parker kills.
It's a living…

His partners had crossed him, his wife had emptied a .38 at his belly, and they'd left him in a burning house. Parker was tougher than they'd thought, but some business in the pen had kept him busy for a while.

Now he was out, and there was a matter of $45,000 -- his $45,000 -- and a matter of revenge that needed immediate attention. Parker would have both, even if it meant going up against every man in the mob…