The Black Ice Score
A Parker Novel
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.
Add to basket failed.
Please try again later
Add to wishlist failed.
Please try again later
Remove from wishlist failed.
Please try again later
Adding to library failed
Please try again
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
LIMITED TIME OFFER
3 months free
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
The Black Ice Score
Narrated by:
Stephen R. Thorne
Buy Now for £7.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
-
Narrated by:
-
Stephen R. Thorne
-
By:
-
Richard Stark
About this listen
The good guys in a new African nation were missing a treasury full of diamonds. The nation's corrupt leader had stashed the rocks somewhere in New York City. Now the good guys needed a specialist to get their diamonds back. So they came to the best in the business: Parker. Only the three mysterious tough guys came to Parker, too. They figured three hands filled with .38s could convince him to pass up this international gem game. But leaning on Parker was like pressuring a box of TNT with a short fuse.
Crack another case with Parker.©1968 Fawcett Publications, Inc. (P)2010 BBC AudioListeners also enjoyed...
The plot was curious: Parker is retained by several men from a small, fairly new born African nation to devise a plan and train the little group to take part in a diamond heist. Naturally, an opposing team is as keen to stop the plan from working. Inevitably, although meticulously planned, it all goes wrong and Clair, who likes to stay well outside of Parker's projects, is kidnapped to ensure that he will perform as required.
The text is sparse, a stark noir style with minimal description, though a few tiny gems shine out, as, for example in 'wearing hysteria like a plastic raincoat'. But mostly even the emotion seemed flat, emotion!ess. And when it was over, I was left with the feeling of is that it, somehow expecting more.
Narration was by Stephen R.Thorne whose reading was good, a strong and pleasant English accented voice, well modulated and paced, who also gave the dialogue in fairly well differentiated voices. But, for me, even his performance failed to bring the book to life.
I downloaded the book for free through the Audible Plus programme. Thank you, Audible. And it was an easy read, quite short at almost four hours. But although I could see potential especially as a screen thriller, for me it failed to excite and engage.
"Mr.Parker, have they left?"
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
What a discovery!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.