Order of Alan Grofield Books
Alan Grofield is a character created by American author Donald Westlake using the pseudonym Richard Stark. At first, Grofield was just a companion of Parker‘s, who eventually got his own series. Alan Grofield is a career criminal and, like Parker, is a thief-by-trade.
Alan Grofield made his first appearance in the Parker novel The Score. He would eventually get his own series with The Damsel in 1967. His final appearance would be in another Parker novel, Butcher’s Moon. Below is a list of Richard Stark’s Alan Grofield books in order of publication (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Alan Grofield Books
| The Damsel | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dame | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blackbird | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lemons Never Lie | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: The Grofield character makes appearances in the following Parker novels: The Score, The Handle, Slayground and Butcher’s Moon. The character is also mentioned in The Sour Lemon Score.
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Slayground and The Blackbird start the same way – as in the exactly same way – Parker isn’t caught and goes into the slayground and Grofield is caught and becomes the blackbird.
I haven’t read the others yet, though I have read all the Parker books upto the multi-years break before Comeback was writen/published.
Yeah both books share the same first chapter before going their separate ways which is neat and different
I’m still working on the serie(s) but the first Alan Grofield book The Damsel, where Grofield is saved by a damsel in distress, begins where The Handle ends.
I’m on book 2 of the Parker series. I want to read everything in order including the Alan Grofield books but don’t know where to insert the 4 Grofield books. Any suggestions?
Just a case of following the publication order I think would be best.
So I think it would be:
– The Score
– The Handle
– The Damsel
– The Dame
– The Blackbird
– Lemons Never Lie
– Slayground
– Butcher’s Moon
I would suggest reading Deadly Edge then Slayground (even though it was published at a later date) before reading The Blackbird.
The Score
The Jugger
The Seventh
The Handle
The Damsel
The Dame
The Rare Coin Score
The Green Eagle Score
The Black Ice Score
The Sour Lemon Score
Deadly Edge
Slayground
Lemons Never Lie
Plunder Squad
Butcher’s Moon