"Jailed for a joke. It isn't easy going to jail for a practical joke. Of course, this practical joke left 20 cars wrecked on the highway and two politicians' careers in tatters - so jail is where Harold Künt landed. Now he's just trying to keep a low profile in the Big House. He...
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Two decades ago, the producers of the James Bond movies hired legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake to come up with a story for the next Bond film. The plot Westlake dreamed up--about a Western businessman seeking revenge after being kicked out of Hong Kong when the island ...
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys, one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. When he refuses to join the...
In this existential romance, New York actor Paul Cole finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. With no sense of identity or purpose, he starts from scratch and begins courting a local costume designer Edna. As bits and piec...
Dortmunder and his gang set out on a perilous treasure hunt for a long-lost gold and jewel-studded chess set.
Dortmunder and his gang become the stars of a television reality show covering one of their capers, but off-camera Dortmunder and his partner Kelp are organizing a private side enterprise. It will take an ingenious plan to pull it off, outwit the TV executives, and keep viewers g...
Parker is a thief who has an unusual code. He doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. He is asked to join four other guys, one of whom is related to a known mobster. They pull off the job flawlessly and Parker wants to part ways with them. When he refuses to join the...
A man who lost his job as manager of a paper mill resorts to murder to obtain work. He is Burke Devore of Connecticut and his plan is to kill a manager to create an opening and kill the likely applicants so as to leave him the only candidate. But the scheme does not work the way ...
Master crook John Dortmunder is offered money to dig up a grave and steal the body of an elderly Indian. He soon realizes the implications of his act, which involves the takeover of a lucrative casino, and the fact that they do not include his sharing in the ill-gotten gains.
On Long Island, a media tycoon catches a burglar in his house and relieves him of a nice-looking ring. The novel describes the comic adventures as the burglar, John Dortmunder, stalks the tycoon to recuperate his property. By the author of Don't Ask.
When Michael returns home from military school, he discovers that his mother has a new live-in boyfriend, David. Though he appears to fit in well with the family, Michael has a bad feeling about him. As the two men get to know each other, Michael's suspicions rise to the surface ...
What will a group of monks do when their two-century-old monastery in New York City is threatened with demolition to make a room for a new high-rise? Anything they have to. "Thou Shalt Not Steal" is only the first of the Commandments to be broken as the saintly face off against t...
As regular as clockwork, Josh Redmont is being paid $1000 dollars by the U.S. government. Seven years later a stranger approaches him and tells him that he is now active. He has been paid for a job that he now must do.
John Dortmunder and his crew find the perfect score in a lavish New York apartment but when they discover that their favorite bar is on the Mafia's hit list, they are forced to split their time fighting the mob and robbing the rich.