Westlake, Donald E.
Summary: A New York City cab driver drives a beautiful woman across the country to Los Angeles, where the biggest decision of her life awaits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hard Case Crime 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: M. Evans 1975
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Summary: "Collection of published and unpublished gems: a memoir about learning to write, an imaginary interview between Westlake's various identities, essays on writing, introductions, and letters to writers like Stephen King and Brian Garfield. A true miscellany, this includes a piece by Abigail Westlake, a recipe for "May's Famous Tuna Casserole" and a 'Midnight snack'."--From the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2014
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Summary: "Bryce Proctorr has a multimillion-dollar contract for his next novel, a trophy wife raking him over the coals of a protracted divorce, a bad case of writer's block, and an impending deadline." "Wayne Prentice is a fading author in a world that no longer values his work. He's gone through two pseudonyms, watched his book sales shrivel, and is contemplating leaving the writing life." "Proctorr...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 2000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1988
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Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1996
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Summary: 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 was returned to Chinese rule--had all the elements of a classic Bond adventure, but political concerns kept it from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Publisher / Publication Date: FVSTA 0000
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: John Dortmunder, pulled into a game he never wanted to play, sets out with his gang on a perilous treasure hunt for a long-lost gold and jewel-studded chess set once intended as a birthday gift for the last Romanov czar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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Summary: John Dortmunder and his crew encounter a television reality show that is pushing the limits of the medium by covering the gang as they plan and execute one of their capers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penzler Books 1984
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Summary: Having set up a con on Monroe Hall, a fabulously wealthy and corrupt CEO, John Dortmunder and his hapless gang of crooks suddenly find themselves caught in the deadly crossfire between their would-be mark Hall and his own victims.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 2004
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Summary: A New York burglar breaks into a tobacco research institute, is captured and used as a guinea pig for an experiment in invisibility. He escapes and grows rich, but his girlfriend finds his invisibility unsettling and, anyway, all good things come to an end. By the author of Baby, Would I Lie?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1995
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1983
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Vision Books 1998
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Summary: Master criminal John Dortmunder sets out on ahilarious escapade to steal a religious relic for an EastEuropean government. As often happens in theDortmunder series, things go wrong and Dortmunder iscaptured by police, but escapes to get back the relic. Bythe author of more than 60 novels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1993
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Summary: John Archibald Dortmunder is enlisted to help an old cellmate retrieve a stash of $700,000 buried under fifty feet of water.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 1990
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Summary: A man visits Francis Xavier Meehan in prison and makes him an offer he can't refuse. In exchange for his freedom, he must steal the incriminating evidence that would dethrone the sitting president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WESSummary: Three con artists walk on the razor's edge of life. Lilly has decided it's time to get out, and wants her son out, too. But Roy has fallen for sleek Myra, who wants him for her partner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mirmax Films 2002