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Get Real

by Donald E. Westlake

In Donald E. Westlake's classic caper novels, the bad get better, the good slide a bit, and Lord help anyone caught between a thief named John Dortmunder and the current object of his attention. However, being caught red-handed is inevitable in Dortmunder's next production, when a TV producer convinces this thief and his merry gang to do a reality show that captures their next score. The producer guarantees to... (more)

Pest Control

by Bill Fitzhugh

Bob Dillon can't get a break. A down-on-his-luck exterminator, all he wants is his own truck with a big fiberglass bug on top -- and success with his radical new, environmentally friendly pest-killing technique. So Bob decides to advertise. Unfortunately, one of his flyers falls into the wrong hands. Marcel, a shady Frenchman, needs an assassin to handle a million-dollar hit, and he figures that Bob Dillon is... (more)

47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers

47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers

by Troy Cook

What if your father raised you to be a bank robber? Instead of Barbie & Ken, you played with Smith & Wesson? And now you’re twenty-two and ready to flee the nest, but your homicidal pop won't let you go? That’s the simple part of Tara’s life. When she and her dad score their biggest heist ever, Tara’s life of adventure takes a frightening turn. They’re pursued by a couple of dangerous ex-partners and a... (more)

32 Cadillacs

by Joe Gores

32 Cadillacs is the fourth novel in Joe Gores' delightful series about the San Francisco private eye firm Dan Kearny Associates. This time the squadmust recover 32 cadillacs stolen from their largest client by Gypsies to be a casket for their dying king. The result is a fast, furious, funny, nonstop action tale with esoteric Gypsy lore and hard-edged investigation.

Head Games

by Craig McDonald

A wistful ballad of lost America rooted in borderland history and mythology. Hector Lassiter has Pancho Villa's long lost skull. He's also got people on his trail. Competing fraternities, Mexican bandits, and US Secret Service are after him. But Lassiter is larger than life. He bedded Dietrich and boxed Hemingway, this can't be too bad. Can it?

Dortmunder: Book 12

Watch Your Back!

by Donald E. Westlake

Hapless criminal John Dortmunder returns in another rollicking tale of disorganized crime from Grand Master of Mystery Donald E. Westlake. It's the score of a lifetime: easy access to a lavish New York City apartment, hordes of valuables, and an absentee owner avoiding the lawyers of his unhappy ex-wives. But before they pull the job, Dortmunder's crew is startled to find their beloved gin joint, the OJ, in the... (more)

Dortmunder: Book 10

Bad News

by Donald E. Westlake

Dortmunder doesnt like manual labor. So when Andy Kelp relays the offer of a grand to help dig up a grave in a far-flung cemetery, he balks... until he begins to wonder just why Fitzroy Guilderpost, criminal mastermind, wants to pull a switcheroo of two 70-years-dead Indians. Central to the plan is Little Feather Redcorn, the ex-Vegas showgirl and great-granddaughter of the newly-switched stiff. She will pose as... (more)

Don't Ask

by Donald E. Westlake

With the planned heist of a religious relic, Dortmunder, the unluckiest criminal in the world, plunges into international diplomacy with a caper for acquiring a seat on the United Nations General Assembly. But a major fiasco proves a bone of contention and forces him to come up with Plan B. Dortmunder's lucky ring is stolen in the bungled burglary of a nasty billionaire's Long Island mansion. Now, a series of... (more)

Drowned Hopes

by Donald E. Westlake

Learning about a disagreeable old man's plot to dynamite a dam in order to reclaim a buried fortune beneath the reservoir, John Dortmunder fears for the hundreds of potential drowning victims and plans another way to get the treasure. Reissue. PW. NYT.

Dortmunder: Book 9

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

by Donald E. Westlake

With the planned heist of a religious relic, Dortmunder, the unluckiest criminal in the world, plunges into international diplomacy with a caper for acquiring a seat on the United Nations General Assembly. But a major fiasco proves a bone of contention and forces him to come up with Plan B. Dortmunder's lucky ring is stolen in the bungled burglary of a nasty billionaire's Long Island mansion. Now, a series of... (more)

Dortmunder: Book 6

Good Behavior

by Donald E. Westlake

YA The sixth novel about professional thief John Dortmunder. While escaping from a robbery attempt, Dortmunder falls through the roof of a convent. The cloistered nuns take this as a sign from heaven and tell Dortmunder (by writing notes) that they will not turn him in if he helps to return Sister Mary Grace to their convent. Sister Mary Grace is a young nun who is being kept in a tower apartment by her... (more)

Dortmender: Book 2

Thieves' Dozen

by Donald E. Westlake

Selected from hundreds of stories and spanning decades of work, this entertaining collection of suspenseful adventures featuring the irrepressible John Dortmunder includes "Ask a Silly Question," "A Midsummer's Daydream," "Party Animal," "Jumble Sale," "Horse Laugh," and "Fugue for Felons," among ot

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Get Real

by Donald E. Westlake

Pest Control

by Bill Fitzhugh

47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers

by Troy Cook

32 Cadillacs

by Joe Gores

Head Games

by Craig McDonald

Watch Your Back!

by Donald E. Westlake

Bad News

by Donald E. Westlake

Don't Ask

by Donald E. Westlake

Drowned Hopes

by Donald E. Westlake

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

by Donald E. Westlake

Good Behavior

by Donald E. Westlake

Thieves' Dozen

by Donald E. Westlake