Drowned Hopes
A Dortmunder Mystery
$42.24
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2008
Summary
Dortmunder’s past comes back to haunt him when he returns home after an unsuccessful burglary and finds his old cellmate sitting in his living room. He needs Dortmunder’s help in retrieving $700,000 that he’d buried in a small town 30 years before. The problem is that, while he sat in jail, the State of New York flooded the area to build a reservoir; the loot is now under a few feet of dirt and many feet of water. Being a man of great determination but few ethical principles, the thief plans …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847245205 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184724520X |
| Author: | Donald E. Westlake |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 384g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 164mm x 35mm |
| Series: | The Dortmunder |
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Laughs that land on every page…the author’s inventive mind never fails him - New York Times Book Review
Laughs that land on every page…the author’s inventive mind never fails him - New York Times Book ReviewIt’s all funny. Nobody does caper better than Westlake - Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008) was a prolific author of crime fiction. In 1993, the Mystery Writers of America bestowed the society’s highest honour on Westlake, naming him a Grand Master.
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