The Hot Rock

Fiction & Literature, Crime, Humorous
Cover of the book The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake, MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
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Author: Donald E. Westlake ISBN: 9781453229170
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Publication: October 25, 2011
Imprint: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Language: English
Author: Donald E. Westlake
ISBN: 9781453229170
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Publication: October 25, 2011
Imprint: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Language: English

Edgar Award Finalist: A comical crime caper “filled with action and imagination” (The New York Times Book Review).

John Dortmunder leaves jail with ten dollars, a train ticket, and nothing to make money on but his good name. Thankfully, his reputation goes far. No one plans a caper better than Dortmunder. His friend Kelp picks him up in a stolen Cadillac and drives him away from Sing-Sing, telling a story of a $500,000 emerald that they just have to steal. Dortmunder doesn’t hesitate to agree.

The emerald is the crown jewel of a former British colony, lately granted independence and split into two nations: one for the Talabwo people, one for the Akinzi. The Akinzi have the stone, the Talabwo want it back, and their UN representative offers a fine payday to the men who can get it. It’s not a simple heist, but after a few years in stir, Dortmunder could use the challenge.

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Edgar Award Finalist: A comical crime caper “filled with action and imagination” (The New York Times Book Review).

John Dortmunder leaves jail with ten dollars, a train ticket, and nothing to make money on but his good name. Thankfully, his reputation goes far. No one plans a caper better than Dortmunder. His friend Kelp picks him up in a stolen Cadillac and drives him away from Sing-Sing, telling a story of a $500,000 emerald that they just have to steal. Dortmunder doesn’t hesitate to agree.

The emerald is the crown jewel of a former British colony, lately granted independence and split into two nations: one for the Talabwo people, one for the Akinzi. The Akinzi have the stone, the Talabwo want it back, and their UN representative offers a fine payday to the men who can get it. It’s not a simple heist, but after a few years in stir, Dortmunder could use the challenge.

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