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Watch Your Back!

A Dortmunder Novel

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Watch Your Back!

By: Donald E. Westlake
Narrated by: William Dufris
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About this listen

 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 clutches of the Mafia - who consider it perfect for a little fraud, courtesy of a nice big fire. For tactical and highly superstitious reasons, the fate of the OJ is even more important to the crew than the enormous score.

Now, Dortmunder and his gang are determined to split their time, fighting the mob, and robbing the rich simultaneously.

©2005 Donald E. Westlake (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Crime Fiction Dark Humour Literature & Fiction Mystery
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Clearly an author writing at the top of his game. So good I was looking for drudge work to do so that I could continue the story (I can't sit down and just listen!). The narrator is also one of the best ever, so good it was like listening to a full cast of quality actors.

sheer class

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An excellent read, where you have 3 stories neatly intertwined with each other. Its a great addition to the ongoing saga of the hapless Dortmunder and his crew, how much bad luck can these guys endure. The obnoxious protagonist Preston Fairweather, rich, bullying, ex wives, and living in New York seems to remind me of someone, I can't think who.

3 stories in 1

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25 minutes was as much as I could stand. I have no idea if the story would be any good as I was totaly distracted by the, "He said", "She said" phrase every 30 seconds to the point when I was only listening for that same phrase again. If this is Westlakes style he should stick to the day job. Can I have my money back please.

Money wasted

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