The Hot Rock Summary
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.
©1970 Donald E. Westlake (P)2024 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
The Hot Rock
The Dortmunder Novels, Book 1
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Bank Shot
The Dortmunder Novels, Book 2
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Jimmy the Kid
A Dortmunder Novel
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Nobody's Perfect
A Dortmunder Novel
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Why Me?
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Good Behavior
A Dortmunder Novel
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Drowned Hopes
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Don't Ask
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Bad News
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The Road to Ruin
Thieves' Dozen
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Watch Your Back!
A Dortmunder Novel
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