Donald E. Westlake

When it comes to crime-the good, the bad, and the hilarious-nobody does it like Donald E. Westlake, the creator of the uproarious Dortmunder novels and the dark classic The Ax. Westlake's outrageous new thriller is all about something too good to be true...and too terrible to believe. Every month a $1000 check came to …

Surtout, ne contrariez pas John Dortmunder. Même si vous êtes milliardaire. Or le richissime Max Fairbanks a passé les bornes. Son crime ? Interrompre Dortmunder en plein cambriolage, ce qui est déjà grave en soi. Mais avoir l'audace de lui subtiliser sa bague porte-bonheur sous le nez de la police, c'est trop ! …

When sixteen copies of a famous Aztec statue arrive in New York, men will die to find out which one is the real thing A small South American republic has decided to capitalize on its national symbol: a prized gold statue of a dancing Aztec priest. The president asks a sculptor to make sixteen copies of it for sale …