Donald E. Westlake

SOMETIMES WINNING FEELS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE LOSING. Cab driver Chet Conway was hoping for a good tip from his latest fare, the sort he could spend. But what he got was a tip on a horse race. Which might have turned out okay, except that when he went to collect his winnings Chet found his bookie lying dead on the living …

Arnie Albright est un homme neuf. Avant, il n'était qu'un receleur au caractère impossible et au physique, disons ingrat. Un personnage tellement détestable que ses proches l'ont envoyé en cure au Club Med dans les Caraïbes. Arnie y rencontre un dénommé Preston Fareweather. Ce dernier s'est exilé sous les tropiques …