Books by Donald E. Westlake

Somebody Owes Me Money (1969)
A winning tip on a horse race and things are looking up for NY cabbie Chet Conway. But, when the boo...

Watch Your Back! (2005)
After a year on the lam, the return of bumbling thief Dortmunder is a cause celebre. The author's mo...

Don't Ask (1993)
The Eastern European country of Tsergovia hires Dortmunder to steal an eight-hundred-year-old bone, ...

What's the Worst That Could Happen? (1997)
Interrupted during a burglary by the owner of the Long Island mansion he had been trying to rob, pro...

Memory (2011)
Actor Paul Cole struggles to rebuild his shattered life after an affair with another man's wife ends...

What's So Funny? (2008)
In his classic caper novels, Donald E. Westlake turns the world of crime and criminals upside down. ...

The Hook (2000)
Critically acclaimed for his recent bestseller, "The Ax, " Westlake returns with a tale of twisted p...

Trust Me On This (1989)
What would it take to lure a young newswoman from a respectable New England paper to the most notori...

The Risk Profession (2009)
WAS DONALD E. WESTLAKE A SCIENCE FICTION WRITER? Everyone knows him as the mystery writer who publis...

Brothers Keepers (1993)
When the order's lease on the Park Avenue monastery expires, sixteen monks face a greedy real-estate...

The Best American Mystery Stories, 2000 (2000)
Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada...

Money for Nothing (2003)
Seven years after he begins receiving mysterious checks that follow him as he moves through life, Jo...

The Road to Ruin (2004)
Having set up a con on Monroe Hall, a fabulously wealthy and corrupt CEO, John Dortmunder and his ha...

The Ax (1998)
Fro 25 years, Burke Devore has provided for his family and played by the rules. Until now. Downsized...