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mvccd1000

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11. Love his humorous mysteries

Tue Jun 5, 2012, 01:24 AM

Jun 2012

Is that the one where Dortmunder gets his watch stolen?

He has so many great plots; the bank robbery loot that ends up under a lake when a dam is built, the nuns who talk him into using his skills for them, the victim who calls the cops on him as he's breaking in, and then steals HIS watch as he's arrested...

Westlake has a great imagination, and I enjoy his writing.

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