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The hot rock

  • Donald E. Westlake

4.00

5 ratings

John Archibald Dortmunder is the thief whose capers never quite come off. Here, the released convict and his ride pal Kelp plot to steal the $500,000 Balaboma Emerald. The former British colony has recently become independent and split. The Akinzi have the stone, the Talabwo want it back, and their UN rep will pay for retrieval.

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Criminals
  • Dortmunder (Fictitious character)
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • New york (n.y.), fiction
  • Dortmunder, john (fictitious character), fiction
  • Fiction, action & adventure
  • Criminals, fiction
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About the author

  • Donald E. Westlake

    July 12, 1933 - December 31, 2008

    3.83

    40 ratings · 162 works

Editions

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    Gallimard

    March 25, 1993

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    RBA Bolsillo

    Mar 11, 2021

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    RBA Bolsillo

    Mar 11, 2021

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    RBA Bolsillo

    Mar 11, 2021

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RBA Bolsillo

Mar 11, 2021

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    Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

    Jul 26, 2016

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    Books on Tape, Inc.

    July 15, 1996

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    Simon and Schuster, Simon & Schuster

    1970

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    Mysterious Press

    2001

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    Abrams, Inc.

    2014

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    MysteriousPress.com

    2014

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    Head of Zeus

    2014

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    MysteriousPress.com

    2011

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    Head of Zeus

    2014

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    MysteriousPress.com

    2012

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    MysteriousPress.com

    2011

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    MysteriousPress.com

    2011

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    Mysterious Press

    May 1, 1987

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    Hodder & Stoughton

    1971

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    Futura

    1985