
The Hot Rock
The First Dortmunder Novel
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John Dortmunder and company are hired by an U.N. African Ambassador to steal the famed Balabomo Emerald from the hands of a rival African country. But their daring and clever burglarly goes awry, and the emerald slips through their fingers. Undaunted, Dortmunder chases the gem by plane, train and automobile in hot pursuit of the hot rock.
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Burke's newest client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster for her - so she can kill him with her bare hands. In this thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade private eye teams up with a lethally gifted avenger to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is blind and the penthouses are as dangerous as the basements.
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Noir!
- De Snoodely en 03-06-14
De: Andrew Vachss
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Compelling Evidence & Prime Witness
- 2-in-1 Edition, Paul Madriani Books 1 and 2
- De: Steve Martini
- Narrado por: Joe Mantegna
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
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Compelling Evidence Paul Madriani was once a promising associate with the prestigious Potter, Skarpellos law firm, co-founded by his mentor, Ben Potter. But after a scandalous affair with Ben's wife, Talia, Paul left the firm to begin a brilliant career as a criminal defense attorney. Ben's impeccable reputation has made him a leading candidate for the Supreme Court, until he is found dead on the eve of the nomination, and Talia becomes the prime suspect.
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Terrible
- De LS1015 en 04-08-19
De: Steve Martini
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Until Proven Guilty
- J. P. Beaumont Series, Book 1
- De: J. A. Jance
- Narrado por: Gene Engene
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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Lurking in the dark corners of J. P. Beaumont's bizarre case was not just a demented mind obsessed with murder, but secrets so deadly that even a street-tough cop could die guessing.
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Until proven guilty
- De Jean en 04-21-11
De: J. A. Jance
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Tarantula
- A John Milton Short Story
- De: Mark Dawson
- Narrado por: David Thorpe
- Duración: 2 h y 25 m
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Meet John Milton. He considers himself an artisan. A craftsman. His trade is murder. Milton is the man the government sends after you when everything else has failed. Ruthless. Brilliant. Anonymous. Lethal. You wouldn't pick him out of a crowd but you wouldn't want to be on his list. In this second dip into his case files (see 1000 Yards for a further novella), Milton is sent to Italy to investigate the death of a colleague from Group 15.
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John Milton tries to exit British intelligence
- De Wayne en 06-03-16
De: Mark Dawson
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Jumper
- De: Steven Gould
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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What if you could go anywhere in the world, in the blink of an eye? Where would you go? What would you do?Davy can teleport. To survive, Davy must learn to use and control his power in a world that is more violent and complex than he ever imagined. But mere survival is not enough for him. Davy wants to find others like himself, others who can Jump.
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Lot's of fun
- De Katherine en 03-12-13
De: Steven Gould
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The Catalyst
- De: Boyd Morrison
- Narrado por: Jeff Harding
- Duración: 8 h y 47 m
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Chemistry grad student Kevin Hamilton is sure his advisor Michael Ward's death in a suspicious fire was no accident. The young PhD candidate received a cryptic message from Ward just before the fatal blaze - a warning that their recent collaboration on a supposedly failed experiment had actually brought about one of the most important discoveries of the century: Adamas, a chemical process worth billions, and one with the potential to topple entire industries.
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Good story. Unfortunate narration.
- De David J Wilson en 03-14-19
De: Boyd Morrison
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Night Life
- De: David C. Taylor
- Narrado por: Keith Szarabajka
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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New York City, 1954. The Cold War is heating up, Senator Joe McCarthy is running a witch hunt for communists in America, the newly formed CIA is fighting a turf battle with the FBI to see who will be the primary United States intelligence agency, and the bodies of murdered young men are turning up all over the city.
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terrific in every way
- De Martha en 04-12-16
De: David C. Taylor
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Dead Eyes
- A Novel
- De: Stuart Woods
- Narrado por: Tony Roberts
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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First there were roses and the notes in her mailbox signed simply, "Admirer". Then the accident. One minute Chris Callaway was one of Hollywood's brightest rising stars, starting a new picture that could send her career skyrocketing; the next she was falling from the unfinished deck of her beautiful new Malibu beach house...waking up blind, uncertain whether she would ever see again.
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- De Richard Bell en 05-08-16
De: Stuart Woods
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Zero Option
- De: P. T. Deutermann
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 14 h y 5 m
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When FBI agent David Stafford finds himself on the Bureau's "out" list for publicly blowing the whistle on a corrupt colleague, he receives a low-profile assignment to investigate an Atlanta military base, where someone is suspected of auctioning off equipment without authorization.
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- De Babo Wright en 08-16-10
De: P. T. Deutermann
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Dancing Aztecs
- De: Donald E. Westlake
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
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Specialist in the scam, the con, and the rip-off, Jerry Manelli is running around New York hot on the trail of a priest: a thousand-year-old, two-foot-tall, ugly, misshapen, dancing Aztec priest made of solid gold, with eyes of pure emeralds, worth a million dollars. Somebody stole it from its museum home in South America and smuggled it through U.S. Customs in a shipment of plastic imitations. But the wrong one got delivered, and the million dollar statue, mixed with the fifteen copies, is somewhere in New York.
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- De SNAPDRAGON en 07-14-14
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The Hunter
- De: Richard Stark
- Narrado por: John Chancer
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You probably haven't noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the handle of an unmarked service door at the racetrack. They're heisters.
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A dark story
- De Dave Nelson en 04-06-13
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The Comedy is Finished
- De: Donald E. Westlake
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
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The year is 1977, and America is finally getting over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the national hangover that was the 1960s. But not everyone is ready to let it go. Not aging comedian Koo Davis, friend to generals and presidents and veteran of countless USO tours to buck up American troops in the field. And not the five remaining members of the self-proclaimed People’s Revolutionary Army, who’ve decided that kidnapping Koo Davis would be the perfect way to bring their cause back to life....
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not my favorite Westlake book
- De rent house guy en 03-30-16
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- De: Donald Westlake
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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There is no such thing as a free lunch, but it takes Josh Redmont a while to figure that out. The first check arrived when Josh was 27, $1,000, issued by "United States Agent" through an unnamed bank with an indeterminate address in Washington, D.C. The checks continued to arrive once a month, even when Josh changed addresses, with nary an explanation or a peep from the IRS.
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Poor
- De Roger AG en 10-06-06
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The Busy Body
- De: Donald E. Westlake
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Al Engel had worked his way up to being Nick Rovito’s right-hand man, near the top of the syndicate. And this was a delicate job that Rovito had given him: retrieving a very important jacket, loaded with heroin, from the fresh grave of the drug mule who was accidentally buried wearing it. There was just one problem (at least - just one to begin with): It turned out the grave was empty. Suddenly Engel was the one finding himself “in deep”.
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What Gangsters Go Through
- De Larjane en 11-17-23
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The Cutie
- A Hard Case Crime Novel
- De: Donald E. Westlake
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
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Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man's mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk was innocent. He'd been set up to take the fall by some cutie who was too clever by half. My job? Find that cutie - before the cutie found me.
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Specialist in the scam, the con, and the rip-off, Jerry Manelli is running around New York hot on the trail of a priest: a thousand-year-old, two-foot-tall, ugly, misshapen, dancing Aztec priest made of solid gold, with eyes of pure emeralds, worth a million dollars. Somebody stole it from its museum home in South America and smuggled it through U.S. Customs in a shipment of plastic imitations. But the wrong one got delivered, and the million dollar statue, mixed with the fifteen copies, is somewhere in New York.
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You probably haven't noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits. Lagging a few car lengths behind the Brinks truck on its daily rounds. Surreptitiously jiggling the handle of an unmarked service door at the racetrack. They're heisters.
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A dark story
- De Dave Nelson en 04-06-13
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The Comedy is Finished
- De: Donald E. Westlake
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
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The year is 1977, and America is finally getting over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the national hangover that was the 1960s. But not everyone is ready to let it go. Not aging comedian Koo Davis, friend to generals and presidents and veteran of countless USO tours to buck up American troops in the field. And not the five remaining members of the self-proclaimed People’s Revolutionary Army, who’ve decided that kidnapping Koo Davis would be the perfect way to bring their cause back to life....
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- De rent house guy en 03-30-16
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Money for Nothing
- De: Donald Westlake
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
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There is no such thing as a free lunch, but it takes Josh Redmont a while to figure that out. The first check arrived when Josh was 27, $1,000, issued by "United States Agent" through an unnamed bank with an indeterminate address in Washington, D.C. The checks continued to arrive once a month, even when Josh changed addresses, with nary an explanation or a peep from the IRS.
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Poor
- De Roger AG en 10-06-06
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The Busy Body
- De: Donald E. Westlake
- Narrado por: Brian Holsopple
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Al Engel had worked his way up to being Nick Rovito’s right-hand man, near the top of the syndicate. And this was a delicate job that Rovito had given him: retrieving a very important jacket, loaded with heroin, from the fresh grave of the drug mule who was accidentally buried wearing it. There was just one problem (at least - just one to begin with): It turned out the grave was empty. Suddenly Engel was the one finding himself “in deep”.
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- De Larjane en 11-17-23
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Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man's mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk was innocent. He'd been set up to take the fall by some cutie who was too clever by half. My job? Find that cutie - before the cutie found me.
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- L. Gutman
- 07-10-12
Dortmunder and Gang Come Alive!
Would you listen to The Hot Rock again? Why?
I have listened to this audiobook several times already, and will undoubtedly listen again. First of all, it's a great story -- I read the novel years ago and went on to read all of the Dortmunder books. (Never thought I'd bond with a bunch of petty criminals, but I did.) And the narrator is wonderful. He reads the prose with just the right attitude (usually kind of a dead-pan fatalism, if it's Dortmunder's thoughts he's tracking) and marvelous voices. Each and every character has distinction. Kelp, Murch and Dortmunder sound exactly like themselves, so much so that it's hard to believe sometimes that there's one man reading them all. And they're all really fun characters to begin with.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The plot of The Hot Rock is unbelievable, over-the-top, and yet I bought every bit of it. If a thing could go wrong, it generally did ... but then our heroes (such as they are) kept pulling things back from certain doom.
Which character – as performed by Jeff Woodman – was your favorite?
My favorite character is Murch. And Kelp. And Dortmunder. Oh, and there was this great German Shepherd that had Dortmunder trapped on a porch ... Jeff Woodman does a really great German Shepherd, too.
Any additional comments?
More Dortmunder/Jeff Woodman, please!
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- Golanka
- 07-29-20
Caper Caper Caper (and more Capers)
A fun fast-paced old school "how will they get out of this one" story. Westlake keeps the action--and the humor--going from the beginning to the end.
The narration is good. Woodman doesn't get in the way of the story which is the most important job of a narrator.
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- M. Giorgi
- 03-03-15
A Comedy of Crooks
What did you love best about The Hot Rock?
The sometimes dry and sometimes quick humor. Totally different angle to a crooks story.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
Yes when I wasn't rolling over in laughter.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
He takes some getting use to but eventually it works.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, though it took a little longer.
Any additional comments?
Just a comedy of fools and errors. I think you'll enjoy it.
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- jwags
- 02-08-22
love these books
It has been years since I read these-they're still great. Excellent narration. Highly recommend.
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- Troy
- 06-22-14
Oh No! Not Again!
If you could sum up The Hot Rock in three words, what would they be?
Really? Not Again! -- "How many times does Dortmunder have to steal this thing?" It's a fair question and one that you will be asking yourself throughout the novel.
What did you like best about this story?
Well, you can't take it too seriously. Unlike Westlake's Parker novels (written under the name Richard Stark), the Dortmunder novels are penned in a comic vein. The feel is a bit like Ocean's Eleven.
Any additional comments?
Woodman delivers a great performance. I was constantly chuckling. The characters are well delineated and Westlake's language, as usual, is spot on. Good stuff.
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- Mike From Mesa
- 08-15-13
Wonderful fun.
I bought this book looking for something a bit lighter than the histories and biographies I had been reading and was delighted with my choice. I guessed that any book that had as many sequels as the Dortmunder books was probably worth taking the time to read and I was well pleased with the choice.
Dortmunder is, of course, a career criminal and that is not someone I could normally identify with. He makes his living stealing and, at the start of the book, is leaving prison after two convictions. Another conviction means life in prison. That might be enough incentive for most people to try to make an honest living, but not Dortmunder. I suppose what makes him an interesting character is the bad luck that follows his actions. In this story he, and his fellow criminals, have to commit a whole series of crimes to try to rescue their initial prize with each attempt funnier and more complex than the last. All the characters associated with Dortmunder are interesting and, while reading, I could not help but think of Damon Runyon's characters.
Of course no one in this story is an innocent bystander so the long series of mis-chances that take place are comical and the ending is absolutely inspired. I was so pleased with this book that I rented the dvd of the movie. While that was a terrible mistake (the movie is just awful) the book is a gem. I have decided to read more books in this series and have already added "Nobodys Perfect" to my Wish List. It is hard to believe that other books in the series will equal this one in sheer enjoyment but I will see …
The book is excellently read by Jeff Woodman and I recommend it as a light read good for a lot of laughs, some of them guffaws.
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- Cheimon
- 03-07-13
Charming story straight from 1970 - bad narration
The story is very charming, that it was written in 1970 adds a lovely nostalgia to it. It's not a fast paced thriller, but a cute, funny crime story (it gets funnier the farther you get, I agree with other reviewers that it's a bit bland in the beginning). Not a must-read, but definitely an enjoy-to-read.
Surprisingly though, there aren't a lot of reviews about the narration. Woodman has a very pleasant voice, but his narration is a bit catastrophic, he leaves much of the novel's potential untapped. It's all about the characters and their interplay, but only two or three of the main characters enjoy any depth in the narration. Dortmunder himself is not among them - Woodman endows him with his regular narration voice, which is young and light. There are indications in the text that Dortmunder is actually reluctant and tired and rolling his eyes most of the time. We don't hear any of that through Woodman though. Very sad, a better narrator could have made this raucously funny.
In addition, the African characters have Pakistani accents, which is hard to handle.
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- Jeffrey R. Bednar
- 11-09-21
Hysterical Heist Book
Dortmunder and his crew of neurotic thieves are even more priceless than the emerald they are stealing. The reader is great.
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- RueRue
- 05-15-16
A fun caper
Witty and fun. The narration is fantastic ! A little dated, but very entertaining.
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- Chronovore
- 02-16-15
Great fun
Multiple capers make for great fun. Timeless. I'm looking forward to more Dortmunder with my next Credit. Strong performance as well.
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