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by
DONALD E. WESTLAKE
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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ONALD E.
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ESTLAKE
“Westlake’s ability to construct an action story filled with unforseen twists and quadruple-crosses is unparalleled.”
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San Francisco Chronicle
“One of the great writers of the 20th Century.”
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Newsweek
“Grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go.”
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San Diego Union-Tribune
Gripping Suspense From Donald E. Westlake’s Legendary Alter Ego
by
RICHARD STARK
When he’s not pulling heists with his friend Parker, Alan Grofield runs a small theater in Indiana. But putting on shows is expensive and jobs have been thin, which is why Grofield agrees to listen to Andrew Myers’ plan to knock over a brewery in upstate New York.
Unfortunately, Myers’ plan is insane—so Grofield walks out on him.
But Myers isn’t a man you walk out on...
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‘LEMONS NEVER LIE’
“This first-rate hard-boiled mystery... reads like Raymond Chandler with a dark literary whisper... of Cormac McCarthy.”
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Time
“The prose is clean, the dialogue laced with dry humor, the action comes hard and fast.”
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George Pelecanos
“
Lemons Never Lie
is a delight —a crime story that leaves you smiling.”
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San Diego Union-Tribune
“The best Richard Stark ever”
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Paul Kavanagh