Audiobooks by Donald E. Westlake

Apocalyptic Sci-Fi 2 - 10 Science Fiction Short Stories by Philip K. Dick, H. G. Wells, Fritz Leiber

Ten Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic science fiction short stories from some of the best sci-fi authors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s. - Time Enough At Last by Lynn Venable - Breakfast at Twilight by Philip K. Dick - Inheritance by Edward W. Ludwig - Homecoming by Miguel Hidalgo - Proof of the Pudding by Robert Sheckley - The Star by H. G. Wells - Not a Creature Was Stirring by Dean Evans - The Spy in the Elevator by Donald E. Westlake - The Enormous Word by William Oberfield - The Moon is Green by Fritz Leiber

Dean Evans, Donald E. Westlake, Edward W. Ludwig, Fritz Leiber, H.G. Wells, Lynn Venable, Miguel Hidalgo, Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, William Oberfield (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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The Spy in the Elevator

The Spy in the Elevator by Donald E. Westlake - He was dangerously insane. He threatened to destroy everything that was noble anddecent—including my date with my girl! When the elevator didn't come, that just made the day perfect. A broken egg yolk, a stuck zipper, a feedback in the aircon exhaust, the window sticking at full transparency—well, I won't go through the whole sorry list. Suffice it to say that when the elevator didn't come, that put the roof on the city, as they say. It was just one of those days. Everybody gets them. Days when you're lucky in you make it to nightfall with no bones broken. But of all times for it to happen! For literally months I'd been building my courage up. And finally, just today, I had made up my mind to do it—to propose to Linda. I'd called her second thing this morning—right after the egg yolk—and invited myself down to her place. 'Ten o'clock,' she'd said, smiling sweetly at me out of the phone. She knew why I wanted to talk to her. And when Linda said ten o'clock, she meant ten o'clock. Don't get me wrong. I don't mean that Linda's a perfectionist or a harridan or anything like that. Far from it. But she does have a fixation on that one subject of punctuality. The result of her job, of course. She was an ore-sled dispatcher. Ore-sleds, being robots, were invariably punctual. If an ore-sled didn't return on time, no one waited for it. They simply knew that it had been captured by some other Project and had blown itself up.

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Scott Miller (Narrator)

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Good Behavior: A Dortmunder Novel

It was supposed to be a simple caviar heist. Dortmunder is almost in the building when the alarm sounds, forcing him up the fire escape and onto the roof. He leaps onto the next building, smashing his ankle and landing in the den of the worst kind of creature he can imagine: nuns. Although decades removed from his Catholic orphanage, Dortmunder still trembles before the sisters’ habits. But these nuns are kinder than the ones he grew up with. They bandage his wound, let him rest, and don’t call the cops—for a price. The father of the youngest member of their order, disgusted by their vow of silence, has kidnapped his daughter, locked her in a tightly guarded penthouse apartment, and is attempting to convince her to renounce her faith. The nuns ask Dortmunder to rescue the girl. It’s an impossible assignment—but one he cannot refuse.

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Brian Holsopple (Narrator)

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Why Me? A Dortmunder Novel

The Byzantine Fire is much more than a flawless ninety-carat ruby. As a stone it’s worth over a million dollars, a value vastly increased by its pure gold band—but its history is what makes it priceless. A ring that has been fought for with sword and pen and passed from nation to nation by all manner of theft and trickery, has finally made its way to the United States. The US agrees to return it to Turkey, but it’s about to be stolen twice more. A gang of Greeks armed with Sten guns burst into the security room at JFK Airport and escape with the priceless stone, which they deposit in the safe at a small jeweler’s shop in Queens. A few hours later, unlucky thief John Dortmunder, expecting a routine robbery, steals it again. Having unsuspectingly lifted the hottest gem in town, John Dortmunder becomes the prey of the FBI, the New York City police, terrorist groups from three nations, and all of New York's petty and not-so-petty crooks. Much blood has been shed for this little ruby, and Dortmunder’s could very well be next.

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Brian Holsopple (Narrator)

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Nobody's Perfect: A Dortmunder Novel

It would take a miracle to keep Dortmunder out of jail. Though he cased the electronics store perfectly, the cops surprised him, turning up in the alley just as he was walking out the back door, a television in each hand. Already a two-time loser, without divine intervention he faces a long stretch inside. Then God sends J. Radcliffe Stonewiler, a celebrity lawyer who gets Dortmunder off with hardly any effort at all. Stonewiler was sent by Arnold Chauncey, an art lover with a cash flow problem. He asks the thief to break into his house and make off with a valuable painting in exchange for a quarter of the insurance money. Chauncey has pulled the stunt twice before, so it must look real. He'll give Dortmunder no inside help-a shame since, when this caper spins out of control, he'll need all the help he can get.

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Jeff Woodman (Narrator)

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Jimmy the Kid: A Dortmunder Novel

Kelp has a plan, and John Dortmunder knows that means trouble. His friend Kelp is a jinx, and his schemes, no matter how well intentioned, tend to spiral quickly out of control. But this one, Kelp swears, is airtight. He read it in a book. In county lock-up for a traffic charge, Kelp came across a library of trashy novels by an author named Richard Stark. The hero is a thief named Parker whose plans, unlike Kelp and Dortmunder's, always work out. In one, Parker orchestrates a kidnapping so brilliant that, Kelp thinks, it would have to work in real life. Though offended that his usual role as planner has been usurped, Dortmunder agrees to try using the novel as a blueprint. Unfortunately, what's simple on the page turns complex in real life, and there is no book to guide him through the madness he's signed on for.

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Brian Holsopple (Narrator)

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The Busy Body

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. Rovito orders Engel to go to the grave in the early hours of the morning, dig up the coffin, and get back the suit, plus kill two bird with one stone (so to speak) and whack the guy who will help with the digging. There's just one problem (at least there's just one to begin with): It turns out the grave is empty. Now it's Engel who finds himself "in deep". Busy Body is early Westlake, as he was mastering the genre he would become known for: the comic caper.

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Brian Holsopple (Narrator)

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The Comedy is Finished

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... This is the final novel from legendary writer and Mystery Grand Master Donald Westlake!

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Peter Berkrot (Narrator)

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Dancing Aztecs

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. Jerry Manelli is searching for it, as are Wall Street financiers, New Jersey union thugs, Manhattan aristocrats, college professors and PR men, liberated women and unliberated wives, tough guys and conmen, and sharpshooters of every kind. From Harlem to Greenwich Village, from Long Island to Connecticut, the motley group races in and around New York in this comic adventure of the 1970s.

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Brian Holsopple (Narrator)

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The Jugger

Not many men knew what Parker did for a living, because what he did was steal. But Joe Sheer, a retired safecracker—known in the business as a jugger—knew. He knew Parker’s alias, his whereabouts, his plans—and because he knew too much, he knew to keep his mouth shut. Or die. But Joe was more than ready to trade what he knew for a soft mattress, windows without bars on them, and what every man needs—his freedom. So Parker had come to Nebraska to find the old jugger—and probably murder him. But what Parker found was trouble: Joe was already six feet under; something very valuable was missing; and somebody was planning a funeral—Parker’s. Too bad for somebody that Parker wasn’t an easy man to kill. “Stephen Thorne is particularly effective. His voice is flat and adamant. He portrays various other characters in memorable ways.”--AudioFile

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Stephen R. Thorne (Narrator)

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The Mourner

The heist was a piece of cake. It didn’t bother Parker that the priceless statue was in a Russian diplomat’s house … because he had no scruples about ripping off a Red. It didn’t bother Parker that his ex-girlfriend had blackmailed him into pulling this job … because he figured out how to make an extra fifty grand on the deal. It did bother Parker that somebody else was trying to steal the statue first—because being second wasn’t Parker’s style. Whether he was up against the mob or the KGB, Parker intended to beat them all at the stealing game. Of course, he didn’t count on a double cross, a two-timing blonde, and one lethal luger aimed at making him not only second, but last—dead last. “Richard Stark’s Parker…is refreshingly amoral, a thief who always gets away with the swag.”--Stephen King

Donald E. Westlake (Author), Stephen R. Thorne (Narrator)

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The Outfit

The Outfit was organized crime with a capital O. They were big; they were bad; they were brutal. No crook ever crossed them and lived to enjoy it—except Parker. So they wanted Parker dead, and a hit man proved they meant business. Too bad for the Outfit he missed. Ripping off the Outfit was the easy part of Parker’s game. Going one-on-one with Bronson, the Outfit’s big boss, was the hard part. “Whatever Stark writes, I read. He’s a stylist, a pro, and I thoroughly enjoy his attitude.”--Elmore Leonard

Donald E. Westlake (Author), John Chancer (Narrator)

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