Drowned Hopes
Author: Donald E. Westlake
Arriving home after another failed burglary, Dortmunder finds his home occupied by an old cellmate. Tom Jimson left $700,000 buried in a small valley in upstate New York and needs help retrieving it–from under 50 feet of water now part of a reservoir…..Read More
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