The Road to Ruin

New York Times bestselling author. It’s all funny. Nobody does comic capers better than Westlake . . . Sparkling droplets of Westlake wit abound. – Publishers Weekly. An infamous gang of wayward thieves led by the unlucky and unflagging John Dortmunder, has hatched another perfect plan. They’ll dress up as a personal secretary, a driver, and a butler., and go to work for a very rich – and very crooked – man, and rob him blind. The con is on! The mark is...
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New York Times bestselling author. It’s all funny. Nobody does comic capers better than Westlake . . . Sparkling droplets of Westlake wit abound. – Publishers Weekly. An infamous gang of wayward thieves led by the unlucky and unflagging John Dortmunder, has hatched another perfect plan. They’ll dress up as a personal secretary, a driver, and a butler., and go to work for a very rich – and very crooked – man, and rob him blind. The con is on! The mark is Monroe Hall, a corrupt CEO who lavished more of his company's money on himself than the boys at Enron and WorldCom combined. The loot? A fleet of vintage automobiles that would leave the Sultan of Brunei blushing. The catch? Trying to outsmart a collection of angry union men who've been taken for a ride and blue-blooded suckers who've been taken for their family fortunes. Donald E. Westlake has single-handedly put the caper into the crime novel. He has won numerous awards, including three Edgars, and he has been made a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.