John D. (shunt) reviewed on 1/20/2009 + 24 more book reviews

Westlake brings back decent, smart and unlikely John Dortmunder for a seventh adventure. After a typically unrewarding night of attempted burglary, Dortmunder comes home to find ex-cellmate Tom Jimson in the living room. Jimson, given a 70th birthday release from an overcrowded state prison, is calmly venal and vicious as ever as he asks Dortmunder's help in reclaiming a $700,000 stash from an old robbery. The loot was buried in an upstate New York town that subsequently flooded to become part of the cities reservoir system. Jimson's plan to blow up the reservoir dam will doom nearby towns, so Dortmunder must concoct a more humane solution. A motley cast turning thru a dizzying variety of plot twists will keep readers laughing.

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