Westllake's comic Dortmunder novels are among my favorite series of crime/caper novels. Dortmunder is a professional thief who along with his crew tend to foul up most every job they pull. THIEVES' DOZEN is a collection of short stories featuring Dortmunder written by Westlake from 1981 through 2000. The stories originally appeared in various publications including Playboy magazine.
The stories were all very enjoyable and included the usual humor that is always present in the Dortmunder novels. Among the stories Dortmunder tries to steal a race horse valued at over $300,000 with the usual consequences; attempts a bank robbery through a tunnel only to find that it was already being robbed by another crew; on the run from a burglary, Dortmunder slips into a window and blends in by helping the caterer with a Christmas party; and Dortmunder is mistaken for a substitute player as he slips into a poker game with Otto Penzler with a bag of stolen Roman coins in his pocket. I still have several of the Dortmunder novels left to read and I'm definitely looking forward to them.
The stories were all very enjoyable and included the usual humor that is always present in the Dortmunder novels. Among the stories Dortmunder tries to steal a race horse valued at over $300,000 with the usual consequences; attempts a bank robbery through a tunnel only to find that it was already being robbed by another crew; on the run from a burglary, Dortmunder slips into a window and blends in by helping the caterer with a Christmas party; and Dortmunder is mistaken for a substitute player as he slips into a poker game with Otto Penzler with a bag of stolen Roman coins in his pocket. I still have several of the Dortmunder novels left to read and I'm definitely looking forward to them.
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