Hey, I read this book this morning in a coffee shop. Funny, quippy-witty, but tense as all heck, with some very-early-stage love story going on. Westlake's reputation does preceed him, and it's well earned. Definitely seems to have a knack for stories about normal guys in over their heads, sliding sideways.
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Forever and a Death by Donald E. Westlake
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