Somebody Owes Me Money, Donald E. Westlake
Somebody Owes Me Money, Donald E. Westlake
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Somebody Owes Me Money

Author: Donald E. Westlake

Narrator: Stephen Thorne

Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/26/2008


Synopsis

Cab driver Chet Conway was hoping for a good tip from his latest fare, the sort he could spend. But what he got was a tip on a horse race. Which might have turned out okay, except that when he went to collect his winnings, Chet found his bookie lying dead on the living room floor. Chet knows he had nothing to do with it—but just try explaining that to the cops, to the two rival criminal gangs who each think Chet's working for the other, and to the dead man's beautiful sister, who has flown in from Las Vegas to avenge her brother's murder...

About Donald E. Westlake

Richard Stark (1933–2008), wrote dozens of novels under his own name and a rainbow of other pseudonyms. Many of his books have been adapted for film, most notably The Hunter, which became the 1967 noir Point Blank and the 1999 smash Payback.

About Stephen Thorne

Stephen Thorne trained at RADA and played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. He has worked extensively in radio, with over two thousand broadcasts for the BBC, including Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series and the part of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings. His television work includes EastEnders, Boys from the Bush, Death of an Expert Witness, and David Copperfield.


Reviews

Okay so I tend to like Westlake. I just finished a really good novel by him (his last). I've enjoyed his Parker books.... Well I guess every game can't be a no hitter...or maybe this is the no hitter but Westlake is the one at bat rather than pitching??? So our protagonist a ne'er do well cab driver w......more


Quotes

“Stephen Thorne sounds like a natural-born reader of Westlake’s breezy, irreverent characters.” AudioFile

“Even as Westlake kids the conventions of mystery, the neatly knotted plot proves that he takes even fun seriously.” Booklist