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1The hot rock

the first Dortmunder novel

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“The hot rock” Metadata:

  • Title: The hot rock
  • Author:
  • Languages: fre - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 261
  • Publisher: ➤  Simon & Schuster - MysteriousPress.com - Abrams, Inc. - Gallimard - Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio - Simon and Schuster - Books on Tape, Inc. - Mysterious Press - Head of Zeus - RBA Bolsillo - Hodder & Stoughton - Futura
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London - New York - Paris, France

“The hot rock” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"Dortmunder blew his nose."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1970
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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2Bank Shot

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“Bank Shot” Metadata:

  • Title: Bank Shot
  • Author:
  • Languages: English - fre
  • Number of Pages: Median: 245
  • Publisher: ➤  RBA Bolsillo - MysteriousPress.com - Caminho - Audible Studios on Brilliance - Books on Tape, Inc. - Gallimard - Mysterious - Warner Books - Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio - Brand: Pocket - Book Club Associates - Futura - Mysterious Press - Book Club Associates (BCA) - Simon and Schuster - Coronet - MysteriousPress.com / Open Road - Pocket - Rivages
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  Lisboa - [Paris] - London - New York

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1972
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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3Jimmy the Kid

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“Jimmy the Kid” Metadata:

  • Title: Jimmy the Kid
  • Author:
  • Languages: ger - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 183
  • Publisher: ➤  MysteriousPress.com/Open Road - Coronet - M. Evans - Mysterious Press - Books on Tape, Inc. - Head of Zeus - Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag - MysteriousPress.com - Ballantine - HighBridge Audio - Hodder and Stoughton - Hodder & Stoughton - J. Curley & Associates
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London (etc.) - London - New York - München - South Yarmouth, Ma

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1974
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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4Drowned hopes

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“Drowned hopes” Metadata:

  • Title: Drowned hopes
  • Author:
  • Languages: English - fre
  • Number of Pages: Median: 453
  • Publisher: ➤  MysteriousPress.com - Books on Tape, Inc. - Quercus - Grand Central Publishing - RIVAGES - Mysterious Press - Rivages
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: Paris - New York

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1990
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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5Good Behavior

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“Good Behavior” Metadata:

  • Title: Good Behavior
  • Author:
  • Languages: fre - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 272
  • Publisher: ➤  Newman Communications - Tor Books - MysteriousPress.com - Books on Tape, Inc. - Random House Value Publishing - G.K. Hall - HighBridge Audio - Mysterious Press - Allison & Busby - Head of Zeus - Payot & Rivages - Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing - Star - Brand: Tor Books
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London - Boston, Mass - New York - Paris

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  • First Year Published: 1985
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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6Why Me

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“Why Me” Metadata:

  • Title: Why Me
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 216
  • Publisher: ➤  Viking - Tor Books - Mysterious Press - J. Curley - Books on Tape, Inc. - Head of Zeus - Not Avail - MysteriousPress.com - HighBridge Audio - Futura - Gallimard Education
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - London - South Yarmouth, Ma - Canada

“Why Me” Subjects and Themes:

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  • First Year Published: 1983
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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7Bad news

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“Bad news” Metadata:

  • Title: Bad news
  • Author:
  • Languages: English - fre
  • Number of Pages: Median: 343
  • Publisher: ➤  Grand Central Publishing - Books on Tape - The Crowood Press - Center Point - Mysterious Press - Rivages
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Thorndike, Me - New York

“Bad news” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"John Dortmunder was a man on whom the sun shone only when he needed darkness."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2001
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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8The Road To Ruin

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“The Road To Ruin” Metadata:

  • Title: The Road To Ruin
  • Author:
  • Languages: fre - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 342
  • Publisher: ➤  AudioGo and Blackstone Audio, Inc. - The Audio Partners, Mystery Masters - Rivages-Thriller - Grand Central Publishing - Sound Library - Mysterious Press - The Crowood Press - Blackstone Audiobooks - Center Point Pub. - BBC Audiobooks
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  New York - Warner Books - Paris - Thorndike, Me

“The Road To Ruin” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"DORTMUNDER SAT IN HIS living room to watch the local evening news, and had just about come to the conclusion that every multiple-dwelling residence in the state of New Jersey would eventually burn to the ground, three per news cycle, when the doorbell rang."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2004
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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9Nobody's Perfect

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“Nobody's Perfect” Metadata:

  • Title: Nobody's Perfect
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 234
  • Publisher: ➤  MysteriousPress.com - distributed by Lippincott - Hodder and Stoughton - Fawcett - Books on Tape, Inc. - Mysterious Press - Head of Zeus - M. Evans - J. Curley - Coronet
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  London (etc.) - New York - South Yarmouth, Ma - Philadelphia - London

“Nobody's Perfect” Subjects and Themes:

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1977
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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10Thieves' dozen

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“Thieves' dozen” Metadata:

  • Title: Thieves' dozen
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  • Languages: English - fre
  • Number of Pages: Median: 200
  • Publisher: ➤  Mysterious Press - Grand Central Publishing - Éd. Payot & Rivages
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: Paris - New York

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2004
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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11Get real

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“Get real” Metadata:

  • Title: Get real
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 278
  • Publisher: ➤  Grand Central Publishing - Rivages - Grand Central Pub. - Thorndike Press - Quercus
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: ➤  Waterville, Me - New York, N.Y. - New York - London

“Get real” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"Dortmunder did not like to stand around on street corners."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2009
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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12Don't Ask

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“Don't Ask” Metadata:

  • Title: Don't Ask
  • Author:
  • Languages: fre - English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 346
  • Publisher: ➤  The Mysterious Press - Rivages : Payot - Books on Tape, Inc. - Mysterious Press - Rivages - Quercus
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: New York - London

“Don't Ask” Subjects and Themes:

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First Setence:

"Stuck in traffic on the Williamsburg Bridge out of lower Manhattan in a stolen frozen fish truck full of stolen frozen fish at 1:30 on a bright June afternoon, with construction out ahead of them forever on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, with Stan Murch on Dortmunder's left complaining about how there are no decent routes anymore from anywhere to anywhere in New York City-"If there ain't snow on the road, there's construction crews"-and with Andy Kelp on Dortmunder's right prattling on happily about global warming and how much nicer it will be when there isn't any winter, Dortmunder also had to contend with an air conditioner dripping on his ankles."

Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 1993
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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13The hot rock

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“The hot rock” Metadata:

  • Title: The hot rock
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 93
  • Publisher: SelfMadeHero
  • Publish Date:
  • Publish Location: London

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Access and General Info:

  • First Year Published: 2010
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Borrowable

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14What's the worst that could happen?

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“What's the worst that could happen?” Metadata:

  • Title: ➤  What's the worst that could happen?
  • Author:
  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: Median: 373
  • Publisher: ➤  Mysterious Press - Rivages - Grand Central Publishing - Chivers Press - Warner Books - Thorndike Press
  • Publish Date: ➤  
  • Publish Location: ➤  Thorndike, Me., USA - New York - New York, NY - Bath, Avon, England

“What's the worst that could happen?” Subjects and Themes:

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  • First Year Published: 1996
  • Is Full Text Available: Yes
  • Is The Book Public: No
  • Access Status: Printdisabled

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    15What's So Funny?

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    “What's So Funny?” Metadata:

    • Title: What's So Funny?
    • Author:
    • Language: English
    • Number of Pages: Median: 359
    • Publisher: ➤  Blackstone Audiobooks - Mysterious Pr - Quercus - Grand Central Publishing - Warner Books - Thorndike Press
    • Publish Date:
    • Publish Location: New York - London

    “What's So Funny?” Subjects and Themes:

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    Access and General Info:

    • First Year Published: 2007
    • Is Full Text Available: Yes
    • Is The Book Public: No
    • Access Status: Printdisabled

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      16Watch Your Back!

      A Dortmunder Novel (Dortmunder Novels)

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      “Watch Your Back!” Metadata:

      • Title: Watch Your Back!
      • Author:
      • Language: English
      • Number of Pages: Median: 335
      • Publisher: ➤  Mysterious Press - Chivers Sound Library - Grand Central Publishing - Sound Library - Thorndike Press
      • Publish Date:
      • Publish Location: Waterville, Me - New York

      “Watch Your Back!” Subjects and Themes:

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      First Setence:

      "WHEN JOHN DORTMUNDER, a free man, not even on parole, walked into the O.J. Bar & Grill on Amsterdam Avenue that Friday night in July, just before ten o'clock, the regulars were discussing the afterlife."

      Access and General Info:

      • First Year Published: 2005
      • Is Full Text Available: Yes
      • Is The Book Public: No
      • Access Status: Printdisabled

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