EPISODE · Jun 18, 2024 · 30 MIN
Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake
from Access Essential Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense · host Jaydon Koelpin
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757730 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drowned Hopes Series: #7 of Dortmunder Novels Author: Donald E. Westlake Narrator: Justin Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: This rollicking tale of an aging robber who wants to blow up a reservoir 'will keep readers laughing' (Publishers Weekly). In his day, Tom was a hard man. He came up with Dillinger in the 1930s, and pulled a lot of high-profile jobs before the state put him away. They meant it to be for good, but after twenty-three years the prisons are too crowded for seventy-year-old bank robbers, and so they let the old man go. Finally free, he heads straight for John Dortmunder's house. Long ago, Tom buried $700,000, and now he needs help digging it up. While he was inside, the government dammed a nearby river, creating a reservoir and putting fifty feet of water on top of his money. He wants to blow the dam, drown the villagers, and move to Acapulco. If Dortmunder wants a clean conscience to go along with his share, he needs to find a nice way to get the money before Tom's nasty instincts get the best of both of them.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/757730 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Drowned Hopes Series: #7 of Dortmunder Novels Author: Donald E. Westlake Narrator: Justin Price Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 15 minutes Release date: June 18, 2024 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: This rollicking tale of an aging robber who wants to blow up a reservoir 'will keep readers laughing' (Publishers Weekly). In his day, Tom was a hard man. He came up with Dillinger in the 1930s, and pulled a lot of high-profile jobs before the state put him away. They meant it to be for good, but after twenty-three years the prisons are too crowded for seventy-year-old bank robbers, and so they let the old man go. Finally free, he heads straight for John Dortmunder's house. Long ago, Tom buried $700,000, and now he needs help digging it up. While he was inside, the government dammed a nearby river, creating a reservoir and putting fifty feet of water on top of his money. He wants to blow the dam, drown the villagers, and move to Acapulco. If Dortmunder wants a clean conscience to go along with his share, he needs to find a nice way to get the money before Tom's nasty instincts get the best of both of them.
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