The Busy Body
Written by Donald E. Westlake
Narrated by Brian Holsopple
4/5
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Donald E. Westlake
Donald E. Westlake has written numerous novels during the past 40 years, under his own name and various pseudonyms--most famously Richard Stark. He is generally regarded as the greatest writer of comic mystery of all time. Many of his books have been made into movies, including The Hunter which was filmed first as the noir classic with Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson, and then as Payback starring Mel Gibson. He has won three Edgar Allan Poe Awards, and has been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A good yarn in the Westlake tradition. The hardcover edition I managed to secure is nearly sixty years old yet still gave me a few chuckles and many signs of things to come. Well worth a read if you can still find a copy.