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isovector's review
3.0
Dortmunder gets roped into breaking a nun out of an office building. It's a fun read, and introduces some much-needed new characters, but is nothing special.
sbisson's review
5.0
Recent Reads: Good Behavior. Donald Westlake's John Dortmunder is in trouble again; a failed heist has him owing a favour to some nuns. He must rescue a corporate princess (now nun) from a tower, dodging mercenaries and cops and hopefully running a little caper. Crime can be fun!
mj123's review
4.0
I am a big fan of Donald Westlake's books and I enjoyed this one. The only issue I had was in places I thought it got a little sillier than I thought best. Still an enjoyable read.
nigellicus's review
5.0
Dortmunder falls into a convent full of silent nuns who, despite just about everything about him, see him as a Godsend, just the man they need to rescue their sister, kidnapped by her obscenely wealthy father and held for deprogramming on the top floor of a Manhattan skyscraper. This is not the sort of thing John does. It's not even the sort of thing John approves of, but he hatches a scheme and puts together a string and before you know it there's burgling and rescuing going on and everything might even work out for the best. Except the obscenely rich father is planning a coup in a South American country and figures the floor below the top floor is as good a place as any to keep his mercenary army for the weekend before flying them out. And that's what Dortmunder's got to get through to get to the nun and then back down again through to get her out and soon the nun's rescuing John and everyone's rescuing each other and there's mercenaries and security guards and cops everywhere and a ton of loot and one nun and Dortmunder and pals all wondering who's going to recuse them.
All-time classic comedy crime caper. You cannot do better for lifting rainy-day blues.
All-time classic comedy crime caper. You cannot do better for lifting rainy-day blues.
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