A review by bundy23
The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake

3.0

Originally written as a Parker novel, Westlake quickly realised that the caper was a bit silly for that series and swapped out his lead character. Dortmunder, as well as the style and structure of the novel, retains way too much of Parker to not compare the two... I'll read another book in the series and see if he morphs into his own character but, despite being quite entertaining and a really quick easy read, I found this book a tad disappointing (it needed more of the ruthlessness of the Parker books).