Summary: A man named Alan Grofield is a small town theater owner. Every summer he puts on community plays, but since he doesn't have much money and the theater drains his finances every year, he's also a criminal on the side. He does just enough heists to make ends meet and keep his theater afloat. He gets pulled into a meeting with a man named Myers to perform a payroll job in New York, but he decides the guy's plan is too risky and walks out. Myers hates that and robs Grofield and the other guy who walked out with him. Eventually the other guy finds Myers and kidnaps him and comes to Grofield to ask what he should do with him. Grofield suggests letting Myers go, so the other guy does. Myers turns around and fatally injures the guy. Grofield then decides to track Myers down and settle the score. He ends up in New York where Myers and his crew are committing the payroll job. Grofield waits until he's done it and then confronts Myers. The final showdown doesn't quite go how Grofield expected.
My Thoughts:
A nice, quick little read. Nothing too special. Good for the beach or a boring weekend.
Trivia:
Richard Stark is a pseudonym for Donald Westlake.
Links:
Amazon
Alan Grofield at Wikipedia
Donald Westlake at Wikipedia
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