{"product_id":"the-risk-profession-by-donald-donald-e-westlake-9781463899769","title":"The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake, Science Fiction, Adventure, Space Opera, Mystery \u0026 Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e WAS DONALD E. WESTLAKE A SCIENCE FICTION WRITER?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEveryone knows him as the mystery writer who published books like \u003cem\u003eThe Hook\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), \u003cem\u003eBad News\u003c\/em\u003e 2001, and \u003cem\u003ePut a Lid on It\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) \u003c\/strong\u003eunder his own name, Donald E. Westlake, and of course that he was also Richard Stark and a number of other favorite authors. But a science fiction writer? -- Really? -- You bet he was, early on in his career. (He even wrote one SF novel -- \u003cem\u003eAnarchaos\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1966, as \"Curt Clark.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also wrote quite a bit of short SF, like this weird little SF mystery that first graced the pages of \u003cem\u003eAmazing\u003c\/em\u003e in 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's an engaging little tale, set in a asteroid-belt colony: our hero is an investigator for an interplanetary insurance company, ferreting out the truth behind suspicious (and sometimes, uhm, otherworldly) insurance claims. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald E. Westlake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1463899769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781463899769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Donald E. Westlake","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44130566045951,"sku":"9781463899769","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71d35975-3337-4889-b7a8-c48bb97a0b52.jpg?v=1687470064","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-risk-profession-by-donald-donald-e-westlake-9781463899769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}