{"product_id":"the-risk-profession-by-donald-e-westlake-science-fiction-adventure-space-opera-mystery-detective-hardcover","title":"The Risk Profession by Donald E. Westlake, Science Fiction, Adventure, Space Opera, Mystery \u0026 Detective - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald E. Westlake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e WAS DONALD E. WESTLAKE A SCIENCE FICTION WRITER?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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) under 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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52534129754419,"sku":"9781463899769","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MlQ0Q1BadVlXWG52SUdOc0tVWldtQT09.webp?v=1760741851","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-risk-profession-by-donald-e-westlake-science-fiction-adventure-space-opera-mystery-detective-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}