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DONALD E. WESTLAKE
GOES OFF THE BEATEN PATH

In 1977, one of the world’s finest crime novelists turned his pen to suspense of a very different sort—and the results have never been published, until now.

Fans of mystery fiction have often pondered whether it would be possible to write a suspense novel without any crime at all, and in CALL ME A CAB the masterful Donald E. Westlake answered the question in his inimitable style. You won’t find any crime in these pages—but what you will find is a wonderful suspense story, about a New York City taxi driver hired to drive a beautiful woman all the way across America, from Manhattan to Los Angeles, where the biggest decision of her life is waiting to be made. It’s Westlake at his witty, thought-provoking best, and it proves that a page-turner doesn’t need to have a bomb set to go off at the end of it in order to keep sparks flying every step of the way.

• First publication anywhere!
• The final unpublished novel by MWA Grand Master Donald E. Westlake demonstrates why this beloved author is so fondly remembered and so dearly missed

"A book by this guy is cause for happiness."

— Stephen King

"Westlake has a genius for comic strategy...a lunatic brilliance."

— New York Times

"One of the great writers of the 20th Century."

— Newsweek