MEMORY
Donald E. Westlake
April 2010
ISBN: 978-0857683458
Cover art by Glen Orbik

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THE CRIME WAS OVER IN A MINUTE—
THE CONSQUENCES LASTED A LIFETIME

Hospitalized after a liaison with another man’s wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul’s facing steep odds—and a bleak fate if he fails...

This never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man’s struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.

  • First publication ever!
  • A lost, unpublished novel by best-selling novelist Donald Westlake, who died on January 1, 2009
  • Westlake was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay of "The Grifters," and was named a Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America, the organization’s highest honor

Raves for the Work of Donald E. Westlake...

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

"The novel’s deeper meditations will keep you thinking long after you’ve closed the book."
USA Today