Luckily, clever Frances must have understood her caper was destined for failure.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
By emphasizing the caper aspect and the goofy comedy of all this over the intricate plotting that is a hallmark of Westlake’s novels, Black lowers the stakes of a heist that involves halting a speeding NY subway refuse train and busting into a supposedly impenetrable Brooklyn vault.
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