The first adventure of John Dortmunder. June 1969, New York. Fresh out of prison, Dortmunder is approached to do a heist by a former accomplices.They plan to steal an emerald worth half a million dollars.Though reluctant and ill at ease when met with the silent partner behind the operation, he lets himself be convinced, and starts to recruit the crack team that will nab the hot rock.Adapted from the novel by Donald Westlake with translations by Nora Mahony.

The Hunter , the first book in the Parker series, is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the woman he loved and double-crossed by his partner in crime, Parker makes his way cross-country with only one thought burning in his mind—to coldly exact his revenge and reclaim what was taken from him!