Help I Am Being Held Prisoner

HELP I AM BEING HELD PRISONER is Donald E. Westlake at his funniest and his most ingenious, a rediscovered crime classic from the Grand Master returning to stores for the first time in three decades.

JAILED FOR A JOKE

It isn't easy going to jail for being a practical joker. Of course, this particular joke left 20 cars wrecked on the highway and two politicians' careers in tatters – so jail is where Harold Künt landed. Now he's just trying to keep a low profile in the Big House. He wants no part of his fellow inmates' plan to use an escape tunnel to rob two banks. But it's too late: he's in it up to his neck. And that neck may just wind up in a noose…

HELP I AM BEING HELD PRISONER is Donald E. Westlake at his funniest and his most ingenious, a rediscovered crime classic from the MWA Grand Master returning to stores for the first time in three decades.

À propos de ce livre

HELP I AM BEING HELD PRISONER is Donald E. Westlake at his funniest and his most ingenious, a rediscovered crime classic from the Grand Master returning to stores for the first time in three decades.

JAILED FOR A JOKE

It isn't easy going to jail for being a practical joker. Of course, this particular joke left 20 cars wrecked on the highway and two politicians' careers in tatters – so jail is where Harold Künt landed. Now he's just trying to keep a low profile in the Big House. He wants no part of his fellow inmates' plan to use an escape tunnel to rob two banks. But it's too late: he's in it up to his neck. And that neck may just wind up in a noose…

HELP I AM BEING HELD PRISONER is Donald E. Westlake at his funniest and his most ingenious, a rediscovered crime classic from the MWA Grand Master returning to stores for the first time in three decades.

Commencez ce livre dès aujourd'hui pour 0 €

  • Accédez à tous les livres de l'app pendant la période d'essai
  • Sans engagement, annulez à tout moment
Essayer gratuitement
Plus de 52 000 personnes ont noté Nextory 5 étoiles sur l'App Store et Google Play.

  1. Nouveau

    Outlaws of Tomorrow 2 : Robbers, Rogues, Detectives & Future Crime

    Jack London, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Harry Harrison, Robert Sheckley, Fredric Brown, Clifford D. Simak, August Derleth, Donald E. Westlake, Miriam Allen deFord, Nelson S. Bond, Randall Garrett, Henry Kuttner, Winston Marks, Lawrence M. Jannifer, Bryce Walton

  2. Nouveau

    Beyond the Stars 8 : Explore Strange Worlds Beyond the Final Frontier

    H.P. Lovecraft, Harlan Ellison, Fredric Brown, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Sheckley, Katherine MacLean, Donald E. Westlake, Clyde Beck, Mack Reynolds, Kenneth Sterling

  3. Nouveau

    Fallen Worlds 2 : Timeless Stories of Survival, Collapse, and Hope

    Lynn Venable, Donald E. Westlake, Edward W. Ludwig, Dean Evans, Miguel Hidalgo, H.G. Wells, Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, William Oberfield, Philip K Dick

  4. Lost Sci-Fi Books 291 thru 295 : From Dangerous Worlds to Brilliant Twists—Five Essential Lost Sci-Fi Tales

    J. F. Bone, Donald E. Westlake, Robert Sheckley, William Brittain, James Blish

  5. Lost Sci-Fi Books 281 thru 300 : Lovecraft, Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury and More

    H.P. Lovecraft, lord Dunsany, Isaac Asimov, Robert Sheckley, Evelyn E. Smith, Frederik Pohl, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert E. Howard, James Blish, J. F. Bone, Donald E. Westlake, William Brittain, Jack London, Frank Belknap Long, Kenneth Harmon, Richard R. Smith

  6. 1960s Science Fiction 2 : Arthur C. Clarke, Ben Bova, Fritz Leiber and More in One Extraordinary Collection

    Arthur C. Clarke, Henry Slesar, Mack Reynolds, Donald E. Westlake, Fritz Leiber, Ron Goulart, Stephen Bartholomew, James Bell, Beta McGavin, Alfred Connable, Ben Bova, Jack Sharkey, Hayden Howard, Larry Eisenberg, Albert Teichner, H. B. Fyfe

  7. 1960s Science Fiction - 27 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1960s : Cosmic Shifts and Cold Wars: Sci-Fi Visions of the Swinging Sixties

    Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Lester del Rey, Hal Clement, Clifford D. Simak, Harry Harrison, Fredric Brown, Keith Laumer, Jack Williamson, H. B. Fyfe, Robert F. Young, Donald E. Westlake, J. F. Bone, Miriam Allen deFord, Scott F. Grenville, Donald F. Daley, Mary Carlson, Mack Reynolds, Fritz Leiber, George O. Smith, Murray F. Yaco

  8. 1950s Science Fiction 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from the 1950s

    Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, lord Dunsany, Walter M. Jr., Bryce Walton, Mike Curry, Edward W. Ludwig, Charles Einstein, Miguel Hidalgo, Dean Evans, Robert Sheckley, Charles E. Fritch, William Oberfield, Frank M. Robinson, Evelyn E. Smith, C. M. Kornbluth, Lynn Venable, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, Donald E. Westlake, J. F. Bone, Roger D. Aycock, Joseph Slotkin, David Mason

  9. Lost Sci-Fi Books 261 thru 280 : Impossible Choices, Distant Worlds, and Unforgettable Futures

    Ray Bradbury, Ray Cummings, Robert Silverberg, Robert Sheckley, Tom Godwin, Donald A. Wollheim, Frank M. Robinson, Donald E. Westlake, Alfred Coppel, Lynn Venable, Alfred Bester, H.G. Wells, Frank Herbert, Theodore Sturgeon, Arthur C. Clarke, Walter M. Jr., Fritz Leiber, Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth, Joseph Slotkin

  10. Lost Sci-Fi Books 261 thru 280 : It Only Gets Worse From Here

    H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, Theodore Sturgeon, Alfred Bester, Ray Cummings, Joseph Slotkin, Walter M. Jr., Fritz Leiber, Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth, Donald E. Westlake, Alfred Coppel, Lynn Venable, Frank M. Robinson, Tom Godwin, Robert Silverberg, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert Sheckley

  11. Fallen Worlds : Timeless Stories of Survival, Collapse, and Hope

    Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Robert Abernathy, Alan E. Nourse, Jack Sharkey, Philip K Dick, Herbert D. Kastle, Alfred Bester, G. Peyton Wertenbaker, Harlan Ellison, William F. Nolan, Lynn Venable, Edward W. Ludwig, Miguel Hidalgo, Robert Sheckley, H.G. Wells, Dean Evans, Donald E. Westlake, William Oberfield, Fritz Leiber, E. M. Forster, William Brittain, Robert Silverberg, Paul Macnamara, Morrison Colladay, Frank Lillie Pollock, John W. Campbell, Lester del Rey

  12. Lost Sci-Fi Books 241 thru 260 : Twenty Forgotten Science Fiction Adventures from the Age of Rocketships and Strange Worlds

    Clyde Beck, Hugh B. Cave, Mike Curry, Ray Bradbury, Scott F. Grenville, Murray Leinster, J. F. Bone, Charles Einstein, Miguel Hidalgo, Clifford D. Simak, Roger D. Aycock, Donald E. Westlake, Frederik Pohl, Donald F. Daley, George R. Hahn, William Oberfield, Robert Sheckley, Charles E. Fritch