{"product_id":"9781531232092","title":"The Risk Profession","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e WAS DONALD E. WESTLAKE A SCIENCE FICTION WRITER?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows him as the mystery writer who published books like \u003cem\u003eThe Hook\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), \u003cem\u003eBad News\u003c\/em\u003e 2001, and \u003cem\u003ePut a Lid on It\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) under his own name, Donald E. Westlake, and of course that he was also Richard Stark and a number of other favorite authors. But a science fiction writer? -- Really? -- You bet he was, early on in his career. (He even wrote one SF novel -- \u003cem\u003eAnarchaos\u003c\/em\u003e, in 1966, as \"Curt Clark.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also wrote quite a bit of short SF, like this weird little SF mystery that first graced the pages of \u003cem\u003eAmazing\u003c\/em\u003e in 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's an engaging little tale, set in a asteroid-belt colony: our hero is an investigator for an interplanetary insurance company, ferreting out the truth behind suspicious (and sometimes, uhm, otherworldly) insurance claims. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chasma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147082121456,"sku":"9781531232092","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781531232092_p0.jpg?v=1763739928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781531232092","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}