Almost lost in a nether region between the Dortmunder novels
and the Dortmunder story collection is the Dortmunder novella, Walking Around Money, which Ed McBain
solicited for the first Transgressions collection.
As is the case with the Dortmunder short stories, Walking Around Money seems to exist outside the narrative of
Dortmunder’s career as chronicled by the full-length novels. The novella,
featuring Dortmunder and his sidekick Andy Kelp, emphasizes Dortmunder’s
competence above his bad luck, which is always welcome given how Dortmunder’s
cursedness often obscures the fact that he is actually quite good at his job. Grade: B
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