The Switch

By Elmore Leonard,

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“My favorite Leonard book….He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they sharpened their senses of ironic humor and grew better ears for dialogue.”
—Dallas Morning News

“The best writer of crime fiction alive.”
—Newsweek

Dangerously eccentric characters, razor-sharp black humor, brilliant dialog, and suspense all rolled…

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1 author picked The Switch as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Imagine this: you kidnap a rich guys wife, figuring hell be smart enough to pay the ransom without calling the cops, and youll be able to spend the rest of your life spending. What could possibly go wrong?

How about this? That rich guy doesnt want his wife anymore. He couldnt care less what you do with her. And youve got no Plan B. Wow! You know this is going to be a great story.

The characters led by Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara are some of Elmore…

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