Book description
“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…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Switch as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Imagine this: you kidnap a rich guy’s wife, figuring he’ll be smart enough to pay the ransom without calling the cops, and you’ll be able to spend the rest of your life spending. What could possibly go wrong?
How about this? That rich guy doesn’t want his wife anymore. He couldn’t care less what you do with her. And you’ve 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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