The Switch
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:5th Jun '25
Should be back in stock very soon
A rip-roaring caper novel by bestselling crime author Elmore Leonard
Ordell and Louis have picked the wrong woman to kidnap…
They thought it would be easy money. Snatch the wife of a rich Detroit businessman and demand a nice big ransom. What they didn’t reckon on was the fact that her husband has a secret mistress and doesn’t want his wife back at all. Or that their victim, Margaret ‘Mickey’ Dawson, is more than a little tired of playing the perfect housewife. So tired, in fact, that she’s out for revenge, and willing to turn the tables on everyone to get it.
A trio of Elmore Leonard crime novels show that, for all his concision and aptitude for depicting violence, the magic of his prose lies in wit and charm -- John Self * The Observer *
PRAISE FOR ELMORE LEONARD * - *
The crime writer’s crime writer, King of all he surveys -- Ian Rankin
Cool talk, hot action … it’s impossible not to love Elmore Leonard * LA Times *
The hottest thriller writer in the US * TIME *
The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever * The New York Times Book Review *
Leonard is a genius * The New York Times *
Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today * The New York Times *
Leonard provides the fizziest and cleverest dialogue in crime fiction. A total delight * The Times *
He’s set the standard against which all other crime novels are measured * The New York Times *
ISBN: 9780241755426
Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 12mm
Weight: 158g
208 pages