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The Switch by Elmore Leonard
A rip-roaring caper novel by bestselling crime author Elmore Leonard
'This chaotic, blackly comic story is carried aloft on Leonard’s cool, easy prose' - The Observer
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.
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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In a Lonely Place
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Beast in the Shadows
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The Night of the Hunter
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The Franchise Affair
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Journey into Fear
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The Drowning Pool
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Maigret and the Headless Corpse
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Rum Punch
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Cotton Comes to Harlem
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Gold Mask
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Other Paths to Glory
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SS-GB
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The Black Lizard
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The Chinese Gold Murders
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Brat Farrar
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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The Big Sleep & Farewell, My Lovely
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Maigret's Revolver
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The Mask of Dimitrios
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Night at the Crossroads
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The Underground Man
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The Night Manager
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Payment Deferred
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Sleeping Dog
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I Married A Dead Man
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Swag
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From Russia With Love
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The Deadly Percheron
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Picket Line and Other Stories
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52 Pickup
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City Primeval
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Glitz
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The Chinese Nail Murders
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Unknown Man No. 89
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Cat Chaser
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Split Images
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Get Shorty
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Out of Sight
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Raylan
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The Complete Western Stories
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Be Cool
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Swag
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Pronto
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The Hot Kid
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Road Dogs
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Djibouti
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Fire in the Hole
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La Brava
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Rum Punch
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Cat Chaser
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The Hunted
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Riding the Rap
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Killshot
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Unknown Man Number 89
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Hombre
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Maximum Bob
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Last Stand at Saber River
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Cuba Libre
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Stick
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Freaky Deaky
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Valdez is Coming
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Up In Honey's Room
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Tishomingo Blues
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Mr Majestyk
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Gold Coast
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Comfort To The Enemy
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Unknown Man No.89
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 fictionA total delight * The Times *
He’s set the standard against which all other crime novels are measured * The New York Times *
The man other crime writers call the Boss * The Daily Telegraph *
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 fictionA total delight * The Times *
He’s set the standard against which all other crime novels are measured * The New York Times *
The man other crime writers call the Boss * The Daily Telegraph *
Elmore Leonard (1925—2013) began his long and extraordinary career as a writer of Westerns, most famously a story which was made into the film 3:10 To Yuma. He then became known for his remarkable sequence of crime novels, generally set in Michigan or Florida. A master of funny and threatening dialogue, his influence has been incalculable. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN US and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241755426 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241755425 |
| Title | The Switch |
| Author | Elmore Leonard |
| Series | Penguin Modern Classics - Crime And Espionage |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2025-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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