The Switch

Review "The finest thriller writer alive."-- The Village Voice . "Mr. Leonard dazzles as he sprinkles his work continually with unexpected convolutions...his people are real, with nary a stereotype in the pack."-- The New York Times Book Review. "Elmore Lenord is the real thing... he raises the hard-boiled suspense novel beyond the limits of the genre... he paints an acute picture of the world that is all too real and recognizable."-- The Washington Post From the Publisher "The finest thriller writer alive."-- The Village Voice . "Mr. Leonard dazzles as he sprinkles his work continually with unexpected convolutions... his people are real, with nary a stereotype in the pack."-- The New York Times Book Review. Black Ordell Robbie and white Louis Gara have lots in common--time in the same slammer, convictions for grand theft auto, and a plan for a big score. They're going to snatch the wife of a Detroit developer and collect some easy ransom money. They don't figure on a bum of a husband who has a secret mistress and no desire to get his wife back. Or on his crazy, beautiful broad of a housewife who's going to join Ordell and Louis in the slickest, saviest crime of all... "Elmore Lenord is the real thing... he raises the hard-boiled suspense novel beyond the limits of the genre... he paints an acute picture of the world that is all too real and recognizable."-- The Washington Post Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara hit it off in prison, where they were both doing time for grand theft auto. Now that they're out, they're joining forces for one big score. The plan is to kidnap the wife of a wealthy Detroit developer and hold her for ransom. But they didn't figure the lowlife husband wouldn't want his lady back. So it's time for Plan B and the opportunity to make a real killing -- with the unlikely help of a beautiful, ticked-off housewife who's hungry for a large helping of sweet revenge. E-book extras: I. All by Elmore: the crime novels; the Westerns. II. Selected filmography. III. If it sounds like writing, rewrite it. IV. Martin Amis interviews'The Dickens of Detroit.'