The Big Bounce
Author(s): Elmore Leonard
"But the whole deal, staying and going along with her idea, both, depended really on how much nerve he had. Which she would have to find out..." Nancy Hayes has plenty of feminine charm - and the instincts of a shark. Jack Ryan is handy with his fists, and has all the cunning of an ex-con. Now, in a Michigan resort town, a rich man wants Jack gone and Nancy for himself. For Jack, the choice is clear: Nancy's promises of pleasure, her crazy, thrill-seeking schemes of breaking into homes, shooting guns and maybe stealing a whole lot of money is driving him mad. But there is one thing Jack doesn't know yet. Nancy is planning the deadliest thrill of all...
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Elmore Leonard has an unparalleled reputation in the world of crime fiction. Published alongside RIDING THE RAP - new in Phoenix. Leonard has won numerous awards, including the prestigious CWA Diamond Dagger. He always receives first-class reviews: 'Elmore Leonard is a literary genius' New York Times Book Review. 'Stylish and darkly funny ... mixes the romantic notions of the past with Leonard's adroit insight ... The mixture works beautifully' LA Times. 'He has invented a style of storytelling all his own, burning with energy and imagination' The Times. 'Speedy, exhilarating and smooth. Nobody does it better' Washington Post.
Elmore Leonard has written more than forty books during his phenomenal career, many of which have been made into successful movies. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.16
- : 30 April 2009
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : FA
- : 240
- : 813.54
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Elmore Leonard