{"product_id":"the-switch-9780062206138","title":"The Switch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best writer of crime fiction alive.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDangerously eccentric characters, razor-sharp black humor, brilliant dialog, and suspense all rolled into one tight package--that's \u003cem\u003eThe Switch\u003c\/em\u003e, Elmore Leonard's classic tale of a kidnapping gone wrong...or terribly right, depending on how you look at it. The Grand Master whom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003ecalls, \"the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever,\" has written a wry and twisting tale that any of the other all-time greats--Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, James M. Cain, Robert Parker...every noir author who ever walked a detective, cop, or criminal into a shadowy alley--would be thrilled to call their own. Leonard, the man who has given us U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (currently starring in TV's \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e) is at his storytelling best, as a spurned wife decides to take a rightful--and profitable--revenge on her deceiving hubby by teaming up with the two thugs he hired to abduct her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonard, Elmore:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eElmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eRaylan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTishomingo Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBe Cool\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRum Punch\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as the acclaimed collection \u003cem\u003eWhen the Women Come Out to Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOut of Sight\u003c\/em\u003e. The short story \"Fire in the Hole,\" and three books, including \u003cem\u003eRaylan\u003c\/em\u003e, were the basis for the FX hit show \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644437434642,"sku":"9780062206138","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_caa12252-4009-47e4-8f6e-d8e866c2fcbe.jpg?v=1733110195","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-switch-9780062206138","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}