Duik in een misdaadserie waarin onwaarschijnlijke criminele partners uitgebreide, vaak rampzalige, plannen smeden voor snel geld. Van mislukte ontvoeringen tot ingewikkelde oplichting, deze personages navigeren door een gevaarlijke onderwereld vol verraad en onverwachte allianties. De verhalen worden gekenmerkt door scherpe humor, meedogenloos tempo en een cynische, maar duister humoristische kijk op de criminele psyche en de absurditeiten van hun wereld.
Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara have lots in common - time in the same gaol, convictions for auto theft, and a grand plan. They're going to snatch the wife of a Detroit developer and collect some easy ransom money. At least that's what they think...What they haven't figured on is the fact that the husband has a secret mistress and has absolutely no desire to get his wife back. So now it's time for Plan B. With the help of one seriously ticked-off housewife they are going to take the scumbag for everything he's got...
“Powerful…clever…astonishing…a delicious read.” — Detroit Free Press Rum Punch is classic Elmore Leonard—the electrifying thriller that served as the basis for the acclaimed film Jackie Brown by director Quentin Tarantino, starring Pam Grier, Robert DeNiro, and Samuel L. Jackson. Leonard’s story of a not-altogether-blameless flight attendant on the run from her vicious gun-running sometime employer who sees her as a troublesome loose end, Rum Punch is “the King Daddy of crime writers” ( Seattle Times ) at his sharpest and most ingeniously entertaining. In fact, People magazine calls it, “Leonard’s best work. He brilliantly reaffirms his right to the title of America’s finest crime fiction writer.” Enjoy this sensational noir winner from the creator of the character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, lately of TV’s hit series Justified , and see why the great Elmore Leonard stands tall in the company of America’s most legendary crime fiction masters: John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al.
