âMy favorite Leonard bookâŚ.He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they sharpened their senses of ironic humor and grew better ears for dialogue.â
âDallas Morning News
âThe best writer of crime fiction alive.â
âNewsweek
Dangerously eccentric characters, razor-sharp black humor, brilliant dialog, and suspense all rolled into one tight packageâthatâs The Switch, Elmore Leonardâs classic tale of a kidnapping gone wrongâŚor terribly right, depending on how you look at it. The Grand Master whom the New York Times Book Review calls, âthe greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever,â has written a wry and twisting tale that any of the other all-time greatsâDashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, James M. Cain, Robert ParkerâŚevery noir author who ever walked a detective, cop, or criminal into a shadowy alleyâwould be thrilled to call their own. Leonard, the man who has given us U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (currently starring in TVâs Justified) is at his storytelling best, as a spurned wife decides to take a rightfulâand profitableârevenge on her deceiving hubby by teaming up with the two thugs he hired to abduct her.