{"title":"Elmore Leonard","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our curated collection of works by the acclaimed American author \u003cem\u003eElmore Leonard\u003c\/em\u003e, a master of the crime and thriller genre. Known for his razor-sharp dialogue and gritty storytelling, Leonard’s books are a staple for any enthusiast of taut, exciting narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the tense and suspenseful world of \u003ca href=\"\/books\/52-pickup\"\u003e\"52 Pickup\"\u003c\/a\u003e, dive into the fast-paced action of \u003ca href=\"\/books\/cat-chaser\"\u003e\"Cat Chaser\"\u003c\/a\u003e, or immerse yourself in the gripping tale of \u003ca href=\"\/books\/city-primeval\"\u003e\"City Primeval\"\u003c\/a\u003e. Each story brings a unique blend of characters and plot twists that showcase Leonard’s talent for crafting unforgettable crime stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur collection also includes titles such as \u003ca href=\"\/books\/glitz\"\u003e\"Glitz\"\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/books\/hombre\"\u003e\"Hombre\"\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/books\/three-ten-to-yuma\"\u003e\"Three-Ten to Yuma\"\u003c\/a\u003e, showcasing Leonard's versatility in both contemporary and western settings. The evocative storytelling continues with \"Last Stand at Saber River\" and \u003ca href=\"\/books\/picket-line-and-other-stories\"\u003e\"Picket Line and Other Stories\"\u003c\/a\u003e, offering a glimpse into Leonard’s range and depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor those drawn to edge-of-your-seat suspense, delve into \u003ca href=\"\/books\/rum-punch\"\u003e\"Rum Punch\"\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/books\/swag\"\u003e\"Swag\"\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/books\/the-hunted\"\u003e\"The Hunted\"\u003c\/a\u003e. These stories intricately weave criminal intrigue and moral complexity, promising an engaging read from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the thrilling narratives of \u003ca href=\"\/books\/the-switch\"\u003e\"The Switch\"\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/books\/unknown-man-no-89\"\u003e\"Unknown Man No. 89\"\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/books\/valdez-is-coming\"\u003e\"Valdez Is Coming\"\u003c\/a\u003e. Each novel embodies Elmore Leonard’s distinct voice and showcases why he's lauded as a giant in crime and thriller literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a long-time fan or new to Leonard’s work, our collection offers an exceptional glimpse into the creative genius of one of the most compelling authors in the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"52-pickup-by-elmore-leonard-9780753819623","title":"52 Pickup","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years and a pillar of the community. But then he slips — he meets a young \"model\" and begins an affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne night he arrives at his girlfriend's apartment and finds more than he bargained for. Two masked men have caught his misdemeanours on camera and now they want a cool hundred grand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut they've picked the wrong man, because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad — he gets even.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46799624372460,"sku":"9780753819623","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10295993482456.jpg?v=1757239301"},{"product_id":"the-switch-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755426","title":"The Switch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rip-roaring caper novel by bestselling crime author Elmore Leonard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMickey is bored and angry with her life as a housewife in suburban Detroit, trapped with her dreary, golf-obsessed husband. Then she is kidnapped by a deeply unimpressive criminal gang who want to trade her for a huge ransom from her—as it turns out—crooked husband. But what if she doesn't really mind being kidnapped?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841345179884,"sku":"9780241755426","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9bde33086b08a1a91360db45f76d35c9.jpg?v=1758755020"},{"product_id":"rum-punch-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755402","title":"Rum Punch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom America's top writer of hardboiled crime, the novel that became Tarantino's hit film \u003cem\u003eJackie Brown\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn air hostess doing the Caribbean-Florida run, Jackie also uses her job to shift large amounts of hot money. The Feds are closing in on her, and the highly dysfunctional arms-dealers she works for are not getting any more functional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt would involve huge risks, but could she perhaps walk away from the whole wreckage, happy and rich?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868967915756,"sku":"9780241755402","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1267563482274.jpg?v=1759778646"},{"product_id":"52-pickup-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755327","title":"52 Pickup","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJackie Brown\u003c\/em\u003e, a thriller spiced with blackmail and revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years and a pillar of the community. But then he slips – he meets a young 'model' and begins an affair. One night he arrives at his girlfriend's apartment and finds more than he bargained for. Two masked men have caught his misdemeanours on camera and now they want a cool hundred grand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut they've picked the wrong man, because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad – he gets even.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072424984812,"sku":"9780241755327","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ff1671650fbea4712a35f1ed0f8bc52c.jpg?v=1765138632"},{"product_id":"cat-chaser-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755310","title":"Cat Chaser","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lean and mean thriller about one man and the Mob from \u003cem\u003ethe crime laureate\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe last time Florida motel owner George Moran was in the Dominican Republic, he was in a uniform and people were shooting at him. Years later, he's back looking for a girl he lost—and finding one he'd be better off without. Mary de Boya may be beautiful, but she's also the wife of a former death squad general in exile with mob connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo much for the trip down memory lane—now Moran finds himself in a cat's cradle of drug deals, swindles, vengeance, and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072438386924,"sku":"9780241755310","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9d25718237b5e932b043355f10c9bc2d.jpg?v=1765138548"},{"product_id":"picket-line-and-other-stories-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755396","title":"Picket Line and Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree previously unpublished stories by the master of tense set-ups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese three stories—\u003cem\u003ePicket Line\u003c\/em\u003e, 'Chick Killer', and 'Ice Man'—show Elmore Leonard at his most terse and harsh, able to conjure up a sense of profound unease and injustice in just a few words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe main story \u003cem\u003ePicket Line\u003c\/em\u003e describes a tense stand-off between migrant workers in Texas, police, and labour organisers in a brilliantly orchestrated series of arguments and negotiations, with the potential for terrible violence lurking in every exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Chick Killer' and 'Ice Man', set in Florida and California, are two riffs on the thing that made Leonard great—his extraordinary ear for creating dialogues of negotiation, where the stakes could not be higher for the loser.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072640729324,"sku":"9780241755396","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f07ba40b60f3b7a2be48624d055db343.jpg?v=1765138167"},{"product_id":"rum-punch-by-elmore-leonard-9780753819739","title":"Rum Punch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eElmore Leonard\u003c\/em\u003e is the crime-writer's crime-writer, king of all he surveys. For sharp plots and spot-on dialogue, he's in a different league. — Ian Rankin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrdell Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie Burke couriers Ordell's profits from Freeport to Miami. But the feds are on to Jackie, and now the aging, but still hot, flight attendant will have to do prison time or play ball, which makes her a prime 'loose end' that Ordell needs to tie up... permanently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJackie, however, has other plans. And with the help of Max Cherry—an honest but disgruntled bail bondsman looking to get out—she could even end up with a serious nest egg in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072653902060,"sku":"9780753819739","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10297153482456.jpg?v=1765123831"},{"product_id":"swag-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755419","title":"Swag","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rollicking tale of the 1970s Detroit criminal underworld from legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSwag\u003c\/em\u003e follows 'The Ten Golden Rules for Successful Armed Robbery'. 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The crazed killer is back on the Detroit streets—thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his lawyer—and this time he's feeling invincible enough to execute a crooked Motown judge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHomicide Detective Raymond Cruz thinks the 'Oklahoma Wildman' crossed the line long before this latest outrage, and he's determined to see that the psycho does not slip through the legal system's loopholes a second time. But that means a good cop is going to have to play somewhat fast and loose with the rules—in order to manoeuvre Mansell into a showdown that he won't be walking away from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288403591404,"sku":"9780241755334","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c7967ef59f019f6aa4cd00007a555c18.jpg?v=1770632653"},{"product_id":"glitz-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755341","title":"Glitz","description":"A brilliant story of revenge and counter-revenge in Atlantic City\n\nAfter being shot by a mugger, Lt Vincent Mora is convalescing in Puerto Rico. There he meets Iris, a beautiful young woman who is bored and frustrated, looking for excitement and a new life. Then she is offered a job as a 'hostess' at a casino in Atlantic city by Tommy Donovan. But Vincent figures out there is more to this job than Iris realizes and he decides to pay Donovan a visit. To complicate matters, Iris isn't the only one interested in Vincent - he is being stalked by a man he sent down seven and a half years before, a man out to get his revenge.","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288469291244,"sku":"9780241755341","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/683c08e9b251688664a43c75c040c0c7.jpg?v=1770631151"},{"product_id":"hombre-three-ten-to-yuma-by-elmore-leonard-9780241755358","title":"Hombre \u0026 Three-Ten to Yuma","description":"A classic Western from one of the masters of the genre.\n\nA remote stage-coach station is closing down and a small group of travellers are thrown together on the last wagon out- the mysterious Doctor Favor and his wife, a traumatised girl, a brutal stranger called Braden, the station manager, the sharp-eyed young narrator and John Russell, known simply as 'Hombre'. 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