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Rum Punch

Elmore Leonard

1992297 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1992
first published
  • 1992Delacorte Press · 297 pages · ENGISBN 9780385301435
  • 1993Dell · 344 pages · ENGISBN 9780440214151
  • 1998Penguin · 297 pages · ENGISBN 9780140269628
  • 2002HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780060546212
  • 1997Dell · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780440226062
  • 2002HarperTorch · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9780060082192
  • 1998Delta · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780385332804
  • 2011William Morrow Paperbacks · 368 pagesISBN 9780062119827

Ordell "Whitebread" 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. Jackie, however, has other options. 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.

How it feels

AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

When and where

ThemesJustice
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