Up In Honey's Room

Up In Honey's Room

by ElmoreLeonard (Author)

Synopsis

'America's greatest crime writer' (Newsweek) brings his genius for characterisation, his rich ear for dialogue, and his piercing psychological insight to a gripping story set in an era he's never before explored: the years of the Second World War. The odd thing about Walter Schoen is he's a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler. Walter is a member of a spy ring that sends US war production data to Germany and gives shelter to escaped German prisoners of war. Honey Deal, Walter's American wife, has given up trying to make him over as a regular guy. She decides it's time to stop telling him jokes he doesn't understand and get a divorce. Along comes Carl Webster, the Hot Kid of the Marshals Service, looking for an escaped POW. Carl uses Honey to meet Walter, who Carl believes is hiding the POW. Honey's a free spirit; she likes the hot kid marshal and doesn't care much that he's married. But all Carl wants is to do his job without getting shot...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: W&N
Published: 18 Sep 2008

ISBN 10: 0753824299
ISBN 13: 9780753824290
Book Overview: 'America's greatest crime writer' (Newsweek) brings his genius for characterisation, his rich ear for dialogue, and his piercing psychological insight to a gripping story set in an era he's never before explored: the years of the Second World War.

Media Reviews
* 'The next time the members of the Swedish Academy think about giving the Nobel Prize for literature to an American, they should take a look at Elmore Leonard' - Philadelphia Inquirer * 'Elmore Leonard 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 * 'The crime laureate' - Independent
Author Bio
Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans in 1925. He wrote forty-five books during his phenomenal career, including the bestsellers MR PARADISE, TISHOMINGO BLUES, BE COOL and THE HOT KID. Many have been made into successful movies, including GET SHORTY with John Travolta, OUT OF SIGHT with George Clooney and RUM PUNCH, which became Tarantino's JACKIE BROWN. He is the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. He died in 2013 in Detroit. www.elmoreleonard.com