Big Bounce

by Elmore Leonard

Jack Ryan has a man's fists, and the cunning of an ex-con. Nancy Hayes has a woman's sleek moves and the instincts of a shark. Now, in a Michigan resort town, a rich man wants Jack gone and Nancy for himself. For Ryan the choice is clear: Nancy's promises of pleasure, her crazy, thrill-seeking schemes of breaking into homes, shooting guns and maybe stealing a whole lot of money are driving him half mad. But there's one thing Ryan doesn't know yet: his new playmate is planning the deadliest thrill of all. Razor sharp and wholly unpredictable, the Big Bounce is an Elmore Leonard classic - a sly, beguiling story of a man, a woman and a nasty little crime.

• ISBN10: 0062184288
• ISBN13: 9780062184283
• Publish Date: 10 April 2012 (first published 1 September 1986)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

Thumbs up on this ending. It goes where you least expect it and cuts short of the “big bounce,” but man, still completely satisfying. Great example of Elmore letting his people take the plot where it wants to go instead of the other way around.