Description
When a successful businessman’s affair is captured on videotape, three ruthless blackmailers threaten to destroy his marriage, his wife’s political ambitions, and the respectable life he has built. Unable to rely on the police without exposing his own secret, he is forced into a dangerous game of deception, negotiation, and revenge as the criminals’ demands grow more violent. Set against the hard-edged worlds of Los Angeles business, politics, and organized crime, the novel explores guilt, power, corruption, and the fragile boundary between law-abiding citizen and determined survivor. With lean, fast-paced plotting and razor-sharp dialogue, it showcases the dark humor and streetwise realism that define its author’s crime fiction.
Available Editions
ebook
HarperCollins
Published Jan 1, 2003
ISBN: 9780060547820
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Details
First Published
1974
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for 52 Pick-Up by Elmore Leonard.