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Up in Honey's Room by Elmore Leonard (2007, Hardcover)
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Author: Elmore Leonard
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0060724242
ISBN-13: 9780060724245
Product ID: EPID57067106
Description: Carl Webster, the star of Elmore Leonard's THE HOT KID, returns, this time doggedly pursuing a pair of escaped German POWs who have holed up in Detroit under the protection of a German butcher. Complicating matters are two women: a Nazi ...
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Up in Honey's Room by Elmore Leonard (2007)
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7 of 8 people found this review helpful.
Set in the last months of the second world war, Leonard's 43rd novel has U.S. marshal Carl Webster, the hot kid from 2005's The Hot Kid, a little older, close to forty, married and on the trail of German POWs escaped from a detention camp in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The pair of natzis end up in Detroit where they are hidden by a German born butcher, with whose ex-wife, Honey Deal, Carl soon finds him self faling for.
Leonard doesn't write series novels, but every now and then, he brings back a favorite character. Carl,is the son of Virgil Webster, the Spanish-American war hero of CUBA LIBRE.
As with many of Leonard's books, situation and character rule plot. The story becomes quite complex as the characters double cross one another.
Leonard's crisp dialogue and wonderfuly alive characters are as sharp as any. This cast mix suspense, surprise and comedy as they are drawn together for a final shootout.
In short I think readers should welcome another fine tale with Leonard's characters caught in traga-comic situations all too human.
willtrib - EasyCityBooks NOLA
Leonard doesn't write series novels, but every now and then, he brings back a favorite character. Carl,is the son of Virgil Webster, the Spanish-American war hero of CUBA LIBRE.
As with many of Leonard's books, situation and character rule plot. The story becomes quite complex as the characters double cross one another.
Leonard's crisp dialogue and wonderfuly alive characters are as sharp as any. This cast mix suspense, surprise and comedy as they are drawn together for a final shootout.
In short I think readers should welcome another fine tale with Leonard's characters caught in traga-comic situations all too human.
willtrib - EasyCityBooks NOLA
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5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
It's Detroit during late WWII and there is a federal pursuit of two escaped German prisoners of war. The story drops you right into an oddball bunch of pro-Nazis, some German and some American. Deputy US Marshal Carl Webster returns as the quiet hero. You have a sexy woman who is also funny but slightly dangerous and plenty of quirky characters.
There are a couple of unbelievable conversations in the book. Then there is the transvestite that barely gets noticed among the Nazis. Also Honey's husband, the Detroit, German born butcher is a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler. Leonard fans will love it goofiness and all.
There are a couple of unbelievable conversations in the book. Then there is the transvestite that barely gets noticed among the Nazis. Also Honey's husband, the Detroit, German born butcher is a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler. Leonard fans will love it goofiness and all.
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