Up in Honey's Room by Elmore Leonard (2007, Hardcover)

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.
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