52 Pickup, Elmore Leonard
52 Pickup, Elmore Leonard
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52 Pickup
A Novel

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Mariner Books

Published: 08/26/2025

Synopsis

52 Pickup is a rip-roaring thriller from master of crime fiction Elmore Leonard, the New York Times bestselling author of Raylan, Get Shorty, Killshot, and other novels of suspense.Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell has had only one affair in his twenty-two years of happy matrimony. Unfortunately, someone caught his indiscretion on film and now wants Harry to fork over one hundred grand to keep his infidelity a secret. And if Harry doesn’t pay up, the blackmailer and his associates plan to press a lot harder—up to and including homicide, if necessary.But the psychos picked the wrong pigeon for their murderous scam. Because Harry Mitchell doesn’t get mad...he gets even.

About Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story “Fire in the Hole,” and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on August 05, 2021

52 Pick-up is an early crime novel from Elmore Leonard, published in 1974 when Leonard was still in the process of shifting from writing westerns to writing crime novels, and it shows all the hallmarks that would make Leonard one of the greatest crime writers of his generation. The characters are in......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on March 17, 2013

Harry Mitchell could be a poster boy for the Greatest Generation. He was a World War II ace fighter pilot and afterwards started his own manufacturing firm that’s become a successful business while he and his wife Barbara enjoyed a happy marriage and raised two kids. Ah, but the mid-life crisis has m......more

Goodreads review by Lawyer on November 20, 2013

52 Pickup: Elmore Leonard's Card Game "If you want it, here it is, come and get it Make your mind up fast If you want it, anytime, I can give it But you better hurry 'cause it may not last Did I hear you say That there must be a catch? Will you walk away From a fool and his money?" --Paul McCartney, 1970 Eve......more

Goodreads review by Damo on December 19, 2022

One of the very early Elmore Leonard crime novels, 52 Pick-Up contains all the elements that have made his novels among the most popular hardboiled crime capers written. A cleverly devised crime, a bunch of devious and ruthless criminals and a surprisingly resourceful protagonist who takes them on.......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on August 08, 2010

This is the third earlier Leonard book that I have picked up, and like the other two (MOONSHINE WARS and MR. MAJESTYK), it is a solid read. Fast, violent, and fun. All three books share one very distinct Leonardian quality: precision. There is nothing extraneous in any of the stories. Leonard tells o......more

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