Rum Punch
by Elmore Leonard · first published 1992
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Ordell "Whitebread" Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie Burke couriers Ordell's profits from Freeport to Miami. But the feds are on to Jackie -- and now the aging, but still hot, flight attendant will have to do prison time or play ball, which makes her a prime "loose end" that Ordell needs to tie up permanently. Jackie, however, has other options. And with the help of Max Cherry -- an honest but disgruntled bail bondsman looking to get out -- she could even end up with a serious nest egg in the process.
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Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard.
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on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗That's Elmore Leonard, recently deceased, and author of some of the best crime noir and westerns ever written. Specifically, this looks like it's from "Rum Punch", which was later co-opted into the movie "Jackie Brown" by Quentin Tarantino, who is a huge fan of Leonard's. Leonard is most famous for his movie adaptations of "3:10 to Yuma", "Get Shorty", "Out of…
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