Rum Punch

Rum Punch by Leonard, Elmore. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780385301435.

"Unputdownable! Beneath its fast moving surface, Rum Punch is a novel about growing old, about the way that time changes us, about the old dream of starting over agian and its cost."--The Washington Post Book World. Pretty working-girl Jackie Burke is in a tight spot. Shes just been picked up at Palm Beach International with fifty grand and some blow stashed in her flight bag. Lucky for her, the Feds want something Jackies got: the inside track to Ordell Robbie, the notoriusly slick arms dealer. And theyre ready to deal--Ordell in exchange for her freedom. But Jackies got another ace up her sleeve. . .Enter Max Cherry, bail bondsman. Big, tough, basically decent Max is on the verge of divorce and tired of the same old grind. Thats where Jackie comes in. The fifty big ones are peanuts compared to what Ordells got locked away in Freeport. But when a blowsy blond blowhead and a none-too-bright ex con try to muscle in on the action, its time to pull and old bait and switch--where the good guys are played off against the bad guys--and where Jackie and Max hope to walk off into the Florida sunset with a hot half million in cold cash.