Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years and a pillar of the community. But then he slips - he meets a young 'model' and begins an affair. One night he arrives at his girlfriend's apartment and finds more than he bargained for. Two masked men have caught his misdemeanours on camera and now they want a cool hundred grand. But they've picked the wrong man, because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad - he gets even.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup. Penguin Modern Classics, ISBN: 9780241755327 (October, 2025), 240 p., £9.99, eBook £5.99.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
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.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062266002 (June, 2013), 324 p., $15.99.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup (UK 2012)

From the Publisher:
From the bestselling author of GET SHORTY and JACKIE BROWN a thriller spiced with blackmail and revenge.
Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years and a pillar of the community. But then he slips - he meets a young 'model' and begins an affair. One night he arrives at his girlfriend's apartment and finds more than he bargained for. Two masked men have caught his misdemeanours on camera and now they want a cool hundred grand. But they've picked the wrong man, because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad - he gets even.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup. Orion Books, ISBN: 9781780223711 (February, 2012), 220 p., £7.99.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup (UK 2005)

From the Publisher:
From the bestselling author of GET SHORTY and JACKIE BROWN a thriller spiced with blackmail and revenge.
Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years and a pillar of the community. But then he slips - he meets a young 'model' and begins an affair. One night he arrives at his girlfriend's apartment and finds more than he bargained for. Two masked men have caught his misdemeanours on camera and now they want a cool hundred grand. But they've picked the wrong man, because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad - he gets even.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup. Orion Books, ISBN: 0753819627 (February, 2005), 212 p., £6.99.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell had 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.

"The master... A writer's writer... Probably no one knows this nation's rogues, bent cops, and sleazebags better than Elmore Leonard." -- Newsday

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup. Harpertorch, ISBN: 0060083999 (July, 2002), 352 p., $7.50.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup (UK 1987)

From the Publisher:
The Detroit thugs were asking only 52 grand from Harry Mitchell.
To keep his romantic lapse quiet. And his family life intact.
Not much to ask, you might think, when you see how great Harry's wife looks after twenty-two years of marriage.

'The hottest thriller writer in the U.S.' -- Time
'The finest thriller writer alive' -- Village Voice
'The King, the top crime writer anywhere' -- Time Out
'Nobody ever put down one of his thrillers unfinished' -- Melody Maker
'The best suspense writer in America' -- Miami Herald
'The best American writer of crime fiction alive -- and perhaps the best ever' -- Newsweek

THE CANNON GROUP, INC. presents ROY SCHEIDER, ANN-MARGRET in a GOLAN-GLOBUS production of a film by JOHN FRANKENHEIMER, 52 PICK-UP starring VANITY, JOHN GLOVER and CLARENCE WILLIAMS III as Bobby Shy.
Music composed and performed by GARY CHANG, photography by JOST VACANO, production designer PHILIP HARRISON based on the best-seller by ELMORE LEONARD screenplay by ELMORE LEONARD and JOHN STEPPLING produced by MENAHEM GOLAN and YORAM GLOBUS directed by JOHN FRANKENHEIMER.

Elmore Leonard: 52 Pickup. Penguin, ISBN: 0140098879 (April, 1987), 189 p., £2.25.