Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
"THE WORLD'S GREATEST COPS 'N' ROBBERS NOVELIST." -- ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Way back when revolution was the thing, bombs were Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs's bag -- until their explosive "freedom of expression" was curtailed by some considerable prison time. Now the ex-SDSers are back out in the material world and looking to put their pyrotechnic skills to more profitable use. Their target is Woody Ricks, a dope-addled Detroit "rich kid" and aging former fellow radical who Robin thinks ratted them out to the Feds. But Motown cop Chris Mankowski also has his eye on Woody -- albeit on another matter entirely -- and until his recent switch to Sex Crimes, Chris was the Bomb Squad's golden boy. So it's only fitting that he'll be around when the really nasty stuff starts going down... or blowing up.

"Quite remarkable... . Its people are unfailingly interesting, its commentary on contemporary urban mores is right on target, and it is extremely funny." -- Washington Post
"This Freaky Deaky is some kinda dance... . Brilliant." -- St. Petersburg Times

ELMORE LEONARD has written more than forty books during his highly successful writing career, and many of his novels have been made into movies. Leonard is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Bloomfield Village, Michigan.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062120359 (October, 2011), 352p., $14.99.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
Way back when revolution was the thing, bombs were Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs's bag - until they were sent to prison. Now they're out and looking to put their skills to profitable use. Their target: Woody Ricks - who Robin thinks ratted them out to the Feds. But Motown cop Chris Mankowski has his eye on Woody, and as a former golden boy of the bomb squad, it's only fitting he'll be around when the nasty stuff starts going down or blowing up.

An explosive thriller from the 'greatest living writer of crime fiction' [NEW YORK TIMES].

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky. Phoenix, ISBN: 9780753827307 (November, 2009), 306 p., £7.99.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
He used to be on the bomb squad, but it's not until he transfers out that Chris Mankowski really begins juggling with dynamite. Rape and revenge are just the tip of the iceberg in a twisty tale that brings Detroit's denizens to life -- and occasional death -- in all their seedy glory. Electrifying, explosive, and unexpected, this is Elmore Leonard at his suspenseful best.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky. Harper Paperbacks, ISBN: 0688160964 (September, 2005), 352p., $13.95.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky (USA 2002)

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky. HarperTorch; ISBN: 0060089555 (October, 2002), 341 p., $7.50.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky (USA 1989)

From the Publisher:
"NOBODY DOES IT LIKE ELMORE LEONARD." -- United Press International
With each new book, Elmore Leonard re-invents the crime novel. In FREAKY DEAKY, he presents a rogue's gallery of characters both fresher and more recognizably true-to-life than any he has created before. They're untamed survivors of the tumultuous sixties determined to keep the revolution burning in their lives. With a seemingly foolproof plot for revenge and profit, they're off on a wild bombing spree. One that will take more than one explosively wrong turn -- and more than one life.

FREAKY DEAKY
"Remarkable... intriguing... smart and funny... A SEXY DANCE ALL THE WAY." -- New York Times
"A wonderfully wicked tale... GET READY FOR A NON-STOP, PEDAL-TO-THE-METAL ROMP." -- Chicago Tribune

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Includes the first chapter of Killshot,
Elmore Leonard's hardcover novel.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446350397 (April, 1989), 341 p., $5.95.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky (USA 1988)

From the Publisher:
"O.K. Here's what you do. Stand in the bookstore and read the first chapter of Freaky Deaky. Won't take long. Only ten pages. The store owner won't mind because he knows you will then buy the book." -- GEORGE WILL

ELMORE LEONARD
FREAKY DEAKY
Syndicated columnist George Will knows what he's talking about. From the first sentence on, you'll know: "The coolest, hottest writer in America" (Chicago Tribune) is back and in top form.

The day after he transfers out of the bomb squad, Detroit police detective Chris Mankowski stumbles into a case that leads to a series of fouled-up explosions. It starts when Greta Wyatt, an angry, attractive, but not-too-successful actress walks into Chris's new office in the Sex Crimes Division and claims she's been raped by Woody Ricks, one of Detroit's richest citizens and usually its drunkest. Woody's full-time caretaker, Donnell Lewis, is an ex-Black Panther who is plotting a big payoff for cleaning up all kinds of his employer's messes. The biggest mess of all may involve Robin Abbott and Emerson (Skip) Gibbs.

Robin and Skip are ex-lovers who back in the sixties burned bras and draft cards together, dropped acid, and finally dynamited a federal building. Reunited in the late eighties after some time underground and in prison, they've decided to relight the fuse for revenge and profit -- with Woody as the target. But in an Elmore Leonard novel, bombs seldom go off as planned, and the suspense builds to a climax as unexpected as it is explosive.

Like the funky dance from which it takes its title, Freaky Deaky has all the moves.
An alternate selection of Book-of-the-Month Club.

Elmore Leonard: Freaky Deaky. Arbor House, ISBN: 0877959757 (May, 1988), 341 p., $18.95.