52 Pick Up by Elmore Leonard

In a game of sex and blackmail the only way to win was murder

Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell 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 it a secret. And if Harry doesn’t pay up, the blackmailer and his associates plan to press a lot harder. Up to and including murder, if necessary. But the psychos picked the wrong person for their murderous scam. Because Harry Mitchell doesn’t get mad...he gets even.

Printing History

Written by Elmore John Leonard, Jr. (1925-2013)

Delacorte Press

1974

 

The Film

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Cast

Roy Scheider
Ann-Margret
John Glover
Vanity
Kelly Preston