Books like 52 Pick-Up by Elmore Leonard
First publish date: 1974
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Elmore Leonard
★
★
★
★
★
3.0 (3 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for 52 Pick-Up by Elmore Leonard are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to 52 Pick-Up (27 similar books)
In a sizzling Florida smuggling ring, Ordell "Whitebread" Robbie sells illicit weapons while Jackie Burke, a flight‑attendant courier, must dodge federal crackdowns and decide whether to stay loyal or walk away.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer leaves Miami for Hollywood, chasing a deadbeat client and an opportunity to make a killer movie, only to find the glitter‑filled film world is as treacherous as any mob killing.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Covert agents Jon Smith and Randi Russell uncover a bioterror threat that could annihilate humanity.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Bond’s last assignment: eliminate the KGB‑trained assassin Scaramanga, famed for his gold‑plated Colt .45 and the lethal golden bullet engraved 007, before he targets MI6 again.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Federal Marshal Raylan Givens investigates a kidney‑trafficking ring after uncovering a sickened, drug‑intoxicated suspect in his bathtub—a gripping Kentucky crime thriller.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Ex-activists turned explosive renegades hunt a former comrade in Detroit, forcing the police to foil their revenge plot.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A police officer is taken hostage during a prison visit, escapes, and then hunts the person who held her captive.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In 1940, British engineer Graham is dispatched to Turkey to work on a naval project, only to become a target of hostile forces intent on eliminating him.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A bumbling thief, Dortmunder, returns from the wild, sparking a police chase and a series of crimes across the city.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In Baathist Syria, a cosmopolitan businessman confronts corrupt officials and menacing Palestinian fedayeen as he navigates the perilous world of terrorism and espionage.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Two ex‑convicts, Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara, plan a high‑stakes kidnapping of a wealthy developer’s wife in Detroit, but their scheme goes awry when the husband resists, forcing a desperate Plan B with a vengeful housewife.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A Detroit detective pursues a cunning killer who keeps slipping through the law.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A wealthy New Jersey gardener's daughter is drawn into a series of mysterious deaths.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Together with a tough young drifter named Jack Ryan, hedonistic Nancy Hayes plans her private revenge on a former lover by stealing a fifty thousand dollar payroll.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When a small-time Detroit thief, Ernest Stickley Jr., is caught by used‑car dealer Frank Ryan, he is offered a chance to join Ryan’s gun‑laden schemes. Stickley must decide how far to bend the rules to survive the underworld.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Ex-secret service agent turned photographer Joe LaBrava becomes embroiled in a Miami crisis center drama when he meets a former movie star under threat, forcing him to step into the role of hero.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A trio of Elmore Leonard crime thrillers—Cat Chaser, La Brava, and Split Images—each features a rugged protagonist embroiled in danger, deception, and moral ambiguity in vivid, contemporary settings.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Body–sweat vigilante Father Terry Dunn teams up with former convict Debbie Dewey to raise funds for Rwandan orphans, but their heists are complicated by debts, a nosy ex‑associate and a possible double‑cross.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In downtown Detroit, a retired lawyer’s household turns deadly when a night of heavy drinking and mistaken identities leaves two bodies, two hit men, and a treasure in a safe‑deposit box, prompting detective Frank Delsa to unravel a labyrinth of crime.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Process server Jack Ryan is hired to locate the elusive "Unknown Man #89"—but the search pulls a lethal triangle of greed, vengeance and danger into downtown Detroit.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A tense showdown in a small town erupts when a humiliated fugitive seeks justice, forcing an unlikely part‑time constable to confront a cycle of violence and retribution.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A group of executives is held hostage in a luxurious business retreat by a group of backwoods hunters, with the goal of demanding a ransom of unprecedented size.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A mysterious ivory jackal gamepiece leads Lydia Harris on a journey of discovery in ancient Egypt and Rome.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!