I am an Elmore Leonard fan. I love is books.I read this book in a week or so. The characters are great and the dialogue is crisp and clear. The main focus of the book is jack/karen's love interest's in eachother. Elomore weaves this with the florida punch and the detroit cold as backrounds. The story maybe a little bit lacking sometimes it makes up for it with wit and charm. The sub characters are great like snoopy,her dad,buddy,glenn. I also did not like how the story turned out but other then that Elmore has made a great novel. It's also being made into a movie starring george clooney as jack and Jenifer lopez as Karen!!!!