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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I usually like Elmore Leonard. But not this one! "Up In Honey's Room" is one of those rare books I won't finish, because it's just not very good - not enough fun to make the effort, and fun is the whole reason to read this author. (  ) TTAISI-Editor | Jul 12, 2009 |  One of his worst books in my opinion - try one of his earlier ones first ! (  ) andy475uk | Mar 12, 2009 | Good hard-boiled subway reading with a great lead character (  ) jonathon.hodge | Feb 28, 2009 | (This review is for the audio book.) A clueless German butcher, a US federal marshal, a gorgeous blonde with no clear role (it's her room that's important), and a pair of Boris and Natasha-like spies form the core of this entertaining World War II tale. Oh, and throw in the KKK and a pair of likable German POWs. The butcher and spies are up to something, the marshal must find out what, but it doesn't really matter; it's the eccentric crew and their shenanigans that engage. The humor in the book is enhanced by Arliss Howard, who narrates the audio version and does a great job with the heavy Southern, German, and Eastern European accents. Recommended. (  ) damselfly | Aug 25, 2008 | I'll admit--I picked this one accidentally when in some crazy brain wiring I confused Leonard and Walter Mosley. I've read and enjoyed some Leonard, but this one was something of a disappointment. For one thing, there was never any truly captivating characters (yes, Honey was 'a free spirit'--who cares?) and no real sense of urgency ever developed. Just throwing in Nazis does not a page-turner make! ( ) kcarp | Jan 19, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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The odd thing about Walter Schoen, German born but now running a butcher shop in Detroit, he's a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and the Gestapo. They even share the same birthday.
Honey Deal, Walter's American wife, doesn't know that Walter is a member of a spy ring that sends U.S. war production data to Germany and gives shelter to escaped German prisoners of war. But she's tired of telling him jokes he doesn't understand—it's time to get a divorce.
Along comes Carl Webster, the hot kid of the Marshals Service. He's looking for Jurgen Schrenk, a former Afrika Korps officer who escaped from a POW camp in Oklahoma. Carl's pretty sure Walter's involved with keeping Schrenk hidden, so Carl gets to know Honey, hoping she'll take him to Walter. Carl then meets Vera Mezwa, the nifty Ukrainian head of the spy ring who's better looking than Mata Hari, and her tricky lover Bohdan with the Buster Brown haircut and a sly way of killing.
Honey's a free spirit; she likes the hot kid marshal and doesn't much care that he's married. But all Carl wants is to get Jurgen Schrenk without getting shot. And then there's Otto—the Waffen-SS major who runs away with a nice Jewish girl. It's Elmore Leonard's world—gritty, funny, and full of surprises.
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