Monday, September 15, 2025

Road Dogs

 

A newer Leonard book (I was startled when they started talking about things that happened in the 1990s and 2000s, I'm so used to his books taking place in the '60s and '70s). 

Jack Foley is in prison for robbing banks when he meets Cundo and they become "road dogs", which is prison speak for watching each other's backs. Cundo ends up paying his high priced attorney to get a deal for Jack and he gets out early. Cundo asks him to go to Venice (California), where Cundo owns several mansions, and keep an eye on his wife, Dawn, until he gets out soon. 

Jack doesn't like being beholden to anyone, so he's trying to think of a way to pay Cundo back without robbing a bank. A local cop hers he's out and starts keeping an eye on him, assuming he'll go back to the life. Meanwhile, Jack "keeps an eye" on Dawn by sleeping with her. I don't think that's what Cundo had in mind. At any rate, Cundo gets out of prison and returns to Venice, but Dawn has plans. I don't want to spoil it, but the ending was great. 

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