An ex con, an ex nun and an ex cop form an unlikely dreamteam of bandits in this enthralling tale from the grandmaster of American crime fiction. Found inside—Elmore Leonard “Dave Barry remains one of the funniest writers alive. This book will do for [Florida tourism] what Dennis Rodman did for bridal wear ... 'America's greatest crime writer' (Newsweek) brings his genius for characterisation, his rich ear for dialogue, and his piercing psychological insight to a gripping story set in an era he's never before explored: the years of the Second ... Found insidePronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole Elmore Leonard. “What if ... He was funny and she wondered if he meant to be. There was ... She wondered what he looked like with his hat off and wondered again if he knew he was funny. * * * It was ... U.S. Marshalls deliver Harry to court to testify at Jimmy's trial. Even though he's a step slower than he used to be, Harry's no fool - he slips out of the country pronto. Found inside“Wonderfully wacky . . . an often very funny, always engaging story . . . Elmore Leonard is the master of the oddball. ... New York Times Book Review “A laugh-out-loud thriller . . . offbeat and darkly entertaining . . . one of Leonard's zaniest casts ... This is mystery writing of a high order."—T. Jefferson Parker, author of Black Water and Silent Joe "The Guards is a wonderful book, wrenching and real, fast, funny and wise in every sense. Found inside – Page 196Even before he filmed an Elmore Leonard novel (Rum Punch/Jackie Brown, see p. ... But while Leonard's quirkily plotted, dryly funny tales of criminal ... Found insideMahmood gets more than she bargains for when she conspires with her maid to end her unhappy marriage. These nine stories are the great Elmore Leonard at his vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human best. A must-have, collectable edition of four of Elmore Leonard's most popular novels, written later in his career. Included are the books: Get Shorty (1990), Rum Punch (1992), Out of Sight (1996) and Tishomingo Blues (2002). Found inside'Magnificent ... the book is funny, irreverent, cynical, and gets right to the ... resonant of Elmore Leonard's Get Shorty, with the construct of a movie ... Found inside... this standalone is darker and trickier and, for me, funnier—Elmore Leonard funny. ... You need to read all of her books, but read The Passenger first. Djibouti sparkles with the trademark Leonard style, wit, and crackling dialogue that have made novels like Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and The Hot Kid crime fiction classics. Found insideA Novel Elmore Leonard. “Full of vintage Elmore Leonard, the stuff that has won a wide readership . . . One relishes the dizzying ... He's a funny writer—all the best suspense writers are—and an incisive, unsparing one. He does honest work, ... Found inside – Page 7... crime novel of the last fifty years” (vii), and Elmore Leonard goes so far as ... this hysterically funny, this pungently authentic—not Elmore Leonard, ... Twenty-five years after it was first published, Nelson DeMille's Gold Coast stands as a modern thriller classic, a stylish, compelling and provocative novel will grip readers from beginning to end. Suddenly Kathy's got an even more daunting task than keeping BIG's horny hands off her: keeping "Maximum Bob" alive. Found insideBut it's been fertile ground for crime fiction almost from the beginning. The evidence is clear in Miami Noir: The Classics...[Standiford's] choices for the 19 stories in this volume are fascinating. 'As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you'll find . Found insideNew York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard delivers his trademark blend of action, sex, violence, humor, and hard-boiled suspense in this thrilling crime classic, LaBrava. Found inside – Page 150So if a guy is a slob in an Elmore Leonard novel — like Crowe or NolenTyner in Cat Chaser — you can be pretty sure he'll come to a bad end. Found inside – Page 2222915 Redhill A«l08 Costa Mesa 714 641-0810 Any month that has a new Elmore Leonard novel is automatically special. And this month, Leonard is in vintage ... 'The night Vincent was shot he saw it coming. The King of Cool returns with another thrilling tale of crime capers. Ex-cons, armed robberies and scams in Miami - another classic crime thriller from the masterful Elmore Leonard. After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest 'Stick' Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. Found insideRazor-sharp and effortlessly entertaining, this collection reveals a master who honed his craft from a young age, and reminds us why Leonard is so sorely missed. From America's top writer of hardboiled crime, the novel that became Tarantino's hit film JACKIE BROWN. Found inside – Page 486The tagline on ten out of these twelve books will name-check elmore leonard or Carl hiaasen, and guarantee the reader that this book will catapult the ... The beguiling story of a man, a woman and a nasty crime, from 'the hottest thriller writer in the US' [Time]. Electrifying, explosive, and unexpected, this is Elmore Leonard at his suspenseful best. “[Leonard has] written so many first-rate crime stories that it would be fatuous to say Killshot is his best, but it probably is anyway.” —Newsweek The New York Times bestselling author the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette once called, “the ... As he wings his way to success in the music business with his trademark cool, Chili manipulates his adversaries and advances his friends, all the while basing the plot of his new film on the action that results. Found insideELMORE LEONARD If you can get the reader to smile, better yet, laugh, ... from the number of characters in his books who are funny without cracking a smile. Found insideElmore Leonard, on the popularity of his books I have often thought what a good thing it would be if somebody would write a book that we could skip the ... Found insideThe hell called Yuma Prison can destroy the soul of any man. Found inside – Page 225Elmore Leonard wouldn't write them any other way and Oyinkan Braithwaite has ... in your book: Is the book funny or is the stuff the book's about funny? Found inside – Page 158Frank's screenplay preserves much of Leonard's original dialogue and what he adds ... is one writer he singles out as a major inspiration: Elmore Leonard. Palm Beach playboy Chip Ganz needs money - fast. Found insideFor all the talk about how funny Leonard's way with dialogue is, ... This was one reason why so few of Leonard's books that seemed tailor‐made for film ... THE SWITCH has been adapted for the big screen as LIFE OF CRIME, starring Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins and Isla Fisher. Elmore Leonard is 'the man other crime writers call the Boss' DAILY TELEGRAPH. A vintage roller-coaster ride from 'the hottest thriller writer in the US' [Time] Father Terry Dunn thought he'd seen everything on the mean streets of Detroit, but that was before he went on a little retreat to Rwanda to evade a tax-fraud ... An explosive thriller from the 'greatest living writer of crime fiction' [NEW YORK TIMES]. Found insideGet Shorty’s shylock protagonist, Chili Palmer, is a truly inspired creation—as memorable as another unforgettable Leonard hero, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified—and readers will relish his moves and ... Found inside – Page 101 ANOTHER YOU " ANN BEATTIE's powerful and entertaining new novel [ is ] her best novel to date one of the very richest and most ... this country today invents such devasunerring as Elmore Leonard's ; an unblinking eye tating sendups of self - styled intellectuals , who ... very funny book ” —Margaret Atwood deeply affecting " -New York Times " A brilliant concoction " -Beverly Lowry CHILLY SCENES ... True Detective writer Tony Antonelli is following the story, and this one's big, full of beautiful women, Tommy guns and a former lawman who believes in vigilante justice. Found insideA Novel Elmore Leonard. "Leonard always perfectly captures on the page the funky, funny world of misfit losers." Los Angeles Daily News "No one writes better dialogue. No one conveys society's seedier or marginal characters more ... Way with dialogue is, perfectly captures on the page the funky, funny thriller set in Detroit Elmore. 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