Cat Chaser, Elmore Leonard
Cat Chaser, Elmore Leonard
List: $21.99 | Sale: $15.39
Club: $10.99

Cat Chaser

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: Frank Muller

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/10/2012


Synopsis

“Cat Chaser is just what one would expect from Elmore Leonard—quirky, peopled with oddball characters…and more twists and turns than a roller coaster.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer“A superior example of gritty writing and violent action.”
—New York Times There are numerous reasons why Grand Master Elmore Leonard is considered “the coolest, hottest thriller writer in America” (Chicago Tribune) and “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever” (New York Times Book Review). Cat Chaser is one of them. A gripping, lightning-paced tale of an ex-soldier-turned Florida motel owner whose dangerous affair with the mistress of a Dominican general in exile—a former death squad leader—threatens to have lethal consequences…especially when drugs, double-cross, and murderous mob thugs are added into the mix. A classic thriller from crime fiction master who first brought us U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, currently of TV’s Justified, Cat Chaser proves once more that when the true greats of mystery and suspense are mentioned—John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Robert Parker, et al—Elmore Leonard tops the list.

About Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story “Fire in the Hole,” and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James

In the mid-1960s, George Moran was a young Marine caught up between competing factions in the Dominican Revolution. A young girl tried to kill him and then saved his life. Years later, George owns a marginally successful motel in Florida. He determines to make a sentimental journey back to Santo Dom......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

”CAT CHASER Is looking for the girl who once Ran over rooftops and tried to kill Him. Call the Hotel Embajador. Room 537.” George Moran may have gone to Santo Domingo to find a girl, but he finds a woman instead, and it isn’t the girl who tried to kill him. The sixteen year old sniper would be in......more

Goodreads review by Charles

This one seems to change direction for the better about midway. A crime novel full of unlikable and unappealing characters. Then the characters and the story began growing on me. Finally the main character, who had seemed somewhat aimless and hapless despite being an ex-marine, rises to the occasion.......more