Killshot, Elmore Leonard
Killshot, Elmore Leonard
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Killshot

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: Unknown

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Audio

Published: 10/13/2009

Synopsis

“[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.”—NewsweekThe New York Times bestselling author the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette once called, “the Alexander the Great of crime fiction,” Elmore Leonard is responsible for creating some of the sharpest dialogue, most compelling characters (including U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of TV’s Justified fame), and, quite simply, some of the very best suspense novels written over the past century. Killshot is prime Leonard—a riveting story of a husband and wife caught in the crossfire when they foil a criminal act and are forced to defend themselves when the legal system fails them from the murderous wrath of a pair of vengeful killers. When it comes to cops and criminals stories, Killshot and Leonard are as good as it gets—further proof why “the King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times) deserves his current place among John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and the other legendary greats of the noir fiction genre.

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 Kemper on September 03, 2013

Who would be more dangerous, two sociopathic killers teaming up or a middle-aged couple who could use some marriage counseling? Armand Degas (a/k/a Blackbird) sometimes does contract killing for a group of mobsters in Michigan and Canada, and while visiting his old hometown after murdering a man in D......more

Goodreads review by James on March 06, 2023

Two very different "couples" find themselves locked in a deadly struggle in this novel. Armand Degas, who is half French-Canadian and half Ojibway, is a contract killer sometimes known as The Blackbird. Richie Nix is an arrogant punk, an ex-con without much brainpower who aspires to rob a bank in ev......more

Goodreads review by Mara on August 08, 2014

I'm gonna commit what should be the most flattering of intellectual property crimes, and pass along the opening query with which Kemper begins his (admittedly superior) review of this book: Who would be more dangerous, two sociopathic killers teaming up or a middle-aged couple who could use......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on August 27, 2013

Does it get any better than this? Killshot...five stars not because of this being my tribute to the passing of Mr. Leonard but it deserved five stars on its own. Great book, per usual from Elmore Leonard. Elmore John Leonard, Jr. Picture Taken September 17, 2012 My tribute read for Elmore Leonar......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on June 11, 2017

'Killshot' was written during Elmore Leonard's prime, so the plot and pacing crackle with intensity. The novel is one of the best crime comedy novels Leonard ever wrote - it certainly must be on all of his fans' top ten list! The book is full of the author's insightful wit along with the usual mix o......more

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