Maximum Bob

Published in 1991, this book is considerably incorrect, politically correct-wise. It's also a lot of fun and more of a comic romp than some of Leonard's earlier and more serious crime novels. At the center of the story is a Palm Beach County, Florida probation officer named Kathy Baker who draws the......more

Treasure of the Rubbermaids 15: See Ya Later, Alligator! The on-going discoveries of priceless books and comics found in a stack of Rubbermaid containers previously stored and forgotten at my parent’s house and untouched for almost 20 years. Thanks to my father dumping them back on me, I now spend my......more

I was taking a break from Richard Stark’s Parker novels so I sort of randomly picked this Leonard book to listen to in the car. Raucous, kind of raunchy, it’s a little jarring after the dark, sharply written, and basically humorless noir of Parker. The main character here is Judge Robert “Maximum Bo......more

I’ve got a stack of these I’ve been using as palate cleansers between other books, and good thing Elmore is so prolific because I wouldn’t want to run out soon. Kathy Baker is like Karen Sisco’s little sister, and Dewey Crowe and maybe Dale Jr. are by far the bright shining lights of the Crowe family......more

Definitely gritty, full of quirky characters, & some real world issues that the system faces. Excellent heroine, too. As usual, I could really feel the area; Florida heat, gators, & dirty streets. Not Leonard's best work, but a fun read.......more