Elmore Leonard
Book List
91 titles
91 titles
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Charlie Martz and Other Stories
General Fiction
Jun-2015
A collection of fifteen stories, eleven of which have never been previously published, from the early career of bestselling American master Elmore Leonard. Over his long and illustrious career, Elmore Leonard was recognized as one of the greatest ...
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Confession
Historical
Jan-2014
In this never-before-published story, Elmore Leonard, the late “modern master of American genre writing,” puts a darkly playful twist on the Wild West showdown. Set in a dusty Arizona town when Apaches still roamed the land, “Confession” tell...
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The Trespassers
Thriller
Jan-2014
This never-before-published story is a chilling forebear to the tales that made the late, great Elmore Leonard the “King Daddy” of crime with a twist. Told from the perspective of a young wife who’s become increasingly frustrated with her mild-...
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Raylan
Mystery
Jan-2012
Raylan Givens - 3
With the closing of the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mines, marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state. A hundred pounds of it can gross $300,000, but that's chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you -- espec...
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Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories
Suspense
Oct-2010
The "Hot Kid" of the U.S. Marshals Service, Carl Webster maintains the law with a cool, showdown attitude. He's one of the richest creations in Elmore Leonard's half century of delivering the goods. From his appearances in the critically acclaimed no...
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Djibouti
Suspense
Oct-2010
Dara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered the rape of Bosnian women, neo-Nazi white supremacists, and post-Katrina New Orleans, and has won awards for all three. Now, looking for a bigger challenge, Dara and her right...
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Road Dogs
Suspense
May-2009
Jack Foley - 2
Legendary New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard returns with three of his favorite characters: Jack Foley from Out of Sight, Cundo Rey from LaBrava, and Dawn Navarro from Riding the Rap. Jack Foley, the charming bank robber from Out of...
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Up in Honey's Room
Suspense
May-2007
The odd thing about Walter Schoen, German born but now running a butcher shop in Detroit, he's a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and the Gestapo. They even share the same birthday. Honey Deal, Walter's American wife, doesn't know...
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The Hot Kid
Suspense
May-2005
Carlos Webster was fifteen in the fall of 1921 the first time he came face-to-face with a nationally known criminal. A few weeks later, he killed his first man--a cattle thief who was rustling his dad's stock. Now Carlos, called Carl, is the hot kid ...
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The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
Historical
Dec-2004
Before he brilliantly traversed the gritty landscapes of underworld Detroit and Miami, Elmore Leonard wrote breathtaking adventures set in America's nineteenth-century western frontier elevating a popular genre with his now-trademark twisting plots, ...
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A Coyote's in the House
Fantasy
Jun-2004
Buddy's an aging movie star. Antwan's a rough-and-tumble loner. And Miss Betty, the show girl, is a princess. Different in nearly every way, they share one thing: they're all dogs...at heart. Though Antwan's the leader of his pack and loves h...
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Mr. Paradise
Suspense
Jan-2004
In hindsight, Victoria's Secret model Kelly Barr thinks maybe it wasn't such a great idea to accompany her callgirl roommate Chloe to Tony Paradiso's house. The wealthy, eighty-fouryear-old retired Motor City lawyer's idea of fun was innocent enough:...
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When the Women Come Out to Dance
Suspense
Nov-2002
Elmore Leonard, a literary icon praised by The New York Times Book Review as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever," has captured the imagination of millions of readers with his more than three dozen books.In this short fiction collect...
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Tishomingo Blues
Suspense
Jan-2002
Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi--diving off an eighty-foot ladder into nine feet of water for the amusement of gamblers, gangsters, and luscious belles. His riskiest feat, however, ...
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Pagan Babies
Suspense
Sep-2000
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 indictment. Now the whiskey-drinking, Nine Inch Nails T-shirt -- wearing padre is back tryin...
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Fire in the Hole
Suspense
2000
In this superb short fiction collection, Elmore Leonard, the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever (New York Times Book Review), once again illustrates how the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think. In th...
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Be Cool
Action Adventure
Feb-1999
Chili Palmer - 2
GET SHORTY'S CHILI PALMER IS BACK. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY. After a smash hit in Get Leo and a flop in Get Lost, B-movie-producer Chili Palmer is looking for another score. Lunching with a record company executive, Chili's exploring a hot new idea--u...
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Freaky Deaky
Suspense
May-1998
Way back when revolution was the thing, bombs were Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs s bag until their explosive freedom of expression was curtailed by some considerable prison time. Now the ex-SDSers are back out in the material world and looking to put t...
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Cuba Libre
Suspense
Jan-1998
Welcome to Cuba, 1898--where the insurrectos are in the hills, the rich are partying in Havana, and Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders are about to come ashore. Into the melee an American cowboy arrives with a scheme to sell horses and run guns, earning ...
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Out of Sight
Suspense
Aug-1996
Jack Foley - 1
Decked out in her black Chanel suit and heels, deputy U.S. marshal Karen Sisco has driven up to Glades, one of Florida's medium security joints, to serve some papers. It's a boring job, but somebody's got to do it. She doesn't expect to arrive in the...
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Karen Makes Out
Suspense
1996
A collection of 16 original stories from today's foremost fiction writers--including Ed McBain, Jonathan Kellerman, Sara Paretsky, Mary Higgins Clark, Elmore Leonard, James Crumley, John Gardner, Anne Perry, Donna Tartt, Shel Silverstein, Bobbie Ann ...
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Riding the Rap
Mystery
May-1995
Raylan Givens - 2
Now that mom s gravy train has derailed, gambling, debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren Chip Ganz has decided to take somebody rich hostage with the help of a Bahamian ex-con, a psycho gardener/enforcer, and the beautiful, if underfed, psychic Rever...
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Pronto
Mystery
Sep-1993
Raylan Givens - 1
The feds want Miami bookmaker Harry Arno to squeal on his wiseguy boss. So they re putting word out on the street that Arno s skimming profits from Jimmy Cap Capotorto which he is, but everybody does it. Harry was planning to retire to Italy someday ...
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Rum Punch
Suspense
Jul-1992
Powerful clever astonishing a delicious read. Detroit Free PressRum Punch is classic Elmore Leonard the electrifying thriller that served as the basis for the acclaimed film Jackie Brown by director Quentin Tarantino, starring Pam Grier, Robert DeN...
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Maximum Bob
Suspense
Aug-1991
Hilarious .Strange and risky .A right-on, pitch perfect novel, with wide social scope, comic genius, page-burning storytelling magic, and juicy characters who wrench your heart and gut. Washington Post Book WorldA character so outrageous he could onl...
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Gold Coast
Suspense
Sep-1990
Lean, mean, darkly funny. Boston Globe A zingy thriller by the master of hard-boiled suspense. Dallas Morning News Elmore Leonard may be the greatest crime novelist in the world, declares the Seattle Times, and truer words have never been written. ...
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Get Shorty
Action Adventure
Jul-1990
Chili Palmer - 1
Miami mob little-guy, loan shark Chili Palmer, is seriously thinking of a career change when a client skips town. Pursuit leads him to L.A.... and the rest, as they say, is history. As a crook, Chili has all the qualifications to make it in the movie...
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Killshot
Suspense
Apr-1989
Ironworker Wayne Colson has come to the real estate office where his wife, Carmen, works at the worst possible time: while Ojibway Indian hit man Armand Degas and loose cannon Richie Nix are there to shake down Carmen s boss. Unable to help himself, ...
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Bandits
Suspense
Jan-1987
Bandits assembles an unlikely crew: an ex-nun, an ex-cop, and an ex-con. They've got their eyes on several million dollars that they've decided should not be sent to aid the Contras in Nicaragua. Of course, a lot of other people have their eyes on th...
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Glitz
Suspense
Mar-1986
Intense .A higher caliber of entertainment. New York TimesElmore Leonard s Glitz is a killer in the best possible way. The King Daddy of crime writers (Seattle Times) electrifies with this unputdownable noir tale of a mama s boy psycho killer with a...
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LaBrava
Suspense
1983
FADE TO BLACK Ex-secret service agent Joseph LaBrava had it all under control. South Miami Beach action. Easy living in an old Deco hotel. A new start as a portrait photographer. Then he met Jean Shaw. A once-famous actress. Still soft, sexy, and s...
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Stick
Suspense
1983
A little beauty of a story .A hot, fast read with pungent characters. Los Angeles Times A slam-bang, no-bull action thriller and nobody but nobody writes better dialogue. New York Daily NewsIt s an established fact: Elmore Leonard is the uncontested...
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Cat Chaser
Suspense
1982
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 Ther...
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The Tonto Woman
Historical
1982
Welcome to a world where the Hatch & Hodges stagecoach runs on time or someone will catch hell, and where a man knows the difference between handling a Winchester rifle and a Sharps and a Henry--or pays for it with his life. Before he became on...
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Split Images
Suspense
1981
Constant action and top-notch writing. New York TimesA Palm Beach playboy who amuses himself with murder finds himself on a collision course with a vacationing Motown cop in Elmore Leonard s Split Images a gripping and electrifying example of noir g...
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City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit
Suspense
Sep-1980
Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The cool killer is already back on the Detroit scene thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his lawyer and he's feeling invincible enough to execute a crooked judge on a whim. Lieutenant ...
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Gunsights
Historical
1979
Brendan Early and Dana Moon have tracked renegade Apaches together and gunned down scalp hunters to become Arizona legends. But now they face each other from opposite sides of what newspapers are calling the Rincon Mountain War. Brendan and a gang of...
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The Switch
Suspense
1978
My favorite Leonard book .He writes the way Hammett and Chandler might write today, if they sharpened their senses of ironic humor and grew better ears for dialogue. Dallas Morning News The best writer of crime fiction alive. NewsweekDangerously ecc...
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Unknown Man #89
Private Investigator
May-1977
Frank Ryan - 2
Jack Ryan was an expert at finding people. Particularly people who didn't want to be found. This time he was looking for a guy named Robert Leary, a/k/a Bobby Lear. But looking was leading to trouble. Because a pretty blond with bedroom eyes hated Bo...
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The Hunted
Suspense
1977
Wonderful razor-sharp. Los Angeles Times Book Review Excellent .A plot and a chase as good as anything he has ever written. Bergan RecordIn Elmore Leonard s The Hunted, crime fiction s greatest living practitioner (Washington Post) carries the actio...
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Swag / Ryan's Rules
Private Investigator
Mar-1976
Frank Ryan - 1
Three guys with illegal expertise, a plan to snag a tax-free hundred grand, and a taste for summertime Detroit's sweet life. But it means committing armed robbery. And being smart enough to get away with it....
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52 Pick-Up
Suspense
1974
Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell had had only one affair in his twenty-two years of happy matrimony. Unfortunately someone caught his indiscretion on film and now wants Harry to fork over one hundred grand to keep his infidelity a secret. And if Ha...
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Mr. Majestyk
Suspense
1974
LIMITS... Vincent Majestyk had had enough -- enough fighting, enough war, enough death. He knew too well the feel of the recoil, the sight of a human target falling. That's why, when he took off his uniform and became a civilian, he swore he would ne...
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Forty Lashes Less One
Historical
1972
The hell called Yuma Prison can destroy the soul of any man. And it's worse for those whose damning crime is the color of their skin. The law says Chiricahua Apache Raymond San Carlos and black-as-night former soldier Harold Jackson are murderers, an...
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Valdez is Coming
Historical
1970
VALDEZ They only knew the hard-working, respectful Bob Valdez. In another place he had been something else, a dangerous man. A man who could track over parched ground and hide where there was no cover and rise up and kill an enemy with one shot. It...
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The Big Bounce
Suspense
1969
Jack Ryan seemed destined for a dreary life of picking cucumbers and doing odd jobs as a handyman before he met Nancy Hayes, a young seductress who got her thrills by smashing windows and breaking the hearts of married men. On the bleak coast of nort...
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The Moonshine War
Suspense
1969
Leonard is tops in his field. New Orleans Times-PicayuneThe great Elmore Leonard, America s pre-eminent crime fiction writer (Chicago Tribune), takes readers back to Prohibition days in the back hills of Kentucky in a rollicking story of guns, greed...
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Hombre
Historical
1961
Although known for his mysteries, Elmore Leonard has penned some of the best western fiction ever. USA Today A classic .Leonard s writing style is as effortless and enjoyable as watching a good movie. Portland OregonianGrand Master Elmore Leonard is...
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Last Stand at Saber River
Historical
1959
BLOOD OF A SOLDIER A one-armed man stood before Denaman's store, and the girl named Luz was scared. Paul Cable could see that from the rise two hundred yards away, just as he could see that everything had changed while he was away fighting for the Co...
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Escape from Five Shadows
Suspense
1956
Corey Bowen is an innocent man. Wrongly convicted, and imprisoned in the brutal labor camp at Five Shadows run by a sadistic embezzler willing to kill to keep his scheme running, Bowen is determined to break out or die trying. The trackers have alrea...
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The Kid
Historical
1956
Carlos Webster was fifteen in the fall of 1921 the first time he came face-to-face with a nationally known criminal. A few weeks later, he killed his first man—a cattle thief who was rustling his dad's stock. Now Carlos, called Carl, is the hot ...
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Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories
Historical
1956
Before he brilliantly traversed the gritty landscapes of underworld Detroit and Miami, the incomparable Elmore Leonard wrote breathtaking adventures set in America's nineteenth-century western frontier -- elevating a popular genre with his now-tradem...
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The Law at Randado
Historical
1954
Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a green local kid with a tin badge. And when the wealthy cattle baron's men drag two prisoners from Frye's jail and hang them from a high tree, there's nothing the young lawman can do about it. Bu...
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3:10 to Yuma
Historical
1953
Trust was rare and precious in the wide-open towns that sprung up like weeds on America's frontier with hustlers and hucksters arriving in droves by horse, coach, wagon, and rail, and gunmen working both sides of the law, all too eager to end a man's...
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Blood Money
Historical
1953
Before he brilliantly traversed the gritty landscapes of underworld Detroit and Miami, the incomparable Elmore Leonard wrote breathtaking adventures set in America's nineteenth-century western frontier—elevating a popular genre with his now-trad...
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The Bounty Hunters
Historical
1953
The old Apache renegade Soldado Viejo is hiding out in Mexico, and the Arizona Department Adjutant has selected two men to hunt him down. One--Dave Flynn--knows war, the land, and the nature of his prey. The other is a kid lieutenant named Bowers. Bu...
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Long Night
Historical
1953
PERIL PRESS presents: Zane Grey’s Western, May 1953 LONG NIGHT by Elmore Leonard Dove Boland needed money—but he needed even more to learn that you don‘t get something for nothing. 4600 Words PLUS BONUS!!! Western Story, April 17 1943 DESERT...
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Trail of the Apache
Historical
1951
Destiny, restlessness, and greed moved the white man west, into lands occupied for centuries by a proud and noble people: Arapahoe, Navajo, Apache, Sioux. The bitter misunderstandings and brutal clashes of cultures that resulted ultimately shaped the...
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