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A vintage roller-coaster ride from 'the hottest thriller writer in the US' [Time]

With friends like these...A thrilling tale of deception and trust which reunites three of Leonard's favourite characters.

A gripping mob thriller from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of BE COOL and GET SHORTY.

Elmore Leonard, New York Times bestselling author and "the hippest, funniest national treasure in sight" (Washington Post), brings his trademark wit and inimitable style to this twisting, gripping—and sometimes playful—tale of modern-day piracyDara 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, loo...

Jack Foley and Cundo Rey are road dogs: trusted jailhouse comrades watching each other's back. They're so tight, Cundo's using his own money and his shark lady lawyer to get Foley's sentence reduced from thirty years to three months. And when Jack gets out, the wealthy Cuban criminal wants him to stay in Cundo's multimillion dollar Venice Beach house—right across from the one where Cundo's common-law wife, professional psychic Dawn Navarro, re...

Another of Leonard's classic westerns is available once again. Brendan Early and Dana Moon track renegade Apaches together and gun down scalp hunters, becoming legends in the Arizona Territory. But now they face each other from opposite sides of a fierce frontier fight.

A hellhole like Yuma Prison does all sorts of things to a man. Mostly it makes him want to escape. For two men facing life sentences--Harold Jackson, the only black man behind the walls, and Raymond San Carlos, an Apache half-breed--a breakout seems impossible. Then the law gives them two choices: rot in a cell, or track down and bring back the five most ruthless men in Arizona. Originally published in 1972. Reissue.

Al Rosen was doing just fine, hiding out in Israel -- until he decided to play Good Samaritan and rescue some elderly tourists from a hotel fire. Now his picture's been carried in the stateside press, and the guys he's been hiding from know exactly where he is. And they're coming to get him -- crooked lawyers, men with guns and money, and assorted members of the Detroit mob who are harboring a serious grudge. Playtime in paradise is officially...

Wealthy cattle baron Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a kid with a tin badge. So when Sundeen's men drag two prisoners from Frye's jail and hang them, there's nothing the young lawman can do. But Kirby's got more grit than Sundeen and his men bargain for. (July)

This classic tale of betrayal, justice, and frontier law is the first novel written by bestselling author Elmore Leonard. "Leonard has penned some of the best western fiction ever."--"USA Today.

From Elmore Leonard, the author who has influenced more writers than anyother, come two thrilling stories of law in the Old West, upheld by the barrel of a six-gun."Three-ten to Yuma:" Deputy Paul Scallen will earn his one hundred fifty dollars if he can get his prisoner Jim Kidd on the train to Yuma Prison. But the members of Kidd's gang have determined that Scallen won't live long enough to make the Three-Ten to Yuma."Saint with a Six-Gun:" ...

Elmore Leonard is 'the man other crime writers call the Boss' DAILY TELEGRAPH.

From the bestselling author of GET SHORTY and JACKIE BROWN, THE SWITCH has now been brought to the big screen as LIFE OF CRIME, starring Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins and Isla Fisher.

When Federal Marshall Raylan Givens finds a known offender naked in a bathtub, the man is doped up and missing his kidneys. Raylan knows there's big money in body parts, but by the time he finds out who's making the cuts, he's the man in a bathtub.

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Nach einigen Jahren Knast reist Ernest Stickley, genannt Stick, wieder nach Süd-Florida zurück. Er hat sich vorgenommen, nie wieder mit dem Gesetz in Konfl ikt zu kommen, aber überall wo er nach Arbeit fragt, sind die Personalchefs angesichts eines Ex-Knackis misstrauisch. Schließlich ist er froh, als in der Millionär Brahn als Chauffeur anstellt. Mit der Zeit bekommt Stick heraus, das die Millionen seines Arbeitgebers jedoch nicht auf ehrli...

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The definitive edition of America's modern master of crime fiction continues with four classic novels widely considered his best, presented in one volume for the first time with behind-the-scenes accounts of their genesis by editor Gregg Sutter, Leonard's longtime researcher, and rare archival material: a must for any fan. It was during the 1980s that Elmore Leonard came into his own as the most popular and critically acclaimed crime writer in...

1930lu yillarin suc dünyasinin keskin bir portresi. Elmore Leonarddan en iyi romanini tam 79 yasinda yazmasi belki beklenmezdi ama o bunu basardi...Ölümcül Takip, mutlaka filme cekilecek ve basrolünde Hollywoodun gözde oyunculari yer alacaktir, ancak benim size tavsiyem kesinlikle kitabi okumaniz.- Stephen King, Boston GlobeLeonardin son zamanlardaki tüm eserlerine cok gercekci bir anlayis hakim. Öümcül Takip, 1930lu yillarin popüler filmlerin...

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-trademark twisting plots, rich characterizations, and scalpel-sharp dialogue.There is a moment when obsession, rage, and destiny come together at the end of a shotgun barrel—when wrongs, actual or perceived...