New York Times
“Elmore Leonard is arguably the best living writer of crime fiction.”
Roanoke Times & World News
“A pas de quatre that has a more-than-satisfying suspense quotient . . . Dialogue that manages to be pungent and funny, and yet exactingly realistic . . . In Killshot . . . Leonard is breaking the bounds of his genre.”
USA Today
“Killshot is vintage Leonard. There is lots of dialogue of the sort Leonard is renowned for, lots of action celebrating the illogic of daily life (as it intersects with crime), and no small amount of violent action— some random, some purposeful—leavened with irony. . . . Elmore Leonard has gotten so good . . . that now what he’s doing looks easy. But it’s easy in the way that plays Magic Johnson or Larry Bird make are easy: All superfluous motion has been removed, what you see are the essentials of the art.”
St. Petersburg Times
“A master of tight plotting . . . Elmore Leonard is as dependable as a Ford used to be and as knowing as a New York fashion designer. . . . In Killshot, there’s more good at stake than usual in a Leonard novel. . . . He takes risks this time round. He creates a genuinely attractive couple. . . . Leonard is still the best in the business. With Killshot he’s risen, again, to the occasion and created a novel that satisfies.”
Christian Science Monitor
“Nobody but nobody on the current scene can match his ability to serve up violence so light-handedly, with so supremely deadpan a flourish.”
Detroit News
“Leonard has become a phenomenon. . . . His crime novels [are] grippingly true-to-life tales of double-cross and redemption, with a murky morality that seems to suit the times. . . . Leonard truly shines. He has created a gallery of compelling, off-the-wall villains unequaled in American crime fiction.”
New York Times Magazine
“No high-concept plots, no glitz . . . a wealth of detail, a richness of texture. The good people are human and we do care about them. . . . Whatever his characters say is their truth. No complex interior monologues, no introspection—what they do is what they think. . . . Elmore Leonard hasn’t left his fight in the gym. . . . The old master still packs the equalizer. It’s called Narrative Force, and Leonard has more of it than most writers do at their absolute peak. . . . Any long-time fan will feel right at home.”
Chicago Tribune
“A fast-paced, bang-up tale . . . The suspense accelerates throughout, but Leonard’s crisp dialogue and offbeat characters keep Killshot from being just another chase tale.”
Orlando Sentinel
“Leonard will always deliver a book that’s tense, fast-moving, brutal; a novel in which the villains are as fascinating as coiled cobras; a book written in prose as shorn of ornamentation—and as deadly accurate—as a Smith & Wesson .38-caliber police special. Killshot does not disappoint. . . . It’s a helluva read . . . a classic Leonard cat-and-mouse game . . . He has invented two top-shelf villains. . . . It’s great entertainment, and the climactic chase is not recommended for reading by cardiac patients. . . . Elmore Leonard isn’t an author—he’s an addiction.”
Orange County Register
“Elmore Leonard is truly a great writer.”
Washington Times
The Bounty Hunters
The Law at Randado
Escape from Five Shadows
Last Stand at Saber River
Hombre
The Big Bounce
The Moonshine War
Valdez Is Coming
Forty Lashes Less One
Mr. Majestyk
52 Pickup
Swag
Unknown Man #89
The Hunted
The Switch
Gunsights
Gold Coast
City Primeval
Split Images
Cat Chaster
Stick
LaBrava
Glitz
Bandits
Touch
Freaky Deaky
Killshot
Get Shorty
Maximum Bob
Rum Punch
Pronto
Riding the Rap
Out of Sight
Cuba Libre
The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories
Be Cool
Pagan Babies
Tishomingo Blues
KILLSHOT. Copyright © 1989 by Elmore Leonard, Inc. All rights reserved.