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This page lists novels, short story collections and non-fiction by Elmore Leonard.

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By Elmore Leonard:
- novels, story collections
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- non-fiction

About Elmore Leonard:
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The Bounty Hunters

Elmore Leonard

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. But there's a different kind of war happening in Soyopa. And if Flynn and his young associate choose the wrong allies - and the wrong enemy - they won't be getting out alive."

The Law at Randado

Elmore Leonard

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 untried young lawman can do about it. But Kirby's got more grit than Sundeen and his hired muscles bargained for. They can beat the boy and humilate him, but they can't make him forget the job he has sworn to do. The cattleman has money, fear, and guns on his side, but Kirby Frye's the law in this godforsaken corner of the Arizona Territories. And he'll drag Sundeen and his killers straight to hell himself to prove it."

Escape from Five Shadows

Elmore Leonard

1956

"No one breaks out of the brutal convict labor camp at Five Shadows—but Corey Bowen is ready to die trying. They framed him to put him in there, and beat him bloody and nearly dead after his last escape attempt. He'll have help this time—from a lady with murder on her mind and a debt to pay back. Because freedom isn't enough for primed dynamite like Bowen. And he won't leave the corrupt desert hell behind him until a few scores are settled...permanently."

Last Stand at Saber River

Elmore Leonard

1959

"Paul Cable has fought - and lost - for the Confederacy but when he returns home he finds that his own war is far from over. The Union Army and two brothers - and a beautiful woman - have taken over Cable's spread and are refusing to give it back. But Cable is determined that no one is going to take his future away - not with words, not with treachery, and not with guns."

Hombre

Elmore Leonard

1961

"John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he's on his way to live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who he is, they want nothing to do with him. That is, until outlaws ride down on them and they must rely on Russell's guns and his ability to lead them out of the desert. He can't ride with them, but they must walk with him or die."

The Big Bounce

Elmore Leonard

1969

"Nancy Hayes has plenty of feminine charm - and the instincts of a shark. Jack Ryan is handy with his fists, and has all the cunning of an ex-con. Now, in a Michigan resort town, a rich man wants Jack gone and Nancy for himself. For Jack, the choice is clear: Nancy's promises of pleasure, her crazy, thrill-seeking schemes of breaking into homes, shooting guns and maybe stealing a whole lot of money is driving him mad. But there is one thing Jack doesn't know yet. Nancy is planning the deadliest thrill of all."

The Moonshine War

Elmore Leonard

1969

"The Moonshine War is a tale of the chaos that ensues when a gang of city slickers sets out to steal thousands of dollars-worth of homemade whiskey from a hell-raising country boy--who is anything but the easy mark they were expecting. .... The Moonshine War is a wild ride bursting with the author's hallmark delights: the twisty plot, the gripping suspense, the wit and, of course, the razor-sharp dialogue."

Valdez Is Coming

Elmore Leonard

1970

"Forced to gun down an innocent man, part-time sheriff Roberto Valdez is nearly killed and run out of town when he seeks justice for the dead man’s family. But the same townsfolk who laughed at Valdez’s dark skin, mocked his decency, and tied him to a cross will find themselves on the wrong side of a gun when the lawman comes back to deliver his own brand of justice."

Forty Lashes Less One

Elmore Leonard

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, and they'll stay behind bars until they're dead and rotting. But even in the worst place on Earth, there's hope. And for two hard and hated inmates -- first enemies, then allies by necessity -- it waits at the end of a mad and violent contest ... on a bloody trail that winds toward Arizona's five most dangerous men."

Mr. Majestyk

Elmore Leonard

1974

"Killer man Vincent Majestyk had his belly-full of killing in Asia. It was his job and he was one of the best, but when he stripped off his uniform he never wanted to go back to it. Now he works under the open skies of the American Southwest, growing melons on his farm, where nobody knows about his past. And that was why a cheap crook named Kopas, a hard-nosed cop named McAllen, and a big-time, high-priced hit man named Renda all figured Majestyk was another local yokel to be pushed around. Majestyk was about to go to war again."

Fifty-Two Pickup

Elmore Leonard

1974

"Detroit businessman Harry Mitchell is a self-made man, happily married for over twenty-two years and a pillar of the community. But then he slips - he meets a young 'model' and begins an affair. One night he arrives at his girlfriend's apartment and finds more than he bargained for. Two masked men have caught his misdemeanours on camera and now they want a cool hundred grand. But they've picked the wrong man, because Harry Mitchell doesn't get mad - he gets even."

Swag

Elmore Leonard

1976

"There aren't any textbooks on armed robbery. The only way to learn is through experience, and small-time crooks Frank and Stick are determined to do as much learning on the job as possible. In 1970s' Detroit they embark on a crime spree, holding up liquor stores and supermarkets. They invent their 'Ten Golden Rules for Successful Armed Robbery' and for a short time the cash is rolling in. But then they bend their own rules, and it looks like trouble is heading their way."

Unknown Man No. 89

Elmore Leonard

1977

"Motor city process server and ex-thug Jack Ryan is very good at finding people - especially people who don't want to be found. Now he's being offered large bucks to locate a lost lowlife named Robert Leary, aka Bobby Lear. But this hunt is leading Ryan back into very bad company - and into beds where he doesn't belong. Then suddenly he's on someone's hitlist for some undisclosed reason, with all the big money numbers adding up to double-cross. And if Jack doesn't watch his back, he's going to find himself missing...permanently."

The Hunted

Elmore Leonard

1977

"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 published in the press, and the guys he's been hiding from know exactly where he is. What's more, they're coming to find him - crooked lawyers, men with guns and money, and assorted members of the Detroit mob who are harbouring a serious grudge. Playtime in paradise is officially over; Rosen's a million miles from home but with a bull's-eye on his back. His only ally is a US marine who's been looking for war ... and has now found one."

The Switch

Elmore Leonard

1978

"Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara have lots in common - time in the same gaol, convictions for auto theft, and a grand plan. They're going to snatch the wife of a Detroit developer and collect some easy ransom money. At least that's what they think... What they haven't figured on is the fact that the husband has a secret mistress and has absolutely no desire to get his wife back. So now it's time for Plan B. With the help of one seriously ticked-off housewife they are going to take the scumbag for everything he's got."

Gunsights

Elmore Leonard

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 mining company gun thugs are dead set on running Dana and "the People of the Mountain" from their land. The characters are unforgettable, the plot packed with action and gunfights from beginning to end."

City Primeval

Elmore Leonard

1980

"Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The crazed killer is back on the Detroit streets - thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his lawyer - and this time he's feeling invincible enough to execute a crooked Motown judge. Homicide Detective Raymond Cruz thinks the 'Oklahoma Wildman' crossed the line long before this latest outrage, and he's determined to see that the psycho does not slip through the legal system's loopholes a second time. But that means a good cop is going to have to play somewhat fast and loose with the rules - in order to manoeuvre Mansell into a showdown that he won't be walking away from."

Gold Coast

Elmore Leonard

1980

"Gorgeous widow Karen DiCilia just found out what it really means to be married to the mob. Her Mafia husband Frank left her millions and a Florida Gold Coast mansion. He also left orders that she'd lose everything the day she slept with another man. With his boys as enforcers, Karen was soon a lonely lady. Then she met Detroit's Cal Maguire, a sexy, street-smart ex-con with a scam to get Karen her money and her freedom - or get them both killed."

Split Images

Elmore Leonard

1981

"Robbie Daniels is a Palm Beach playboy. He's the kind of guy who gets away with everything - even murder - until a vacationing Motown cop, Bryan Hurd, starts asking questions. When this millionaire reptile reveals the psychopath beneath his slippery skin, Hurd finds out this is one helluva way for an out-of-town lawman to spend his vacation."

Cat Chaser

Elmore Leonard

1982

"The last time Florida motel owner George Moran was in the Dominican Republic he was in a uniform and people were shooting at him. Years later he's back looking for a girl he lost - and finding one he'd be better off without. Mary de Boya may be beautiful, but she's also the wife of a former death squad general in exile with mob connections. So much for the trip down memory lane - now Moran finds himself in a cat's cradle of drug deals, swindles, vengeance and murder."

Stick

Elmore Leonard

1983

"After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest 'Stick' Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town - and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. And when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. Besides, Stick knows a good thing when he sees it - and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet-revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up."

LaBrava

Elmore Leonard

1983

"Photographer Joe LaBrava specialises in capturing the soul of Miami's street life - and since he used to do dirty jobs for the Government, he understands his subject very well. So when his friend Maury enlists his help to sort out a problem with an ex-film star Joe fell for when he was twelve, the low-grade hustlers behind a ransom scam would need to be a lot smarter than they seem to pull it off. But there's a surprise in the bag for Joe - some people really are smarter than they seem."

Glitz

Elmore Leonard

1985

"After being shot by a mugger, Lt. Vincent Mora is convalescing in Puerto Rico. There he meets Iris, a beautiful young woman who is bored and frustrated, looking for excitement and a new life. Then she is offered a job as a 'hostess' at a casino in Atlantic city by Tommy Donovan. But Vincent figures out there is more to this job than Iris realises and he decides to pay Donovan a visit. To complicate matters, Iris isn't the only one interested in Vincent - he is being stalked by a man he sent down seven and a half years before, a man out to get his revenge."

Bandits

Elmore Leonard

1987

"Reformed jewel thief Jack Delaney was going straight - until he met sexy ex nun Lucy Nichols. Jack's in the funeral business and when he's sent to collect a body from a leper hospital, he finds it in Sister Lucy's care - and very much alive. Lucy's on a goodwill mission, hoping to smuggle the 'deceased' away from her dangerous ex, a Nicaraguan colonel with guns and goons aplenty. And it just so happens the colonel's also got several million dollars that could aid Lucy's quest to help mankind. With a crazy plan in hand and ex cop Roy Hicks on board, they plot to rob the colonel's coffers, and they're sure to make out like bandits - if they live that long."

Touch

Elmore Leonard

1987

"Ginny Worrel was blind but now can see after being touched by a young man called Juvenal. Suddenly the kid with the healing hands is flavour of the month in downtown Detroit. Bill Hill, a former minister turned RV salesman, has dollar signs in his eyes and a get-rich-quick scheme; the priests at the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Centre want Juvenal to soothe the brows of their alcoholic inmates; and beautiful baton-twirler Lynn Faulkner simply wants him to soothe her. But with a slew of cash-hungry hucksters on his back, Juvenal's got a trick or two up his sleeve that nobody sees coming."

Freaky Deaky

Elmore Leonard

1988

"Way back when revolution was the thing, bombs were Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs's bag - until they were sent to prison. Now they're out and looking to put their skills to profitable use. Their target: Woody Ricks - who Robin thinks ratted them out to the Feds. But Motown cop Chris Mankowski has his eye on Woody, and as a former golden boy of the bomb squad, it's only fitting he'll be around when the nasty stuff starts going down or blowing up."

Killshot

Elmore Leonard

1989

"Arman 'The Blackbird' Degas is a professional hitman: one shot, one kill. But when he's carjacked by ex-con Richie Nix, he finds himself with a lethal partner. Nix is on his way to shake down a realtor and the Blackbird is along for the ride. But they don't count on Carmen and Wayne Colson getting in their way. Exposed as eyewitnesses, the Colsons are placed in witness protection but soon discover the program contains as many predators as the underworld they're hiding from. But can they outrun the Blackbird?"

Get Shorty

Elmore Leonard

1990

"Miami loan shark Chili Palmer is ice-cool, whether he's retrieving stolen property or collecting money for the mob. Chasing a bad debt leads him to the bright lights of Hollywood - and to a true story that would make a great movie. Soon he's pitching to Harry Zimm, a B-grade horror flick producer trying to make a comeback. As the lure of Tinseltown's dream-makers and gorgeous wannabe starlets becomes increasingly hard to resist, Chili gets caught up in murder,revenge and romance. Will his killer movie ever get made, or will it just get him killed?"

Maximum Bob

Elmore Leonard

1991

"When someone delivers an alligator to Judge Bob Gibbs' porch, there's no shortage of suspects - hard-sentencing, womanising redneck 'Maximum Bob' is pretty much the most unpopular man in Florida. Throw into the mix the Crowe clan - about as primitive and aggressive as any alligator - a doped-up doctor on early release with a tag, quick-witted probation officer Kathy Baker, a mermaid and a long-dead slave girl called Wanda, and things get a tad complicated. And inevitably, they don't work out the way you might expect."

Rum Punch

Elmore Leonard

1992

"Ordell Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie Burke couriers Ordell's profits from Freeport to Miami. But the feds are on to Jackie - and now the aging, but still hot, flight attendant will have to do prison time or play ball, which makes her a prime 'loose end' that Ordell needs to tie up...permanently. Jackie, however, has other plans. And with the help of Max Cherry - an honest but disgruntled bail bondsman looking to get out - she could even end up with a serious nest egg in the process."

Pronto

Elmore Leonard

1993

"Harry Arno runs a South Miami Beach gambling operation. To protect his position, he was forced to cut a deal with the local muscle, Jimmy Capotorto (Jumbo Jimmy Cap), an even fifty-fifty split. For years Harry had been padding his own stake by skimming off the top. Now a couple of local detectives - wise to sticky fingers - try to bag Jimmy by putting the squeeze on Harry. U.S. Marshalls deliver Harry to court to testify at Jimmy's trial. Even though he's a step slower than he used to be, Harry's no fool - he slips out of the country pronto. With Jimmy Cap's men following and the Feds close behind, the three sides end up in Italy, watching their own backs while keeping abreast of Harry's. But it's not until the chase leads back to Miami that the real winners and losers are revealed."

Riding the Rap

Elmore Leonard

1995

"Palm Beach playboy Chip Ganz needs money - fast. He has spiralling debts, and his mother's gravy-train has just derailed. So he has a plan: he's going to find somebody rich, and take them hostage. With the help of an ex-con, a psycho gardener and the beautiful psychic Reverend Dawn, he chooses bookmaker Harry Arno as the lucky victim. The trouble is, Harry can scam with the best of them. And that's not the only problem. US Marshal Raylan Givens is sleeping with Harry's ex girlfriend, Joyce, and she wants Harry found."

Out of Sight

Elmore Leonard

1996

"Jack Foley was busting out of Florida's Glades Prison when he ran head-on into Karen Sisco with a shotgun. Suddenly the world-class gentleman felon was sharing a cramped car trunk with a disarmed federal marshal - whose Chanel suit cost more than the take from Foley's last bank job - and the chemistry was working overtime. Here's a lady Jack could fall for in a big way, if she weren't a dedicated representative of the law that he breaks for a living. And as soon as she escapes, he's already missing her. But there are some seriously bad men and a major score waiting for Jack in Motown. And there's a good chance that when his path crosses Karen's again, she's going to be there for business, not pleasure."

Cuba Libre

Elmore Leonard

1998

"War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing mares and guns into Havana harbor in 1898 - right past the submerged wreckage of the U.S. battleship Maine - may not be the smartest thing the recently prison-sprung horse wrangler ever did. Neither is shooting one of the local Guardia, though the pompous peacock deserved it. Now Tyler's sitting tight in a vermin-infested Cuban stockade waiting to face a firing squad. But he's not dying until he gets the money he's owed from a two-timing American sugar baron. And there's one smart, pistol-hot lady at the rich man's side who could help Ben get everything he's got rightfully coming...even when the whole damn island's going straight to hell."

The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories

Elmore Leonard

1998

Short story collection.

"An anthology of nineteen short westerns originally published in The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines from the 1950s to the 1980s tells of heroism, brutality, and passion on the frontier."

• The Tonto Woman
• The Captives
• Only Good Ones
• You Never See Apaches
• The Colonel’s Lady
• The Kid
• The Big Hunt
• Apache Medicine
• No Man’s Guns
• Jugged
• The Hard Way
• Blood Money
• Three-Ten To Yuma
• The Boy Who Smiled
• Hurrah For Capt. Early
• Moment Of Vengeance
• Saint With A Six-Gun
• The Nagual
• Trouble At Rindo’s Station

Be Cool

Elmore Leonard

1999

"The sequel to Chili Palmer's hit movie tanked and now Chili's itching for a comeback. So when a power lunch with record-label executive and former associate Tommy Athens ends in a mob hit, he soon finds himself in an unlikely alliance with organized-crime detective Darryl Holmes and the likely next target of Russian gangsters. But where others see danger, Chili Palmer sees story possibilities. Enter Linda Moon, a singer with aspirations that go further than her current gig in a Spice Girls cover band. Chili takes over as Linda's manager, entering the world of rock stars, pop divas, and hip-hop gangstas. As he wings his way to success in the music business with his trademark cool, Chili manipulates his adversaries and advances his friends, all the while basing the plot of his new film on the action that results."

Pagan Babies

Elmore Leonard

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 trying to hustle up a score to help the orphans of Rwanda. But the fund-raising gets complicated when a former tattletale cohort pops up on Terry's tail. And then there's the lovely Debbie Dewey. A freshly sprung ex-con turned stand-up comic, Debbie needs some fast cash, too, to settle an old score. Now they're in together for a bigger payoff than either could finagle alone. After all, it makes sense . . . unless Father Terry is working a con of his own."

Tishomingo Blues

Elmore Leonard

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, was witnessing a Dixie-style mob execution while atop his diving platform. Robert Taylor saw the hit also. A blues-loving Detroit hustler touring the Southland, Taylor's got his own secret agenda and he wants Dennis in on the game. And high-diver Dennis could be about to take a long, fatal fall - right into a mess of hoop skirts, Civil War play-acting... and more trouble than he ever dreamed possible."

When the Women Come Out to Dance

Elmore Leonard

2002

Short story collection.

"Federal marshal Karen Sisco, from the bestselling novel Out of Sight, returns in 'Karen Makes Out,' once again inadvertently mixing pleasure with business. In 'Fire in the Hole,' Raylan Givens, last seen in Riding the Rap and Pronto, meets up with an old friend, but they're now on different sides of the law. In the title story, 'When the Women Come Out to Dance,' Mrs. Mahmood gets more than she bargains for when she conspires with her maid to end her unhappy marriage. All nine stories are Elmore Leonard at his vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human best."

• Tenkiller
• When the Women Come Out To Dance
• Chickasaw Charlie Hoke
• Fire in the Hole
• Hanging Out at the Buena Vista
• Sparks
• Karen Makes Out
• Hurrah for Captain Early
• The Tonto Woman

Mr. Paradise

Elmore Leonard

2004

"Tony Paradiso - aka Mr Paradise - gets his kicks from watching old football games on TV accompanied by live entertainment: sexy cheerleaders shaking their pom-poms and doing rah-rah routines for his viewing pleasure. But for Chloe Robinette, playing dress-up doesn't end so well when she's caught in the crossfire of a contract hit. There are witnesses to the murders - Paradiso's right-hand man, Montez Taylor, and Chloe's roommate Kelly - but neither is giving too much away. Because Montez and Kelly have a score in mind, a big payoff from Mr Paradise's estate - if only Kelly can convince the cops she's someone else."

A Coyote's in the House

Elmore Leonard

2004

"Antwan is a coyote, living in the Hollywood Hills, who loves life on the wild side - running free in the woods with the wind in his fur, hanging with his gang the Diablos, grooming the pack for ticks and fleas and chasing anything that moves and might be edible. There's just one thing a wild dog's got to do - and that's keep away from humans. But then he meets Buddy. Buddy is a retired movie star (canine), who since he retired has lost his sparkle. He also happens to share a house with a very tasty poodle called Miss Betty. Antwan thinks it would be good for Buddy to try life on the wild side - so they decide to swap. But first, Antwan has to try life in the clean, shampooed, tinned-food and 'walkies' world of pampered domestic pooches. Which doesn't come naturally to a wild dog like him."

The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

2004

Short story collection.

" In 1950, fresh out of college and keen to make his name as a writer, Elmore Leonard decided he needed to pick a market, a big one, which would give him a better chance to be published while he learned to write. ..... As he researched deeper into settings, Arizona in the 1880s captured his imagination: the Spanish influence, the stand-offs and shoot-outs between Apache Indians and the US cavalry. This is a fantastic collection of over five decades' worth of stories."

• Conversation with Elmore Leonard
• Trail Of The Apache
• Apache Medicine
• You Never See Apaches...
• Red Hell Hits Canyon Diablo
• Colonel's Lady
• Law Of The Hunted Ones
• Cavalry Boots
• Under The Friar's Ledge
• Rustlers
• Three-Ten To Yuma
• Big Hunt
• Long Night
• Boy Who Smiled
• Hard Way
• Last Shot
• Blood Money
• Trouble At Rindo's Station
• Saint With A Six-Gun
• Captives
• No Man's Guns
• Rancher's Lady
• Jugged
• Moment Of Vengeance
• Man With The Iron Arm
• Longest Day Of His Life
• Nagual
• Kid
• Only Good Ones
• Tonto Woman
• Hurrah For Captain Early!

The Hot Kid

Elmore Leonard

2005

"At 21, Carl Webster's on his way to becoming the most famous Deputy US Marshal in America. He has shot and killed notorious bank robber Emmet Long and is now tracking Jack Belmont, the no-good son of an oil millionaire with dreams of becoming Public Enemy Number One. True Detective writer Tony Antonelli is following the story, and this one's big, full of beautiful women, Tommy guns and a former lawman who believes in vigilante justice. THE HOT KID is an exhilarating story played out against the flapper period of gun molls and Prohibition."

Comfort to the Enemy

Elmore Leonard

2006

A novella and two short stories. The novella, Comfort To The Enemy, was original published in weekly instalments in the New York Times magazine. This collection was subsequently published in the US in 2009 by William Morrow.

"1940s' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the Pacific, is called in to investigate. Among others, he comes across a Jewish gangster bent on revenge for the Holocaust; a rodeo bull rider turned lawman; and a former Nazi guard who is a persistent runaway. Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters' molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers' wartime promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined."

• Showdown at Checotah
• Louly and Pretty Boy
• Comfort To The Enemy

Blood Money and Other Stories

Elmore Leonard

2006

The stories in this collection were published in 2004 in The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard.

"For every story of inspiring moral courage in America's untamed West, there's one of greed and duplicity, of corrupted souls willingly sacrificed to a merciless deity of ill-gotten gold. The New York Times-bestselling Grand Master brings us seven unforgettable western tales of noble stands and cowardly compromises—and battles of will more devastating than a blazing gunfight."

• Red Hell Hits Diablo Canyon
• The Longest Day of his Life
• Apache Medicine
• The Last Shot
• Saint with a Six-Gun
• Blood Money
• The Man with the Iron Arm

Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories

Elmore Leonard

2006

The stories in this collection were published in 2004 in The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard.

"The New York Times-bestselling master carries us back to an untamed time and place where a simple transgression most often proved fatal . . . and the only true justice lived in the hands of the gunman."

• Law of the hunted ones
• The Hard way
• Trouble at Rindo's Station
• No man's guns
• The Rancher's lady
• Moment of vengeance
• The Nagual

Three Ten to Yuma and Other Stories

Elmore Leonard

2006

The stories in this collection were published in 2004 in The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard.

"The New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of suspense deftly displays the other side of his genius, with seven classic western tales of destiny and fatal decision . . . and trust as essential to survival as it is hard-earned."

• Cavalry Boots
• Under the Friars Ledge
• Three Ten to Yuma
• Long Night
• The Captives
• Jugged
• The Kid

Trail of the Apache and Other Stories

Elmore Leonard

2007

The stories in this collection were published in 2004 in The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard.

"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 nation we know today. In seven classic western tales, the New York Times-bestselling Grand Master re-creates a world of violence, deception, vengeance, and strange beauty."

• Trail Of The Apache
• You Never See Apaches...
• Colonel's Lady
• Rustlers
• Big Hunt
• Boy Who Smiled
• Only Good Ones

Up in Honey's Room

Elmore Leonard

2007

"The odd thing about Walter Schoen is he's a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler. Walter is a member of a spy ring that sends US war production data to Germany and gives shelter to escaped German prisoners of war. Honey Deal, Walter's American wife, has given up trying to make him over as a regular guy. She decides it's time to stop telling him jokes he doesn't understand and get a divorce. Along comes Carl Webster, the Hot Kid of the Marshals Service, looking for an escaped POW. Carl uses Honey to meet Walter, who Carl believes is hiding the POW. Honey's a free spirit; she likes the hot kid marshal and doesn't care much that he's married. But all Carl wants is to do his job without getting shot."

Road Dogs

Elmore Leonard

2009

"Every prison inmate needs a Road Dog - someone to watch their back, someone they can trust on the inside and out. For wealthy Cuban criminal Cundo Rey, that person is Jack Foley: charmer, ladies' man and infamous bank robber. With the services of a shark attorney and a whole heap of cash, Cundo engineers his buddy's early release, and Jack is soon living large in Cundo's house in Venice Beach, enjoying the attentions of his sexy wife, Dawn. But Dawn has ulterior motives and a plan: to relieve her husband of his considerable fortune... and she needs Jack's help. But with Cundo's release imminent and rogue FBI agent Lou Adams on his tail, just who can Jack trust if he's to pull off the biggest score of his life...?"

Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories

Elmore Leonard

2009

A novella and two short stories. The novella, Comfort To The Enemy, was original published in weekly instalments in the New York Times magazine. This collection was originally published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

"In Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories, the loose cannon U.S. marshal struts his stuff once more in three electrifying new tales."

• Showdown at Checotah
• Louly and Pretty Boy
• Comfort To The Enemy

Djibouti

Elmore Leonard

2010

"Dara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered neo-Nazis and post-Katrina New Orleans, but now she's looking for an even bigger challenge. So Dara and her right-hand man Xavier head to Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, to tackle modern-day pirates. But they soon find a whole lot more than they bargained for and quickly learn that almost no one in Djibouti is what he seems. mob of colourful characters patrols the seas, including a pirate chief with a taste for fine cars and an Oxford-educated sheik with scams of his own. And then there's the gun-toting Texan billionaire Billy Wynn, and James Russell, an American al-Qaeda convert who wants to blow up something big. As hijacked tankers line up like floating bombs, Dara and Xavier know it's time for a showdown."

Raylan

Elmore Leonard

2012

"US Marshal Raylan Givens, star of the series Justified, and protagonist of Riding The Rap, Pronto and the story Fire in the Hole, is back in action, this time with a federal warrant to serve on a dope dealer named Angel Arenas, a man 'born in the U.S. but a hundred percent of him Hispanic'. The state troopers are impressed when the marshal struts into the convict's hotel room without drawing his gun, but Raylan soon finds that Angel's already been the victim of another crime, one that's way bigger than a few pot plants, and clearly the work of a professional."

Fire In The Hole and Other Stories

Elmore Leonard

2012

This collection was originally published in 2003 as When the Women Come Out To Dance.

"In this short fiction collection Elmore Leonard .... once again illustrates that the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think."

• Sparks
• Hanging Out at the Buena Vista
• Chickasaw Charlie Hoke
• When the Women Come Out To Dance
• Fire in the Hole
• Karen Makes Out
• Hurrah for Captain Early
• The Tonto Woman
• Tenkiller

Charlie Martz and Other Stories: The Unpublished Stories of Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

2014

"When Elmore Leonard died in 2013, he left behind a 60-year legacy of crime novels, many of which have become modern classics. He also left behind a treasure trove of unpublished early stories. Largely written during his years as a copywriter at a Detroit ad agency, these stories introduce us to unforgettable Leonard characters, some of whom star in his later works. Razor-sharp and effortlessly entertaining, this collection reveals a master who honed his craft from a young age, and reminds us why Leonard is so sorely missed."

• One, Horizontal
• Charlie Martz
• Siesta In Paloverde
• Time Of Terror
• A Happy, Lighthearted People
• Arma Virumque Cano
• Confession
• Evenings Away From Home
• For Something To Do
• The Italian Cut
• The Only Good Syrian Foot Soldier Is A Dead One
• The Line Rider
• The Trespassers
• The Bull Ring At Blisston
• Rebel On The Run

Dutch Treat

Elmore Leonard

1985

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: The Hunted; Swag; and Mr. Majestyk.

Double Dutch Treat

Elmore Leonard

1986

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: Moonshine War; Gold Coast; and City Primevil.

Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #1

Elmore Leonard

1998

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: Bounty Hunters; Forty Lashes Less One; and Gunsights.

Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #2

Elmore Leonard

1998

An omnibus edition that combines the three novels: Escape from Five Shadows; Last Stand at Saber River; and The Law at Randado.

Elmore Leonard's Western Roundup #3

Elmore Leonard

1998

An omnibus edition that combines the two novels: Valdez is Coming and Hombre.

Four Novels of the 1970s

Elmore Leonard

Penguin Random House

2014

An omnibus edition that combines the four novels: Fifty-Two Pickup; Swag; Unknown Man No. 89; and The Switch.

Four Novels of the 1980s

Elmore Leonard

Penguin Random House

2015

An omnibus edition that combines the four novels: City Primeval; LaBrava; Glitz; and Freaky Deaky.

Four Later Novels

Elmore Leonard

Penguin Random House

2016

An omnibus edition that combines the four novels: Get Shorty; Rum Punch; Out of Sight; and Tishomingo Blues.

The Classic Crime Novels

Elmore Leonard

Penguin Random House

2017

Three volumes in a slipcase.

This set comprises the three Library Of America omnibus edition listed above: Four Novels of the 1970s, Four Novels of the 1980s, and Four Later Novels in a slipcase. The complete package therefore combines the twelve novels: Fifty-Two Pickup; Swag; Unknown Man No. 89; The Switch; City Primeval; LaBrava; Glitz; and Freaky Deaky; Get Shorty; Rum Punch; Out of Sight; and Tishomingo Blues.

Westerns

Elmore Leonard

Penguin Random House

2018

An omnibus edition that combines the four novels: Last Stand at Saber River; Hombre; Valdez Is Coming; and Forty Lashes Less One; plus a number of short stories.

Detroit, The Renaissance City

Photographs: Balthazar Korab

1986

Includes an introduction by Elmore Leonard.

Rediscoveries II: Important Writers Select Their Favorite Works of Neglected Fiction

Editor: David Madded & Peggy Bach

1988

Includes a chapter by Elmore Leonard about Richard Bissell.

"Over forty authors recommend books that have not necessarily received wide critical acclaim or notice but that they feel will have a lasting influence and enduring value."

Sprinkled With Ruby Dust: A Literary And Hollywood Memoir

H.N. Swanson

1989

Includes an introduction by Elmore Leonard.

Notebooks

Elmore Leonard

1991

Published in a number of limited editions.

Extracts from Elmore Leonard's notebooks describing journeys he took and the plotting of some of his novels.

Who's Writing This? : Notations on the Authorial I, with Self Portraits

Editor: Daniel Halpern

1995

Reprint edition by Harper Perennial in 2009 with the subtitle "Fifty-five writers on humor, courage, self-loathing, and the creative process."

Includes a chapter by Elmore Leonard called 'What Elmore Leonard Does'.

"After seeing a new translation of Jorge Luis Borges's mini-essay "Borges and I" (included here), Halpern asked numerous writers to muse briefly on "the fictional persona behind the scenes" the alter(ed) ego that accompanies creation. He asked some 50 well-known authors-such as Margaret Atwood, Pat Conroy, William Gass, Czeslaw Milosz, James Michener, Joyce Carol Oates, and Cynthia Ozick-to write pieces on this idea. The essays are mostly one- to two-page snapshots and vary widely as to approach. Some are touching, others delightfully silly. Each contributor also submitted a whimsical self-portrait."

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For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most

Editor: Ronald R. Shwartz

1999

Includes a chapter by Elmore Leonard about Richard Bissell.

" A collection of more than one hundred original essays from writers ranging from Dave Barry to Robert Bly, from Nadine Gortimer to Anna Quindlen, offers unique reflections on literature and life as they discuss books that have most influenced them."

The Professional

W.C. Heinz

2001

The six page foreword to the 2001 edition of this 1958 novel is by Elmore Leonard.

Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life

Editor: Barnaby Conrad and Monte Schulz

2002

Includes a 4 page chapter by Elmore Leonard.

"Snoopy sits atop his doghouse, banging out stories on a manual typewriter: Usually they begin 'It was a dark and stormy night.' Always they're rejected. In Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life, a roundup of thirty famous writers and entertainers respond in short, 500-word essays to a favourite strip. Each essay focuses on how the strip presents an aspect of writing life - getting started, getting rejected, searching for new ideas - that they have experienced. The essays are light and humorous, but also offer insight and inspiration to writers working at any level. Contributors include Elmore Leonard, Sue Grafton, Jackie Collins, John Cleese, William Buckley, Danielle Steele, and Jonathan Winters. An introduction by Monte Schulz addresses the writing life and how Snoopy's experience - his tenacity and resilience - can inspire us all."

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey

Editor: Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Holly George Warren, Christopher John Farley

2003

Includes a chapter by Elmore Leonard: Thank God for Robert Johnson.

"A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them."

'84: The Last of the Great Tigers: Untold Stories from an Amazing Season

Eli Zaret

2004

The foreword to this baseball book is by Elmore Leonard.

Miami Blues

Charles Willeford

2004

The introduction to the 2004 edition of this 1984 novel is by Elmore Leonard.

Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules Of Writing

Elmore Leonard

2007

"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."

I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History

Walter Mirisch

2008

This book has forewords by Elmore Leonard and Sidney Poitier.

Detroit. 138 Square Miles

Julie Reyes Taubman

2011

Includes a Foreword by Elmore Leonard.

"Over the past six years, documentary photographer and architectural historian Julia Reyes Taubman has taken more than 30,000 photographs across the sprawled terrain of Detroit, ambitiously mapping out a comprehensive survey of a major American city. Photographing on the ground, in the buildings and by air and water, Reyes Taubman believes that when buildings and landscape are manipulated by nature and time they become more visually compelling than almost any architectural intervention."

Books to Die For

Editor: John Connolly and Declan Burke

2012

The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels.

Elmore Leonard writes about Dance Hall Of The Dead by Tony Hillerman in this collection..

"In a series of personal essays that often reveal as much about themselves and their work as they do about the books that they love, more than 120 authors from twenty countries have created a guide that will be indispensable for generations of readers and writers. From Christie to Child and Poe to PD James, from Sherlock Holmes to Hannibal Lecter and Philip Marlowe to Peter Wimsey, Books To Die For brings together the cream of the mystery world for a feast of reading pleasure, a treasure trove for those new to the genre and those who believe that there is nothing new left to discover."

Voices Of The Dead

Peter Leonard

2012

The 2012 Story Plant edition of this novel includes an introduction by Elmore Leonard.

The Courage to Change: Personal Conversations About Alcoholism

Dennis Wholey

1984

Includes a chapter based on an interview with Elmore Leonard.

"In this powerful, inspiring volume, former Late Night America host and recovering alcoholic Dennis Wholey tells his story. In addition, celebrities from Doc Severinson to Sid Caesar to Jason Robards speak in their own words about the devastating effects of alcoholism."

Elmore Leonard

David Geherin

1989

"Briefly sketches Leonard's life discusses each of his novels, and assesses his place in crime literature."

Writers Dreaming

Naomi Epel

1995

Includes a chapter based on interviews with Elmore Leonard.

"In this fascinating book, dream researcher and radio-show host Naomi Epel has compiled hours of interviews with twenty-six well-known writers to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the workings of the imagination. In their own words, they discuss the dreams that have had a powerful effect on their work and their lives, revealing in the process their philosophies, habitual rituals and ways of solving creative problems. Writers Dreaming is a unique anthology of wisdom from some of the most important writers in contemporary literature, allowing us to understand how they summon forth their ideas and fashion them into art. Its frank and revealing narrative provides a rare insight into the wellsprings of creativity."

Elmore Leonard

James E. Devlin

Twayne's Publishers

1999

"In this comprehensive analysis of Leonard's work, James Devlin discusses all 35 novels to date, with emphasis on the crime novels, from The Big Bounce (1961) to Be Cool (1999)."

Elmore Leonard: A Reader's Checklist and Reference Guide

1999

Get Dutch: A Biography of Elmore Leonard

Paul Challen

2000

"For six decades now, American crime novelist Elmore 'Dutch' Leonard has been entertaining readers around the world with his unique style, gritty dialogue, and quirky characters. This first full-length biography of Leonard in over a decade reveals the story of this remarkable writer, including in-depth interviews with Leonard himself, his personal research assistant, the screenwriter responsible for bringing Out of Sight and Get Shorty to the big screen, academics who have studied Leonard and his place in the literary world, and with crime fiction experts who have analyzed the impact of Leonard's novels on the reading public."

Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard

Charles J. Rzepka

2013

"Widely known as the crime fiction writer whose work led to the movies Get Shorty and Out of Sight, Elmore Leonard had a special knack for creating "cool" characters. In Being Cool, Charles J. Rzepka looks at what makes the dope-dealers, bookies, grifters, financial advisors, talent agents, shady attorneys, hookers, models, and crooked cops of Leonard's world cool. They may be nefarious, but they are also confident, skilled, and composed. And they are good at what they do. Taking being cool as the highway through Leonard's life and works, Rzepka finds plenty of byways to explore along the way."

Michigan Literary Luminaries: From Elmore Leonard to Robert Hayden

Anna Clark

2015

Elmore Leonard is one of the ten authors featured in this book.

"From Ernest Hemingway's rural adventures to the gritty fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, the landscape of the "Third Coast" has inspired generations of the nation's greatest storytellers. Michigan Literary Luminaries shines a spotlight on this rich heritage of the Great Lakes State. Discover how Saginaw greenhouses shaped the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Theodore Roethke. Compare the common traits of Detroit crime writers like Elmore Leonard and Donald Goines. Learn how Dudley Randall revolutionized American literature by doing for poets what Motown Records did for musicians. Join author Anna Clark as she unveils Michigan's extraordinary written culture with a mixture of history, literary criticism and original reporting."