FICTION
Released: Jan. 31, 2012
"A master's valedictory canter around a familiar track--an unimpressive job of carpentry that's still treasurable for Leonard's patented dialogue and some truly loopy situations handled with deadpan brio."
Raylan Givens, the U.S. Marshal who brought law and order to
Pronto (1993), is back in a series of three interlinked stories disguised as a novel.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"Not your father's anti-terrorism yarn. Leonard's characters make James Bond look fidgety."
Leonard's company of stock character types--the veteran law enforcer, the savvy professional woman, the seen-it-all sidekick, the horny billionaire--are so cool that they can confront international terrorism without batting an eyelash.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"The ritualistically extended final story, originally serialized in the New York Times Magazine, marks Leonard's shaggiest hour to date. Not that there's anything wrong with that. "
Two curtain-raisers and one extended tale bring back Deputy U.S. Marshal Carl Webster, the hero of
The Hot Kid (2005) and
Up in Honey's Room (2007).
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FICTION
Released: May 12, 2009
"What works best are the matchless incidental pleasures Leonard's world always provides, from lightning-fast descriptions to bull's-eye dialogue, as when Cundo complains about Dawn's nagging: "Eight years inside I dream about her. I come out, she acts like she's my wife.""
Leonard throws together three battle-hardened survivors from his earlier capers, with predictably unpredictable results.
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FICTION
Released: May 8, 2007
"Despite constant threats of violence and occasional doses of same, the lazy plot is almost an afterthought to the spectacle of a bunch of "useless spy ring guys" as compulsive as windup toys, and about as consequential."
Tulsa deputy U.S. Marshal Carl Webster, his hell-raising reputation secured by
The Hot Kid (2005), tangles with Nazis in a slow-motion dance in wartime Detroit.
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FICTION
Released: May 10, 2005
"The whole sepia-toned caravan, in fact, is so relaxed that even the most violent felonies may leave you smiling. Leonard's gentle epic is as restorative as a month in the country."
Leonard's 40th novel sweetly revisits the Depression, when every Oklahoma kid dreamed of growing up to be a lawman or a gangster.
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