false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171059177m/85210.jpg 85210 19 <p> It's not Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne's fault that they were in the real estate office when a pair of thugs walked in with extortion on their minds. But as far as aging Ojibway Indian hit man Armand Degas is concerned the Colsons are going to have to pay dearly for seeing too much . . . and for the damage Wayne inflicted on Armand and his sicko partner Richie Nix with a tire iron. The cops here in middle-of-nowhere Michigan can't help Carmen and Wayne out, and the best the Feds can offer is the Witness Protection Program. So ultimately it's going to have to come down to one wife, one husband, two killers . . . and one lethal shot. </p> 924886 1989 Killshot total:558|5:69|4:218|3:222|2:43|1:6| 558 1975 701 38 2 1 false false Mon Oct 15 04:39:09 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 15 04:44:45 -0700 2007 Raymond Chandler et al. If I'd sat down to read Killshot (my first and probably last Leonard novel) without those expectations, I'd probably have come away satisfied by this workmanlike but ge...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 23 12:43:10 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:43:10 -0700 2009 I was somewhat disappointed. Killshot did not seem the ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 16:37:27 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 16:40:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 11:22:07 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 27 17:01:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 20 16:17:03 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 16:24:21 -0700 2008
Yes I know, I'm Mr. Hardboiled, and as Elmore Leonard is more or less responsible for modern American crime fiction, revolutionized the use of dialogue in pulp fiction, he writes cracker jack plots, vibrant characters, and by...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 00:16:12 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 19:52:57 -0700 2008 Killshot is a subpar Elmore Leonard book at its best. Its the story of a man who stops his wifes boss from getting beat up by two assassians and then has to run and hide with his wife while said assassians look to finish them off.

Simple story, poor execution. The dialogue feels broken ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 26 09:12:09 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 19 13:22:57 -0700 2009 Killshot in his sleep. It's a painfully simple chase story involving an innocent married couple on the run from a pair of dumb (but dangerous) criminals. That's about it. No classy cape...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 08:53:03 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 05:24:12 -0700 2009 Killshot is easily my favorite Elmore Leonard book that I have read.

The story from the first page through the last convey a sense of existential angst. I have never read a book like this one before: the story irritated me into continuing, just to finish. I enjoyed reading this book, b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 21 09:04:05 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 09:05:44 -0700 2009
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