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Comfort to the Enemy and other Carl Webster Stories Comfort to the Enemy and other Carl Webster Stories Elmore Leonard "This is a dazzling collection of three Elmore Leonard stories of which the third and title story, 'Comfort to the Enemy' is a novella. The stories chart the beginning, middle and mature years of leg… OL10827288W
Be Cool Be Cool Elmore Leonard After one triumph and one flop, Mafia loan-shark-turned-Hollywood producer Chili Palmer is desperate for another hit... of the celluloid sort. When a similarly relocated former mob associate takes a … OL111640W
Freaky Deaky Freaky Deaky Elmore Leonard A pair of former 1960s student activists who learned how to blow things up as part of their political education have teamed up after a prison stint and are on the loose in Detroit, out for a revenge … OL111647W
Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories Moment of Vengeance and Other Stories Elmore Leonard 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 fronti… OL111650W
The Switch The Switch Elmore Leonard Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara hit it off in prison, where they were both doing time for grand theft auto. Now that they're out, they're joining forces for one big score. The plan is to kidnap the wife… OL111652W
When the Women Come Out to Dance When the Women Come Out to Dance Elmore Leonard Driven by terrific characters and superb writing, these short pieces (including two novella-length works) are Elmore Leonard at his economical best. In this collection of short fiction, Elmore Leonar… OL111660W
Pagan Babies Pagan Babies Elmore Leonard 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, Nin… OL111667W
Unknown Man #89 Unknown Man #89 Elmore Leonard Detroit process server Jack Ryan has a reputation for being the best in the business at finding people who don't want to be found. Now he's looking for a missing stockholder known only as "Unknown Ma… OL111669W
Cuba Libre Cuba Libre Elmore Leonard Leonard's famous "Tropical Western" delivers a smuggler, a sugar baron, and one smart, pistol-hot lady to Havana during the Spanish-American War.War in Cuba isn't Ben Tyler's concern. Still, sailing … OL111670W
Escape from Five Shadows Escape from Five Shadows Elmore Leonard 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 e… OL111682W
Hombre Hombre Elmore Leonard This book is the basis for the Paul Newman movie of the same name. Set in 19th century Arizona, it's about a white man raised Apache who rides a stagecoach that is robbed en route. The varied charact… OL111684W
The Law at Randado The Law at Randado Elmore Leonard Back in Randado, young deputy sheriff Kirby Frye sets out to bring to justice twelve upstanding citizens who, prompted by hard-drinking and the urgings of wealthy cattle baron Phil Sundeen, have hang… OL111685W
Split Images Split Images Elmore Leonard When a Detroit homicide cop takes a vacation, he looks for some place far away from murder and mayhem. But when Bryan Hurd lands in Palm Beach, he finds that a gun-collecting millionaire and a bitter… OL111691W
Swag Swag Elmore Leonard The smallest of small-time criminals, Ernest Stickley Jr. figures his luck's about to change when Detroit used car salesman Frank Ryan catches him trying to boost a ride from Ryan's lot. Frank's got … OL111692W
Maximum Bob Maximum Bob Elmore Leonard This is a book about a Florida Jurist who has been sentenced to death by a grudge bearing malefactor. OL111695W
Rum Punch Rum Punch Elmore Leonard Ordell "Whitebread" 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 … OL111696W
Valdez Is Coming Valdez Is Coming Elmore Leonard They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem -- and made sure h… OL111699W
Glitz Glitz Elmore Leonard Psycho mama"s boy Teddy Magyk has a serious jones for the Miami cop who put him away--but he wants to hit Vincent Mora where it really hurts before killing him. So when a beautiful Puerto Rican hooke… OL111702W
Killshot Killshot Elmore Leonard 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 Indi… OL111704W
Bandits Bandits Elmore Leonard Working at his brother-in-law’s New Orleans funeral home isn’t reformed jewel thief Jack Delaney’s idea of excitement—until he’s dispatched to a leper’s hospital to pick up a corpse that turns out to… OL111705W
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