Elmore Leonard Books Are Cool

I recently finished reading Glitz, a book about a Miami cop named Vincent Mora on sick leave in Puerto Rico who happens to fall hard for one of the local hookers, Iris. His infatuation, in part, is the glue that binds him to recently released criminal and convicted rapist  Teddy Magyk (pronounced Magic). Teddy has a hard-on for Vincent, after all he's the cop who caught him and helped put him behind bars for over 7 years. Through a blaze of comedic crime the two come together in a hail of bullets and body bags. It's a great book full of great characters with snappy dialogue and interesting back stories. It's one of Elmore Leonard's more memorable books from a catalog of memorable reads. 

Elmore Leonard was renowned for his dialogue and off-center crime fiction. Some of my other reviews of books by Elmore Leonard include:

Out of Sight - Like any novel written by Elmore Leonard, the dialogue is crisp, clever and straight to the point – you won’t find any filler content in OUT OF SIGHT. The plot is multifaceted; from the original prison break to the two robberies that play out leading to Karen and Foley’s reunion – a lot happens but it’s written in such a way as the reader doesn’t get lost in the different perspectives. 

Read the full review of Out of Sight here

The first Carl Webster book, The Hot Kid, is another of my favorite reads, unfortunately the follow-up, Up in Honey's Room was quite as good but to be fair the tone of that book was vastly different from The Hot Kid. 

The Hot Kid - Chronicling the kills of Carl Webster, a gun toting prodigy working as a US Marshal, THE HOT KID pits wanna-be gangsters and bank robbers (and some reluctant gun molls) against a man who is as much legend as the revered outlaws of the time. 

Read the full review of The Hot Kid here