Killshot
Worth buying if: You follow Elmore Leonard's clipped dialogue and dark humor.
Skip it if: You prefer procedural police detail over character-driven chase stories.
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Summary
When former Detroit cop Brant is maimed in a crossfire, mob-backed killer Choco and fixer Richie turn his quiet life into a relentless hunt across Miami and the Florida coast in Elmore Leonard's tense thriller Killshot.
Why this book now
Revisit Leonard's lean prose and moral ambiguity in Killshot, a Miami-set thriller that still defines modern American crime fiction.
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Good fit if you want...
- You follow Elmore Leonard's clipped dialogue and dark humor.
- You enjoy cat-and-mouse crime plots set in Miami and the Florida coast.
- You prefer procedural police detail over character-driven chase stories.
- You avoid violence-heavy mob hitman narratives like Choco's pursuit.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780688166380
Worth buying if: You follow Elmore Leonard's clipped dialogue and dark humor.
Skip it if: You prefer procedural police detail over character-driven chase stories.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At about 288 pages, Killshot is a brisk, page-turning read you can finish in a few focused sittings.
What stands out here
This HarperCollins edition highlights Leonard's economical sentences, memorable outlaw figures like Choco and Richie, and the sun-soaked menace of Miami.
Best way to approach it
Read for the dialogue and character beats: short chapters and Leonard's pared prose reward attention to exchanges between Brant, Choco, and Richie.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780688166380
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