This was my first, and still my favorite Elmore Leonard book. I’m not sure what combination of factors brought the whole thing off to such great effect, but I loved it. This novel spurred me on to read Elmore Leonard’s entire body of work.

Considering there are over 40 novels to his credit, you would think this was no easy task. But in fact, the opposite is true. I flew through most of them, and my only regret to this day is that there aren’t more of them.

Killshot is a fast paced, intricately plotted crime novel that’s like nothing else you’ve ever read. The characters couldn’t be more colorful or real, and the story just keeps you turning pages. If there is one book that embodies the essence of the couldn’t put it down winner, this is it.

P.S. There’s finally a movie based on this book that should be hitting theaters soon. I just hope Hollywood doesn’t screw it up.

Elmore Leonard has always been one of my favorite writers. Everyone raves about his mastery of dialog and his poetic prose, but for me is all about the characters and the story. Elmore Leonard is the man! He’s an industry all to himself. No one does it better. His characters just jump off the page, and you can’t help falling in love with them.

In this, his forty-second novel, he goes all out. In my opinion this is one of his best books ever. Leonard was a fantastic western writer before he switched over to mainstream crime fiction. In this novel he blends the two genres together to great effect.

It is not required, but if you’ve read his old western, Cuba Libre, you’ll get an extra kick out of this book. This is an intelligent, witty, well paced adrenaline rush of a novel. It’s a definite couldn’t put it down winner. If this is your first Elmore Leonard book, you’re in for a treat. Get it now.