Bøger af 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 of a wealthy Detroit developer and hold her for ransom. Looks good until they learn the lowlife husband doesn't want his wife back. So it's time for Plan B and the opportunity to make a real killing?with the unlikely help of a beautiful, ticked-off housewife who's hungry for a large helping of sweet revenge.

Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today.New York Times Book ReviewWith more than forty novels to his credit and still going strong, the legendary Elmore Leonard has well earned the title, Americas greatest crime writer (Newsweek). And U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Pronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole) is one of Leonards most popular creations, thanks in part to the phenomenal success of the hit TV series Justified. Leonards Raylan shines a spotlight once again on the dedicated, if somewhat trigger-happy lawman, this time in his familiar but not particularly cozy milieu of Harlan County, Kentucky, where the drug dealing Crowe brothers are branching out into the human body parts business. Suspenseful, darkly wry and riveting, and crackling with Leonards trademark electric dialogue, Raylan is prime Grand Master Leonard as you have always loved him and always will.

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?and now the aging but still hot flight attendant will have to do prison time or play ball, which makes her a prime ?loose end? that Ordell needs to tie up permanently. Jackie, however, has other options. And with the help of Max Cherry?an honest but disgruntled bail bondsman looking to get out?she could even end up with a serious nest egg in the process.

Elmore Leonard, New York Times bestselling author and "the hippest, funniest national treasure in sight" (Washington Post), brings his trademark wit and inimitable style to this twisting, gripping?and sometimes playful?tale of modern-day piracyDara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered the rape of Bosnian women, neo-Nazi white supremacists, and post-Katrina New Orleans, and has won awards for all three. Now, looking for a bigger challenge, Dara and her right-hand-man, Xavier LeBo, a six-foot-six, seventy-two-year-old African American seafarer, head to Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, to film modern-day pirates hijacking merchant ships.They learn soon enough that almost no one in the Middle East is who he seems to be. The most successful pirate, driving his Mercedes around Djibouti, appears to be a good guy, but his pal, a cultured Saudi diplomat, has dubious connections. Billy Wynn, a Texas billionaire, plays mysterious roles as the mood strikes him. He's promised his girlfriend, Helene, a nifty fashion model, that he'll marry her if she doesn't become seasick or bored while circling the world on his yacht. And there's Jama Raisuli, a black al Qaeda terrorist from Miami, who's vowed to blow up something big.What Dara and Xavier have to decide, besides the best way to stay alive: Should they shoot the action as a documentary or turn it into a Hollywood feature film?

A character so outrageous he could only have come from the ingenious imagination of Elmore Leonard, lewd, lecherous, law-bending Florida jurist Judge Robert "Maximum Bob" Gibbs has been judged guilty by a grudge-bearing malefactor and sentenced to death--by alligator, if necessary. Maximum Bob is a delightfully dark classic thriller from "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever" (New York Times Book Review), and any reader who loved getting gleefully lost in criminal mayhem of Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight, The Hot Kid, or any number of the inimitable Leonard's numerous crime fiction masterworks will get maximum enjoyment out of this one.

"An excellent read....Concrete evidence of a master crime writer still at the top of his game."--Russel D. McLean, author of The Good Son"The reigning King Daddy of crime writers" (Seattle Times), Elmore Leonard first introduced quick-triggered legendary lawman Carl Webster in the New York Times bestseller, The Hot Kid, and brought him back for an encore Up in Honey's Room. In Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories, the loose cannon U.S. marshal struts his stuff once more in three electrifying new tales. Comfort to the Enemy is more indisputable proof that Elmore Leonard is indeed, as Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island) puts it, "The greatest crime writer who ever lived."

"Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one."--Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic River "You know from the first sentence that you're in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one'll kill you."--Stephen King Elmore Leonard is eternal. In Road Dogs, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner and "America's greatest crime master" (Newsweek) brings back three of his favorite characters--Jack Foley from Out of Sight, Cundo Rey from La Brava, and Dawn Navarro from Riding the Rap--for a twisting, explosive, always surprising masterwork of crime fiction the San Francisco Chronicle calls, "a sly, violent, funny and superbly written story of friendship, greed, and betrayal."

Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one.Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic RiverYou know from the first sentence that youre in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This onell kill you.Stephen KingElmore Leonard is eternal. In Road Dogs, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner and Americas greatest crime master (Newsweek) brings back three of his favorite charactersJack Foley from Out of Sight, Cundo Rey from La Brava, and Dawn Navarro from Riding the Rapfor a twisting, explosive, always surprising masterwork of crime fiction the San Francisco Chronicle calls, a sly, violent, funny and superbly written story of friendship, greed, and betrayal.

The odd thing about Walter Schoen, German born but now running a butcher shop in Detroit, he's a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and the Gestapo. They even share the same birthday.Honey Deal, Walter's American wife, doesn't know that Walter is a member of a spy ring that sends U.S. war production data to Germany and gives shelter to escaped German prisoners of war. But she's tired of telling him jokes he doesn't understandit's time to get a divorce.Along comes Carl Webster, the hot kid of the Marshals Service. He's looking for Jurgen Schrenk, a former Afrika Korps officer who escaped from a POW camp in Oklahoma. Carl's pretty sure Walter's involved with keeping Schrenk hidden, so Carl gets to know Honey, hoping she'll take him to Walter. Carl then meets Vera Mezwa, the nifty Ukrainian head of the spy ring who's better looking than Mata Hari, and her tricky lover Bohdan with the Buster Brown haircut and a sly way of killing. Honey's a free spirit; she likes the hot kid marshal and doesn't much care that he's married. But all Carl wants is to get Jurgen Schrenk without getting shot. And then there's Ottothe Waffen-SS major who runs away with a nice Jewish girl. It's Elmore Leonard's worldgritty, funny, and full of surprises.

"These are the rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story."?Elmore LeonardFor aspiring writers and lovers of the written word, this concise guide breaks down the writing process with simplicity and clarity. From adjectives and exclamation points to dialect and hoopetedoodle, Elmore Leonard explains what to avoid, what to aspire to, and what to do when it sounds like "writing" (rewrite).Beautifully designed, filled with free-flowing, elegant illustrations and specially priced, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing is the perfect writer's?and reader's?gift.

German-born Walter Schoen, now living in Detroit, is a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler. Walter's American wife, Honey Deal, doesn't know he's a German spy, but she's tired of telling him jokes he doesn't understand?it's time for a divorce. Along comes Carl Webster, the hot kid of the Marshals Service. He's looking for a German officer who escaped from a POW camp in Oklahoma. Carl's pretty sure Walter's involved, so Carl gets to know Honey, hoping she'll take him to Walter. Honey likes Carl and doesn't much care that he's married. But all Carl wants is to get his man without getting shot. It's Elmore Leonard's world?gritty, funny, and full of surprises.

Before he brilliantly traversed the gritty landscapes of underworld Detroit and Miami, Elmore Leonard wrote breathtaking adventures set in America's nineteenth-century western frontier?elevating a popular genre with his now-trademark twisting plots, rich characterizations, and scalpel-sharp dialogue.No author has ever written more evocatively of the dusty, gutsy heyday of the American West than Elmore Leonard. This complete collection of his thirty-one Western tales will thrill lovers of the genre, his die-hard fans, and everyone in between. From his very first story ever published?"The Trail of the Apache"?through five decades of classic Western tales, The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard demonstrates the superb talent for language and gripping narrative that has made Leonard one of the most acclaimed and influential writers of our time.

Destiny, restlessness, and greed moved the white man west, into lands occupied for centuries by a proud and noble people: Arapahoe, Navajo, Apache, Sioux. The bitter misunderstandings and brutal clashes of cultures that resulted ultimately shaped the nation we know today. In seven classic western tales, the New York Times-bestselling Grand Master re-creates a world of violence, deception, vengeance, and strange beauty with the same peerless storytelling power that distinguishes his acclaimed suspense fiction.

Trust was rare and precious in the wide-open towns that sprung up like weeds on America's frontier?with hustlers and hucksters arriving in droves by horse, coach, wagon, and rail, and gunmen working both sides of the law, all too eager to end a man's life with a well-placed bullet. The New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of suspense deftly displays the other side of his genius, with seven classic western tales of destiny and fatal decision . . . and trust as essential to survival as it is hard-earned.

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 frontier—elevating a popular genre with his now-trademark twisting plots, rich characterizations, and scalpel-sharp dialogue.For every story of inspiring moral courage in America's untamed West, there's one of greed and duplicity, of corrupted souls willingly sacrificed to a merciless deity of ill-gotten gold. The New York Times-bestselling Grand Master brings us seven unforgettable western tales of noble stands and cowardly compromises—and battles of will more devastating than a blazing gunfight.

Carlos Webster was fifteen in the fall of 1921 the first time he came face-to-face with a nationally known criminal. A few weeks later, he killed his first man—a cattle thief who was rustling his dad's stock. Now Carlos, called Carl, is the hot kid of the U.S. Marshals Service, one of the elite manhunters currently chasing the likes of Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd across America's Depression-ravaged heartland. Carl wants to be the country's most famous lawman. Jack Belmont, the bent son of an oil millionaire, wants to be public enemy number one. Tony Antonelli of True Detective magazine wants to write about this world of cops and robbers, molls and speakeasies from perilously close up. Then there are the hot dames—Louly and Elodie—hooking their schemes and dreams onto dangerous men. And before the gunsmoke clears, everybody just might end up getting exactly what he or she wished for.

Loan shark Chili Palmer didn't say anything when Ray Bones stole his leather jacket from Vesuvio's in Miami. He just went to Ray's house, broke his nose, took the jacket, and left. Twelve years later, on account of his boss getting whacked, Chili finds himself working for Bones and ordered to collect on a bad debt from Leo Devoe, a guy who died in a plane crash. But it turns out Leo isn't dead; he's in Las Vegas with the $300,000 the airline paid to his wife. So Chili follows him to Vegas and then on to Hollywood, where he hooks up with movie producers, actors, and studio execs. Getting Leo becomes a movie pitch unfolding in a city where every move you make is a potential scene, and making it big isn't all that different from making your bones: You gotta know who to pitch, who to hit, and how to knock 'em dead.

Elmore Leonard, a literary icon praised by The New York Times Book Review as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever," has captured the imagination of millions of readers with his more than three dozen books.In this short fiction collection, Leonard demonstrates the superb characterizations, dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and driving plots that have made him a household name -- and once again illustrates that the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think.Federal marshal Karen Sisco, from the bestselling novel Out of Sight, returns in "Karen Makes Out," once again inadvertently mixing pleasure with business. In "Fire in the Hole," Raylan Givens, last seen in Riding the Rap and Pronto, meets up with an old friend, but they're now on different sides of the law. In the title story, "When the Women Come Out to Dance," Mrs. Mahmood gets more than she bargains for when she conspires with her maid to end her unhappy marriage.All nine stories are Elmore Leonard at his vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human best.

Al Rosen was doing just fine, hiding out in Israel -- until he decided to play Good Samaritan and rescue some elderly tourists from a hotel fire. Now his picture's been carried in the stateside press, and the guys he's been hiding from know exactly where he is. And they're coming to get him -- crooked lawyers, men with guns and money, and assorted members of the Detroit mob who are harboring a serious grudge. Playtime in paradise is officially over; Rosen's a million miles from home with a bull's eye on his back. And his only ally is a U.S. Embassy marine who's been looking for a war . . . and who's damn well found one.

Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a green local kid with a tin badge. And when the wealthy cattle baron's men drag two prisoners from Frye's jail and hang them from a high tree, there's nothing the untried young lawman can do about it. But Kirby's got more grit than Sundeen and his hired muscles bargained for. They can beat the boy and humilate him, but they can't make him forget the jog he has sworn to do. The cattleman has money, fear, and guns on his side, but Kirby Frye's the law in this godforsaken corner of the Arizona Territories. And he'll drag Sundeen and his killers straight to hell himself to prove it.

Georgeanne Howard, charm school graduate and Southern belle extraordinaire, leaves her fiance at the altar when she realizes that she just can't marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, no matter how rich he is. John Kowalsky unknowingly helps her escape, and only when it's too late does he realize that he's absconded with his boss's bride. At the height of his hockey career, this bad boy isn't looking to be anybody's savior but his own, no matter how beautiful this angel may be. But a long night stretches ahead of them--a night too sultry to resist temptation. When Georgeanne and John meet again, she is on her way to becoming Seattle's domestic darling and he is past his hellraising days. But he is shocked to learn that their single unforgettable night in paradise produced a daughter, and he is determined to be a part of her life. Georgeanne has loved John since the moment she jumped into his little red Corvette seven years ago, but she doesn't want to risk her heart again. Is he really a changed man? And will he risk the wrath of his boss, and one final chance at glory, to prove that this time his love will be everlasting?

Den tidligere FBI-agent Joe LaBrava har fået nok af det farlige liv og er flyttet til Miami for at komme væk fra sit gamle miljø. Han bor på et lille hotel og bruger sine dage på at tage billeder af mennesker og gadeliv. En dag beder hotellets bestyrer, Maurice, ham om hjælp til at tage sig af hans veninde Jean. Joe træder gerne til, da det viser sig, at Jean er den filmskuespillerinde, Joe engang var dødeligt forelsket i. Da det kommer frem, at nogen prøver at presse 600.000 dollars ud af Jean, går det op for LaBrava, at han bliver nødt til at hjælpe hende. Med den beslutning slutter hans stille liv brat, og han bliver kastet ud i et spændende drama, der truer med at blive hans endeligt.Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) var en amerikansk forfatter, der skrev en lang række populære krimier og spændingsromaner. Hans romaner er blevet oversat til mange sprog og har solgt mange millioner eksemplarer verden over. Elmore Leonard står desuden bag en lang række filmmanuskripter, og flere af hans værker er blevet filmatiseret af stjerneinstruktører som Quentin Tarantino og Danny DeVito.

Carlos Webster er en skruppelløs og koldblodig U.S. marshal, der i forbudstidens Oklahoma jagter nogle af landets farligste forbrydere. Om han fanger dem døde eller levende, betyder ikke meget for ham, og han havde ingen skrupler ved at skyde den berygtede bankrøver Emmett Long, som derved gjorde ham berømt.Nu er Webster på sporet af Jack Belmont, der er søn af en stenrig oliemillionær og sætter alt ind på at blive samfundets fjende nummer ét. Han har imidlertid ikke regnet med at få forbrydernes fjende nummer ét efter sig, og nu går den vilde jagt gennem USA’s afkroge, hvor smukke gangsterpiger og farlige forbrydere truer med at stoppe Websters ihærdige jagt på sit bytte.Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) var en amerikansk forfatter, der skrev en lang række populære krimier og spændingsromaner. Hans romaner er blevet oversat til mange sprog og har solgt mange millioner eksemplarer verden over. Elmore Leonard står desuden bag en lang række filmmanuskripter, og flere af hans værker er blevet filmatiseret af stjerneinstruktører som Quentin Tarantino og Danny DeVito.

Bookmaker Harry Arno har længe fundet sig i at have de lokale mafiosoer som uofficielle chefer, der skummede fløden uden at blande sig i hans forretning. En dag finder Arno pludselig ud af, at mafiosoerne vil ham til livs, og han beslutter sig for at bruge lejligheden til at føre sin livslange drøm ud i livet og flytte til Rapallo i Italien.Da han ankommer til det sted, han så længe har drømt om, har han imidlertid to problemer: Hans fjender i USA kender alt til hans drøm om at flytte til Rapallo, og uheldigvis ligger denne by i mafiaens hjemland, Italien. Samtidig har U.S. marshallen Raylan Givens fulgt hans spor til Italien, og han kan muligvis være Arnos eneste chance for at overleve..."Elmore Leonard er the real thing... Han løfter den hårdkogte thriller ud over genrens grænser." - Washington Post"Nutidens mest fremragende spændingsbogsforfatter." - USA Today"Elmore Leonard griber dig og slipper dig ikke. Men du vil nyde hvert øjeblik..." - Los Angeles Times Book ReviewElmore Leonard (1925-2013) var en amerikansk forfatter, der skrev en lang række populære krimier og spændingsromaner. Hans romaner er blevet oversat til mange sprog og har solgt mange millioner eksemplarer verden over. Elmore Leonard står desuden bag en lang række filmmanuskripter, og flere af hans værker er blevet filmatiseret af stjerneinstruktører som Quentin Tarantino og Danny DeVito.

Chili Palmer har tolv år på bagen som lånehaj i Miami. Ikke prangende, men godt fast arbejde med gode, faste kunder og så lidt ved siden af med at kradse penge ind for lokale handlende og et par af casinoerne i Las Vegas.En fin levevej, indtil Leo, en af Chilis småskyldnere, stikker af med pengene fra sin livsforsikring. Chili sætter efter ham i selskab med den forhenværende filmstjerne Karen Flores og filmproduceren Harry Zimm. I hælene har de den vanvittige gangster Ray Bones, som de bestemt ikke ønsker at blive fanget af."Get Shorty" er bogen bag den populære film af samme navn, der har John Travolta, Gene Hackman og Danny DeVito i hovedrollerne."Når først Elmore Leonard har kastet krogen ud, bider man på. Og man venter kun på at blive trukket på land, så man kan få lov at ligge og gispe efter vejret." - Det Fri AktueltElmore Leonard (1925-2013) var en amerikansk forfatter, der skrev en lang række populære krimier og spændingsromaner. Hans romaner er blevet oversat til mange sprog og har solgt mange millioner eksemplarer verden over. Elmore Leonard står desuden bag en lang række filmmanuskripter, og flere af hans værker er blevet filmatiseret af stjerneinstruktører som Quentin Tarantino og Danny DeVito.

Before there was Raylan, there was Sisco... U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class gentleman felon Jack Foley in Out of Sight, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonards sexy thriller that moves from Miami to the Motor City.Based on Miami, Floridas Gold Coast, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco isnt about to let a expert criminal like Jack Foley successfully bust out of Floridas Glades Prison. But theres a major score waiting for him in Detroit, and a shotgun-wielding marshal isnt going to stop Foley from getting it.Neither counted on sharing a cramped car trunkor on a sizzling chemistry thats working overtime. As soon as Sisco escapes, Foley is already missing her.Sisco cant forget Foley eitherand she isnt about to let him go. Too bad the next time their paths cross, its going to be about business, not pleasure.

The smallest of small-time criminals, Ernest Stickley Jr. figures his lucks about to change when Detroit used car salesman Frank Ryan catches him trying to boost a ride from Ryans lot. Franks got some surefire schemes for getting rich quickall of them involving gunsand all Stickley has to do is follow Ryans Rules to share the wealth. But sometimes rules need to be bent, maybe even broken, if one is to succeed in the world of crime, especially if the brains of the operation knows less than nothing.