City Primeval High Noon In Detroit Author:Elmore Leonard In this superbly authentic, highly original novel of crime and retribution, an angry cop waits and wonders, knowing only that he will surprise himself when he runs out of patience for a killer with a maddening knack for playing an ice-cold Clyde to a most unsentimental Bonnie. Stalking, bargaining, dogged by memories of past pyramids of evidence... more » smashed to bits by a judge's gavel, thwarted by a cool and beautiful lawyer whose defence of the killer may be her own deathkneel, itching now to take not just the law but the lawbreaker into his own hands, the man of the law begins to see himself--in the streets, behind his gun and badge--sure enough facing an astonishing, unacceptable showdown.
"Leonard is a very good writer; he manages to get into his characters and build a believable situation...He has a wonderful ear, and his dialogue never has a false note...An entertainer of enormous finesse who can write circles around almost anyone active in the crime novel today." -- The New York Times Book Review« less