Killshot

<p>[Leonard has] written so many first-rate crime stories that it would be fatuous to say <em>Killshot</em> is his best but it probably is anyway.<br />--<em>Newsweek</em></p><p>The <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author the <em>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</em> once called the Alexander the Great of crime fiction Elmore Leonard is responsible for creating some of the sharpest dialogue most compelling characters (including U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of TV's <em>Justified</em> fame) and quite simply some of the very best suspense novels written over the past century. <em>Killshot</em> is prime Leonard--a riveting story of a husband and wife caught in the crossfire when they foil a criminal act and are forced to defend themselves when the legal system fails them from the murderous wrath of a pair of vengeful killers. When it comes to cops and criminals stories <em>Killshot</em> and Leonard are as good as it gets--further proof why the King Daddy of crime writers (<em>Seattle Times</em>) deserves his current place among John D. MacDonald Dashiell Hammett James M. Cain and the other legendary greats of the noir fiction genre.<br /></p>