Arresting reads by great crime writers
Elmore Leonard
Recommended: '52 Pickup' (1974)
Called the Dickens of Detroit, Leonard is a tight writer who makes every single word count. After switching from writing westerns to crime, the likes of '52 Pickup' was created. Although this wasn't his bestseller ('Gaze' gave him a firmly established name), the plot will keep you hanging off every single syllable.
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