Be Cool
Book description
The sequel to Chili Palmer's hit movie tanked and now Chili's itching for a comeback. So when a power lunch with record-label executive and former associate Tommy Athens ends in a mob hit, he soon finds himself in an unlikely alliance with organized-crime detective Darryl Holmes and the likely nextā¦
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Iāll admit, the Russian villain in this thriller is a very bit part, but I canāt have a top 5 list of any thriller without including Elmore Leonard. I read one of Leonardās first urban thrillers, Glitz, back in ā80ās and was blown away with how gritty it was. Iād never heard dialogue coming out of characterās mouths like that before. He wrote dialogue like people actually spokeānot with perfect dialect, but street language. Itās the reason he was dubbed the Dickens of Detroit. If youāve read Elmore Leonard and liked him, then pick this up and read it. Itāsā¦
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