LaBrava
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LaBrava
Elmore Leonard
Mystery & Suspense
James Mustich
Aug 11, 2018
Elmore Leonard’s Edgar Award-winning novel is the story of Joe LaBrava, an ex-Secret Service agent who gets involved with a former movie star he first became infatuated with as an adolescent, when he was wowed by her big-screen allure. Decades later, in real life, Jean Shaw is still a stunner, and she’s being harried by a couple of menacing—albeit colorful—thugs. Set in Florida’s South Beach before its recent glitzy renaissance, this 1983 thriller evokes the atmosphere of the films noirs that Shaw once starred in as well as the bygone glamour of an older, celebrity-studded Miami. But what it delivers best of all is its author’s trademark blend of hardboiled suspense, high-spirited invention, and outrageous characters; it’s both funny and frightening at the same time.
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Maddy
Apr 19, 2020
All of his are great - read them all!
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