Tishomingo Blues - Softcover

Leonard, Elmore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062009397 ISBN 13: 9780062009395

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2010

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2010-09-28 Pages: 416 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica. Mississippi-diving off an eighty-foot ladder into nine feet of water for the amusement of gamblers. gangsters. and luscious belles. His riskiest feat. however. was witnessing a Dixie-style mob execution while atop his diving platform. Robert Taylor saw the hit also. A blues-loving Detroit hustler touring the Southland in a black Jaguar . Taylors got his own secret agenda re the Cornbread Cosa Nostra. and he wants Dennis in on the game. But theres a lot more in Robert Taylors pocket than a photo of his lynched great-grandfather. And high-diver Dennis could be about to take a long. fatal fall-right into a mess of hoop skirts. Civil War playacting... and more trouble than he ever dreamed possible.

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"Leonard delivers a certifiable masterpiece of such twisted ingenuity that he transcends even his own bad self....Tishomingo Blues is that good."

--Baltimore Sun

Crime fiction Grand Master Elmore Leonard heads to the Deep South for a bracing dose of Tishomingo Blues--a wild, Leonard-esque ride featuring gamblers, mobsters, murderers, high divers, and Civil War re-enactors that the New York Times Book Review calls, "Leonard's best work since Get Shorty." Sparkling with trademark "Dutch" Leonard dialogue so sharp it could cut you, Tishomingo Blues is classic mystery, mayhem, and gritty noir fun from "the coolest, hottest thriller writer in America" (Chicago Tribune).

Review:

"God bless Elmore Leonard. Grade: A."--Entertainment Weekly

"Elmore Leonard . . . has been imitated by many but remains the original."--Wall Street Journal

"America's greatest crime writer."--Newsweek

"Pure gold."--Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

"The hottest thriller writer in the U. S."--Time

"Pure entertainment."--Booklist (starred review)

"Pure reading pleasure."--Playboy

"The coolest, hottest thriller writer in America."--Chicago Tribune

"The tentacles of Elmore's style pull you in like a giant octopus. There's no escape till the last page."--Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0062009397
• ISBN 13: 9780062009395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416