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Unknown Man #89 by Elmore Leonard

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Unknown Man #89

A Novel

Elmore Leonard, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mariner Books

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 25, 2013

Reading lane: Hard-Boiled Mystery

“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune —and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89 , to become a true believer.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Lean Noir

A brisk, layered noir read that favors tension, economy, and the snap of Leonard’s prose.

Come here for

  • lean, hard-boiled momentum
  • serious crime-fiction polish

Expect

  • suspense that stays clipped
  • immersion over ornament

Book Details

Authors
Elmore Leonard, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mariner Books
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
June 25, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Hard-Boiled Mystery · Private Eye Fiction
Reading lane
Hard-Boiled Mystery

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Publisher Categories

  • Short Story Anthologies

  • Literary Fiction

  • Police Procedurals

  • Mystery Anthologies

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  • International Crime Fiction

  • Short Stories (Single Author)

  • Suspense

About This Book

“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune —and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89 , to become a true believer. The twisty tale of a Detroit process server whose search for a missing stockholder leads him into more serious peril than he ever imagined possible, Unknown Man #89 is a gourmet stew of mystery, suspense, and double and triple cross, peppered with the razor sharp dialogue for whic...

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“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune —and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89 , to become a true believer. The twisty tale of a Detroit process server whose search for a missing stockholder leads him into more serious peril than he ever imagined possible, Unknown Man #89 is a gourmet stew of mystery, suspense, and double and triple cross, peppered with the razor sharp dialogue for which Grand Master Leonard is justifiably famous. Exhilarating old-school crime fiction that the late, great John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker would have been proud to call their own, Unknown Man #89 is a gem—nothing less than we’d expect from the man who created the incomparable U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified .

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