LabravaNew York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard delivers his trademark blend of action, sex, violence, humor, and hard boiled suspense in this thrilling crime classic, LaBrava. Joe La Brava is an exSecret Service agent who gets mixed up in a South Miami Beach scam involving a redneck former cop, a Cuban hit man who moonlights as a go go dancer, and a one time movie queen whose world is part make believe, part deadly dangerous. Fast moving, pitch

especially Charlie’s mother

the critically-acclaimed Sunshine State and the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award

the steamy

love’s agonized disappointments

Henry has it all: he’s the jock

Béarnaise is made better by tangy 1% buttermilk in place of egg yolks and butter

loveless life in the city

Ferry writes with warmth

for her beloved

and at times

modern-day democracy and the threats that we all must face together

the girls all see someone who looks exactly like Ali emerge—but that’s just not possible