Book Review By Derryll White Leonard, Elmore (2025). Picket Line – The Lost Novella “the poet laureate of wild assholes with revolvers” – from Britain’s…
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The Big Bounce is Elmore Leonard’s first crime novel
Book Review By Derryll White Leonard, Elmore (1969). The Big Bounce. “Boy, do they screw up!” – Anthony Lane Nancy Hayes is a mean…
The Moonshine War’s purity and energy keep it modern
Book Review By Derryll White Leonard, Elmore (1969). The Moonshine War. The United States has definitely done some crazy things from Trump all the way…
Leonard identifies our deep images of self
Book Review By Derryll White Leonard, Elmore (1970). Valdez Is Coming. This is the kind of western novel that readers warm to. Roberto Valdez and…
Elmore Leonard always pleases me
Book Review By Derryll White Leonard, Elmore (1989). KillShot. The one thing Elmore Leonard demands from a reader is respect. One has to pay attention,…
Read this novel and reflect on your own life choices
Book Review By Derryll White Leonard, Elmore (1998). Out of Sight. “Was worse than you imagined wasn’t it? Baby, you with the bad boys now.”…