He’s been referred to by the rather unwieldy sobriquet of “The Master of Contemporary American Crime Fiction.” And many critics and readers have agreed that he’s a worthy heir to the hardboiled ...

From rural settings to complex characters, this neo-Western set the stage as one of TV's most confident dramas, and its ...

Twelve years after his death in 2013, Michigan’s own Elmore Leonard has a current book for sale. Dubbed the lost novella, Picket Line conjures up the literature of labor strife reminiscent of John ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “The Cure for Women,” by Lydia Reeder (St. Martin’s Press) "The Cure for Women," by Lydia Reeder (St. Martin’s Press) In 1871, Horatio Storer, a prominent ...

Elmore Leonard's 46th and final novel, Blue Dreams, remains unfinished in the wake of its author's death last week. Yet for better or worse, Peter Leonard, one of Leonard's sons, has plans to finish ...

One hundred years after his birth, Elmore Leonard still sounds like America talking to itself — dry, funny, and perfectly in time. His prose swings with the precision of Shelly Manne’s drums, keeping ...

Fans of the television series Justified, films like Get Shorty and Be Cool, or just damn good crime fiction lost a beloved artist today. Elmore Leonard, author of 45 novels and sometimes Florida ...

Everyone loves a great car chase movie. Heck, everyone loves a pretty good car chase movie. Even a car chase movie that’s merely above average has universal appeal. “Eenie Meanie,” the feature debut ...

Elmore Leonard, the crime novelist often called "the Dickens of Detroit," has passed away at the age of 87, after having suffered a stroke earlier this month. His death was announced on the Facebook ...