Seasoned Leonard readers will see some grays poking through-this at times reads like a quite good imitation of an Elmore Leonard novel-but it still beats the pants off of most of the competition. Everyone has an angle or two, and once the plots stumble through an awkward first third, Leonard's hallmark breakneck pacing, crackling dialogue, and scalpel-sharp prose kick in. Some of his best known books include Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch. He began his careers in the 1950s writing pulp Westerns, but was not widely known until the publication of his 1985 book Glitz. Elmore has been awarded by Life Time Achievement Award and Grand Master Award. Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) was an American author and screenwriter of Westerns, thrillers, and crime novels. He has written forty novels and some movies are made on these novels. Elmore Leonard was the author of this novel. BUY THIS BOOK Djibouti Elmore Leonard, Morrow, 26.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-173517-2 Leonard (Road Dogs) goes exotic with this eventually killer story of contemporary piracy set on the horn. Rogues they encounter include a 'whirlwind Texas entrepreneur' sailing around the world a crooked diplomat in league with a charismatic pirate, both eyeing a payday and a pair of kidnapped al-Qaeda operatives, one an American citizen with a bounty on his head. Djibouti by Elmore Leonard is a thriller, adventure, suspense and action novel on the life of pirates in America. Dara Barr, a documentary filmmaker newly arrived in Djibouti to make a film about pirates as a follow-up to her Oscar-winning Katrina documentary, and Dara's savvy friend and fixer, Xavier, stumble into a thicket of intrigue before the two are on the open water.

Leonard (Road Dogs) goes exotic with this eventually killer story of contemporary piracy set on the horn of Africa.

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