- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: HarperTorch; Reissue edition (Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060512245
- ISBN-13: 978-0060512248
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,291,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Half Ojibway Indian, half French Canadian, the Blackbird is a professional: one shot, one kill. So when trigger-happy Richie Nix hijacks the Blackbird's Cadillac and takes him for a ride to extort $10,000 from an estate agent, it's unfortunate that a veteran ironworker and his smart wife get in their way. One of the Blackbird's rules is never to leave living witnesses...
‘A genuine sense of the dangerous edge of things which induces frenzied page-turning’ Observer.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.About the Author
Elmore Leonard has written more than 40 books during his phenomenal career, many of which have been made into successful movies. In 2006 he was the recipient of the CWA DIAMOND DAGGER.
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THE BLACKBIRD TOLD HIMSELF he was drinking too much because he lived in this hotel and the Silver Dollar was close by, right downstairs. Read the first page
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THE BLACKBIRD TOLD HIMSELF he was drinking too much because he lived in this hotel and the Silver Dollar was close by, right downstairs. Read the first page
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Leonard's writing is so immediate, his prose so clean and snappy, he grabs your attention from the first page and doesn't let go until the last. I loved this book in particular with the contrast between the two main characters - one the typically cool assassin, the other a typically dumb redneck criminal. It was great. Probably the greatest compliment I could pay to Mr. Leonard, and the greatest recommendation I can give, is that he cured my fear of flying. I had to take flights every few weeks last year and each time I'd just open up an Elmore Leonard novel and I'd become so engrossed in the story that (no kidding!) I would actually forget my fear as the plane took off and carried me up into the sky. It takes great writing to have that kind of an effect... BUY THIS BOOK and every other ELMORE LEONARD novel you can find!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Elmore Leonard is a great writer, and this is a great story. The contrast between the Blackbird and the ex-con Richie Nix is very obvious and appealing, and the climax near the end of the story between Carmen and the Blackbird is something I'll probably never be able to forget.
A top book
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Killshot is a masterfully told tale of a botched heist and a subsequent obsession with clearing up the mess that leads to disaster. Wonderfully written, Leonard's complex characters come to life from the word go.
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Good story but bad recording practice
I bought this for my dad who loves audio books and sure enough the story was a cracker but unbelievably, the ends of each chapter were missing - just a short bit, but still. Read more
Published 22 months ago by ddigger
Leonard disappoints
This is my first Elmore Leonard, who came well recommended. I was very disappointed. None of the characters are believable, particularly the two incompetant criminals, and the... Read more
Published on 16 April 2010 by Donald Hughes
brilliant...
...okay, so elmore leonard is one of my favourite writers and maybe i'm biased, but I thought Killshot was brilliant. Read more
Published on 26 April 2009 by MJ
Interesting, but not incredibly gripping
I didn't really know what to expect, as this was the first Elmore Leonard book I've read. I was expecting something like a crime version of Tom Clancy, but more gritty and... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2003 by "mmanchip"
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