Unknown Man #89
A Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · June 25, 2013
“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune—and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89, to become a true believer.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, layered noir read that favors tension, economy, and the snap of Leonard’s prose.
- Genres
- Hard-Boiled Mystery, Suspense, Private Eye Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, June 25, 2013
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“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune—and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89, to become a true believer.
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The twisty tale of a Detroit process server whose search for a missing stockholder leads him into more serious peril than he ever imagined possible, Unknown Man #89 is a gourmet stew of mystery, suspense, and double and triple cross, peppered with the razor sharp dialogue for which Grand Master Leonard is justifiably famous. Exhilarating old-school crime fiction that the late, great John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker would have been proud to call their own, Unknown Man #89 is a gem—nothing less than we’d expect from the man who created the incomparable U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified.
Lean Noir
A brisk, layered noir read that favors tension, economy, and the snap of Leonard’s prose.
Come here for
- lean, hard-boiled momentum
- serious crime-fiction polish
Expect
- suspense that stays clipped
- immersion over ornament
Where it sits
| Hard-Boiled Mystery | 91% |
|---|---|
| Suspense | 38% |
| Private Eye Fiction | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- Literary Fiction
- Police Procedurals
- Mystery Anthologies
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- International Crime Fiction
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Suspense
- Authors
- Elmore Leonard, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Mariner Books
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- June 25, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies