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Killshot was a selection I picked up as part of . . . .



The story here is about Carmen and Wayne who find themselves in a wrong place/wrong time situation when hitman “the Blackbird�� and small-time hood Richie (if you enjoyed Glenn in Out of Sight you'll love Richie since they are pretty much the same character) show up at Carmen’s office and mistake Wayne for a local real estate tycoon they’re hoping to shake down. What follows is a lot of brawling and shoot ‘em ups along with a brief stint in the Witness Protection Program and a relocation to Cape Girardeau Missouri (hence the Show Me State connection for my challenge).

So Elmore Leonard is just like THE GUY for me. If there is a genre called Chick Lit, then he is one of the masters of “Dick Lit.�� He gives you action, he gives you humor, and in this one he even gives you a bumbling Barney Fife/Harvey Weinstein combo for the local sheriff. I probably own 20 of his books and I pick up every single one I see at the thrift store or in a bargain bin. He’s just an automatic good time . . . .



And if you don’t feel like reading? A bunch of his stuff has been adapted into movies �� including this one . . . .