Mr. Paradise
 

Mr. Paradise

by Elmore Leonard

In hindsight, Victoria's Secret model Kelly Barr thinks maybe it wasn't such a great idea to accompany her callgirl roommate Chloe to Tony Paradiso's house. The wealthy, eighty-four-year-old retired Motor City lawyer's idea of fun was innocent enough: watching old Michigan football games on TV while a sexy companion shakes her pom-poms and prances around topless in a U of M cheerleader's... (read more)

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JoeIsReading
  • Rated 5 stars

This is Leonard's first Detroit Homicide novel in twenty years or so, and it's a fun ride. A melancholy homicide detective, two corpses, two hit men, and a few other Leonardesque characters meet and bounce off of one another. As with all his books, everyone gets what they deserve... but it doesn't happen in quite the way you think it will. Great stuff.

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patchandler
  • Rated 2 stars

Forget it, not worth your time. Didn't hate it, but...

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