Mr. Paradise

Fun, fast ride.

Great Detroit-based Elmore Leonard story with assortment of fast-talking, confident but incompetent criminals trying to pull off a murder-for-hire.

This was a good story. At times I felt it dragged a little bit, but it was interesting to follow each of the characters. I think the ending was a bit strange. The reason I say that is the relationship between the two characters was always quite strange, and almost seemed more sexual instead of romantic or loving. How they could decide at the end they wanted to spend their lives together didn't quite make much sense. But hey, it wasn't a romance! I did like how the characters were detailed. I felt like I could pick them out on the street just by the way they were described.

Kelly Barr agrees to help her roommate play Michigan cheerleader for her 84 year-old boyfriend, Tony Paradiso, but a couple of killers spoil the party. Detective Frank Delsa isn't sure what Kelly is up tp, but he likes her style. Another smooth tale from the master, Elmore Leonard. You can't go wrong with any of his books.

Published in mass-market paperback by HarperCollins.