LaBrava: A Novel

New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard delivers his trademark blend of action, sex, violence, humor, and hard-boiled suspense in this thrilling crime classic, LaBrava.

Joe La Brava is an ex–Secret Service agent who gets mixed up in a South Miami Beach scam involving a redneck former cop, a Cuban hit man who moonlights as a go-go dancer, and a one-time movie queen whose world is part make-believe, part deadly dangerous.

Fast-moving, pitch-perfect, and utterly irresistible, LaBrava is, “vintage Leonard: a blend of the true-to-life and the totally make-believe, the cinematic and the suspenseful, the world we know and a whole lot of worlds we’re glad we don’t. Only Leonard can concoct such a potent cocktail.” (USA Today).

Joe LaBrava is an ex–Secret Service agent who gets mixed up in a South Miami Beach scam involving a redneck former cop, a Cuban hit man who moonlights as a go-go dancer, and a onetime movie queen whose world is part make-believe, part deadly dangerous.

This is vintage Leonard: fast-moving, pitch-perfect, and utterly, authentically irresistible.

“Leonard is the real thing…He raises the hard-boiled suspense novel beyond the limits of the genre.” - Washington Post Book World

“A superb craftsman…his writing is pure pleasure.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Dialogue so authentic it dances off the page.” - New York Times

“Riveting and exhilarating...terse and tough...Leonard is a master.” - New York Newsday

“Terrific...Leonard’s best novel so far.” - Philadelphia Inquirer