# City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit - Paperback

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by **Elmore Leonard** (Author)

**THE INSPIRATION FOR JUSTIFIED: CITY PRIMEVAL ON FX**

**"As gritty and hard-driving a thriller as you'll find....The action never stops, the language sings and stings." --_Washington Post_**

The _City Primeval_ in Elmore Leonard's relentlessly gripping classic noir is Detroit, the author's much-maligned hometown and the setting for many of the Grand Master's acclaimed crime novels. The "Alexander the Great of crime fiction" (_Pittsburgh Post-Gazette_) shines in these urban mean streets, setting up a downtown showdown between the psychopathic, thrill-killing "Oklahoma Wildman" and the dedicated city cop who's determined to take him down. The creator of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of TV's _Justified_ fame, Elmore Leonard is the equal of any writer who has ever captivated readers with dark tales of heists, hijacks, double-crosses, and murder--John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker included--and nobody then or now is better.

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Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The cool killer is already back on the Detroit scene--thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his lawyer--and he's feeling invincible enough to execute a crooked judge on a whim. Lieutenant Raymond Cruz thinks the "Oklahoma Wildman" crossed the line long before this latest outrage, and he's determined to see that the hayseed psycho meets an end he deserves, with a gun pointed at him. But that means a good cop, having to play somewhat fast and loose with the rules . . . in order to maneuver Mansell into a wild Midwest showdown that he can't walk away from.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN

**Publication Date:** April 10, 2012

## Details

- **Price:** 25.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Crime, Fiction, Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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