Seriously, Read a Book!

I'm gonna commit what should be the most flattering of intellectual property crimes, and pass along the opening query with which Kemper begins his (admittedly superior) review of this book:

Who would be more dangerous, two sociopathic killers teaming up or a middle-aged couple who could use some marriage counseling?

Well if that isn't a question for the ages, then I just don't know what is. This is a bit of a lazy review, so I'll give you some extra tidbits of info to take into account while puzzling through this scenario:

- One of our sociopaths, Armand "Blackbird" Degas, is half Canadian (well, French-Canadian), and half Ojibway Indian
- Sociopath number two, Richie is (IMHO) incredibly annoying
- The man of the house is an iron worker
- The little lady is in real estate/taking care of her elderly mother

I was up and down with enjoying the story, and wanting them to get on with it already. I'll tell you this, though: Elmore Leonard knows how to keep tension in the air. I believe the word that is "suspense," but that term covers far too broad a swath of feelings for my liking these days.

Short, interesting and unpredictable.

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P.S. I didn't read this in Italian, but that's what my cover looked like, so just go with it.