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Gold Coast

by Elmore Leonard
Frank Muller
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"Lean, mean, darkly funny."
—Boston Globe

"A zingy thriller by the master of hard-boiled suspense."
—Dallas Morning News

"Elmore Leonard may be the greatest crime novelist in the world," declares the Seattle Times, and truer words have never been written. Just follow the Grand Master of mystery and suspense to Florida's Gold Coast and you'll quickly discover that it's so. In this classic Elmore Leonard thriller, a beautiful mafia widow stands to lose everything her late mob boss husband left her if she succumbs to her desire for an attractive Detroit ex-con—so the two conspire to outwit the thugs the dead capo assigned to make sure she stays chaste. Superior crime fiction in the vein of John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker—chock full of the eccentric characters, black humor, and razor-sharp dialogue for which the acclaimed creator of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (of TV's Justified) is justifiably famous—Gold Coast is gold standard Leonard.

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  • Release date

    August 17, 2010

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780061993732
      • File size: 190099 KB
      • Duration: 06:36:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The late Frank Muller's performance of GOLD COAST, originally released in 1995, is truly extraordinary. It's the story of Florida Mob widow Karen DiCilia, who discovers that her husband, in response to a threat she made regarding his extramarital affairs, has arranged for his associates to discourage any male attention she might receive after his death. She enlists the help of ex-con Cal Maguire, and together they attempt to thwart the efforts of Roland, the thug assigned to ruin her future happiness. Muller narrates with such subtlety--the slightest degree of tone and accent differentiates one character from the next--that he hypnotizes you with his voice until you forget you're listening to a story instead of experiencing it yourself. K.O. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Listening to Frank Muller's 1995 reading of this vintage Leonard is pure pleasure and reminds us again how much we miss his voice. This 1980s' novel is of the "Detroit Mob moved to Florida" variety featured in much of Leonard's early work. The central character is the attractive widow of a Mob leader whose will, jealously enforced by his former associates, leaves her lots of money but almost no freedom. What happens when she tries to break out? Many plot twists and no real good guys. In addition to easy, pitch-perfect pacing, Muller plays everyone from redneck underlings to Cuban wives to Detroit lawyers exquisitely. This is just how Leonard should sound, and it is as good as it gets. R.E.K. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

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