Djibouti - Hardcover

arresting comeback with a vibrant contemporary thriller - exhilarating read, full of fun, energy and offbeat narrative ploys. (JOHN DUGDALE SUNDAY TIMES - 30 January 2011)

Ridiculously enjoyable book. (DAVID SEXTON EVENING STANDARD -3 February 2011)

the 85-year-old writer reminds us just why his critical standing is so high.... Leonard has found his mojo again, and has us in the palm of his hand. (BARRY FORSHAW INDEPENDENT - 25 February 2011)

Praises Leonard as 'the world's greatest living crime writer', and gives the novel a five star rating. (HENRY SUTTON DAILY MIRROR 4 February 2011)

energetic and exhilarating thriller (SUNDAY TIMES - 6 February 2011)

still shows more energy in his writing than many authors half his age... As usual, Leonard gives you plenty of bangs for your buck. (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - 13 February 2011)

in his 44th novel he is refraining from just making carbon copies of his old masterpieces and instead takes the risk of sailing into rather more unfamiliar waters (SUNDAY EXPRESS - 13 February 2011)

well-researched...superb characters... a sense of transcendent pace, a fleeing away of time to which everything else is subordinated. (GILES FODEN THE GUARDIAN - 12 February 2011)

'At 85, Elmore Leonard has lost none of his mastery of zinging dialogue and credible characterisation - this time in a particularly exotic setting." (THE SCOTSMAN - 30 January 2011)

there's a nod to screen adaptation in Elmore Leonard's Somali piracy yarn (THE FINANCIAL TIMES - 20 February 2011)