“So compulsive, so entertaining, so satisfying. Dialogue as imaginative, unpredictable and witty as we have come to expect from Leonard.” - The Times (London)
“Leonard’s writing--line by line--is as sharp as ever.” - Publishers Weekly
“The dialogue flows as fast and smooth as any words ever uttered in the service of a story.” - Booklist (starred review)
“The pacing is fast. The dialogue is dead-on. This is vintage Leonard.” - Poughkeepsie Journal
“UP IN HONEY’S ROOM is a fun read. Leonard’s gift for dialogue is as shiny as ever.” - Vancouver Sun
“Honey Deal is hot, hot, hot. Classic Leonard.” - Toronto Sun
“Bullets fly, but as with most ELmore Leonard novels, things really move when the dialogue gets going. Grade A.” - Christian Science Monitor
“The wisecracks and sexy patter and vivid characters are what make Leonard a guy we’re always happy to see.” - St. Petersburg Times
“Action-packed and pricelessly funny.” - The Age (Melbourne, Australia)
“The kind of delicious drama that will keep you coming back for more.” - Buffalo News
“Reading UP IN HONEY’S ROOM is like dancing with the stars and Elmore Leonard’s the star.” - Washington Post
“When you read Elmore Leonard, you enter Mr. Leonard’s world. A trip like that is its own kind of vacation.” - New York Times
“A great summer read.” - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Proof that (Leonard) is at the top of his game.” - Seattle Times
“No American author has a better ear for dialogue. Leonard is as straight a shooter as his hot-kid hero.” - Newsday
“Combines everything we love about Leonard’s works--big guns, morally clueless murderers, sexy dames and handsome lawmen. A masterpiece.” - USA Today
“Elmore Leonard is still at the top of his game.” - Philadelphia Inquirer
“With Dashiell Hammett-type wit (Leonard) has once again created characters who live far beyond their storylines.” - Boston Globe
“It’s the cast of characters that makes readers keep turning the pages.” - Richmond Times-Dispatch
“A best-selling bet. Dead-perfect dialogue, deadpan humor and dead-on vivid characters typical of Leonard.” - Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Sharp and funny...a blast to read. With Dashiell Hammett-type wit (Leonard) has once again created characters who live far beyond their storylines.” - Boston Globe
“Elmore Leonard is still at the top of his game. Leonard’s novels give you a better feel for America than any of the brooding fictional meditations on the emptiness of suburbia come close to doing. It’s not just the tang--and twang--of the language either. It’s the eye for detail.” - Philadelphia Inquirer
“Brims with the sly humor, sparse prose and razor dialogue we expect from the master.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Leonard’s 40th novel, set in the world of 1930s gangsters and gun molls, features characterizations so deft and true you can smell the hair oil on the dumes and the perfume on the dames. . . . The writing is pitch-perfect throughout . . . it’s all pure Leonard, and that means it’s pure terrific.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review
“This is a novel that . . . is all about style, literary and otherwise.” - New York Times Book Review, front cover review
“Clear, fast-paced and masterfully structured.” - Philadelphia Inquirer on THE HOT KID