Gold Coast

By: Elmore Leonard

Narrated by: Frank Muller

“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.

Classic Elmore

Great brisk story with terrific characters. Karen is a great hero who doesn't need any men to help her. It's a splendid romp.

Just Perfect!

I confess I have never met an Elmore Leonard book that I didn't love. This one has risen to the top of my list. It is the perfect marriage of Frank and Elmore...born to make this story come to life in only the way that they can. If I were trying to get some unaware soul to listen to a book that could change their approach the way that they inhale literature, this would be the book. How I miss them both and wish that they were still with us to give us more of these great gifts. Frank Muller just has this amazing ability to capture you and lose yourself in the story, recognizing each and every character, as he reads. I loved this one!

mediocre Leonard

Plotting was far weaker in this one than so many of the other books he has written. a disappointment

Great/Intriguing, and then it fizzled

First of all Frank Muller is fantastic. He is an amazing talent, and I love listening to him.

The premise of this book was great and I liked the characters. I was hooked very quickly, and enjoyed it immensely for quite some time. Then it just took a dive. Hmm, that chapter wasn’t too good…Huh. I didn’t care for that chapter…And then it just ended very anti-climactically. It was disappointing because I really wanted the last 25% of the book to be as good as the first 75%. I guess I could go into more detail, but I don’t want to give things away.

Frank Muller is good, the story is not

The story is weak; but thanks to Frank Muller's great performance it is tolerable overall.