Djibouti

Dara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered Bosnian women and post-Katrina New Orleans, but now she's looking for a bigger challenge. So she and her right-hand-man, Xavier head to Djibouti on the Horn of Africa to tackle modern-day pirates. But once they start filming, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for and quickly learn that almost no one in Djibouti is what he seems.

A mob of colourful characters patrols the seas, including a pirate chief with a taste in fine cars and an Oxford-educated sheikh with scams of his own. And then there's the gun-toting playboy Billy Wynn: Texan billionaire, collector of supermodels and law unto himself.

But even he hasn't reckoned on an appearance from James Russell, an American al Qaeda convert who wants to blow up something big. As hijacked tankers line up like floating bombs, Dara and Xavier know it's time for a showdown...

“The dialogue fizzes, the plot twists right up to the final paragraph and everything and everyone is cool and sexy”

an exhilarating read, full of fun, energy, and offbeat ploys -- John Dugdale SUNDAY TIMES
Classic no-holds-barred Leonard DAILY TELEGRAPH
An interesting change of locale for Leonard and a thrilling novel. CATHOLIC HERALD
Leonard is still the master of diamond-sharp dialogue, stylish prose and likeable, believeable bad guys. SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
Leonard tells the story with his usual swagger, and it might be an updated Casablanca. EVENING STANDARD
THE TIMES
A superior piece of pulp fiction. -- Colin Waters SUNDAY HERALD

Elmore Leonard has written more than forty books during his highly successful writing career. Many of his novels have been made into movies, including GET SHORTY, OUT OF SIGHT and BE COOL.

Dara Barr, documentary filmmaker, is at the top of her game. She's covered Bosnian women and post-Katrina New Orleans, but now she's looking for a bigger challenge. So she and her right-hand-man, Xavier head to Djibouti on the Horn of Africa to tackle modern-day pirates. But once they start filming, they find a whole lot more than they bargained for and quickly learn that almost no one in Djibouti is what he seems.A mob of colourful characters patrols the seas, including a pirate chief with a taste in fine cars and an Oxford-educated sheikh with scams of his own. And then there's the gun-toting playboy Billy Wynn: Texan billionaire, collector of supermodels and law unto himself.But even he hasn't reckoned on an appearance from James Russell, an American al Qaeda convert who wants to blow up something big. As hijacked tankers line up like floating bombs, Dara and Xavier know it's time for a showdown...

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