âLeonard is tops in his field.â
âNew Orleans Times-Picayune
The great Elmore Leonard, âAmericaâs pre-eminent crime fiction writerâ (Chicago Tribune), takes readers back to Prohibition days in the back hills of Kentucky in a rollicking story of guns, greed, and illegally brewed corn liquor. The Moonshine War is a tale of the chaos that ensues when a gang of city slickers sets out to steal thousands of dollars-worth of homemade whiskey from a hell-raising country boyâwho is anything but the easy mark they were expecting. A rediscovered Elmore Leonard classic, The Moonshine War is a wild ride bursting with the authorâs hallmark delights: the twisty plot, the gripping suspense, the wit and, of course, the razor-sharp dialogue. Itâs no wonder that the creator of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givensâlately the star of the hit TV series Justifiedâis always listed among the mystery and crime fiction elite, including John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker, and often at the very top of the list.