When a carnival high-diver plunges into the small body of water below, he is said to “rip an entry. ” So does Elmore Leonard in “Tishomingo Blues” (William Morrow, $24. 95). In his 37th novel, the ...

Dennis Lenahan, the chief protagonist of “Tishomingo Blues,” Elmore Leonard’s terrifically entertaining and darkly amusing 37th novel, is a simple enough fellow. But simple, in Elmore Leonard ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Elmore Leonard's 37th novel stars a high diver, Dennis Lenahan, who witnesses a murder from atop his 24-metre tower, hooks up with a ...

Don Cheadle will make his directorial debut on “Tishomingo Blues,” a Film Four adaptation of the Elmore Leonard bestseller. He might play the flashiest character in the book, as well. The deal is ...

Bloomfield Township, Mich.? Elmore Leonard removes a cigarette from his mouth and blows smoke into the air as he talks about the bad guys who populate his best-selling crime novels. “It’s not that I ...

Dashiell Hammett might have invented the genre, and Carl Hiaasen might be funnier at it on his best day, but the debate over who's the all-time king of the whack job crime novelists just ended. Living ...

BRITISH TELECOM built a hugely successful advertising campaign around the catchphrase, “It's good to talk.” Maybe BT's copywriters had been reading Elmore Leonard. “Tishomingo Blues” is Mr Leonard's ...

Elmore Leonard removes a cigarette from his mouth and blows smoke into the air as he talks about the bad guys who populate his best-selling crime novels. "It's not that I like them. I kind of ...