Ep. #2 | Elmore Leonard, Cooler Than Cool & Crime Fiction Buzz
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Ep. #2 | Elmore Leonard, Cooler Than Cool & Crime Fiction Buzz
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Welcome back to Unreliable Sources—a quick hit of mystery, murder, and mayhem. In this episode, thriller author Mike Donohue dives into the world of Elmore Leonard, spurred by a revealing New Yorker profile and the new biography Cooler Than Cool.
Plus: new books to watch, adaptation buzz, and crime fiction news you might have missed.
Books & topics mentioned:
– Cooler Than Cool by C.M. Kushin
– “Elmore Leonard's Perfect Pitch” by Anthony Lane (The New Yorker, July 2025)
– Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Rum Punch, Glitz, LaBrava
– Florida Palms by Joe Pan
– Pariah by Dan Fesperman
– The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
– Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones
– Hard Town by Adam Plantinga
– The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North
– Murderbot on Apple TV
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Until next time—stay sharp, and don’t trust anyone who skips to the end.