Elmore Leonard: Killshot (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
Ironworker Wayne Colson has come to the real estate office where his wife, Carmen, works at the worst possible time: while Ojibway Indian hit man Armand Degas and loose cannon Richie Nix are there to shake down Carmen's boss. Unable to help himself, Wayne steps into harm's way... and sends the two malefactors out the door bleeding. Now the shooter-for-hire and his ex-con partner are after the Colsons and there's little the state police and local law enforcement can do about it. The best the feds can offer is the Witness Security Program. So it's coming down to just Wayne and Carmen -- and ultimately to Carmen herself -- to deal with two rough-trade misfits with murder on their minds.

Elmore Leonard: Killshot. A Novel. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062121592 (November, 2011), 304 p., $14.99.

Elmore Leonard: Killshot (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
Arman 'The Blackbird' Degas is a professional hitman: one shot, one kill. But when he's carjacked by ex-con Richie Nix, he finds himself with a lethal partner. Nix is on his way to shake down a realtor and the Blackbird is along for the ride. But they don't count on Carmen and Wayne Colson getting in their way. Exposed as eyewitnesses, the Colsons are placed in witness protection but soon discover the program contains as many predators as the underworld they're hiding from. But can they outrun the Blackbird...?

Elmore Leonard: Killshot. Phoenix, ISBN: 9780753827352 (March, 2011), 250 p., £7.99.

Elmore Leonard: Killshot (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
Ironworker Wayne Colson has come to the real estate office where his wife, Carmen, works -- at the worst possible time for both of them. Armand Degas, an Ojibway Indian hit man, and loose cannon Richie Nix are here to shake down Carmen's boss. And Wayne steps in the way.

He sends the two off bleeding, and now the shooter for hire and Richie the ex-con have sworn to get the Colsons. There's little the state police and local law enforcement can do to help them, and the best the Feds can offer is the Witness Security Program. It comes down to Wayne and Carmen -- and finally Carmen on her surprising own -- to deal with the rough-trade misfits.

Elmore Leonard: Killshot. HarperTorch, ISBN: 0061563862 (March, 2008), 416 p., $7.99.

Elmore Leonard: Killshot (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
It's not Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne's fault that they were in the real estate office when a pair of thugs walked in with extortion on their minds. But as far as aging Ojibway Indian hit man Armand Degas is concerned the Colsons are going to have to pay dearly for seeing too much... and for the damage Wayne inflicted on Armand and his sicko partner Richie Nix with a tire iron. The cops here in middle-of-nowhere Michigan can't help Carmen and Wayne out, and the best the Feds can offer is the Witness Protection Program. So ultimately it's going to have to come down to one wife, one husband, two killers... and one lethal shot...

Elmore Leonard: Killshot. HarperTorch, ISBN: 0060512245 (February, 2003), 416 p., $7.50.

Elmore Leonard: Killshot (UK 1990)

From the Publisher:
Half Ojibway Indian, half French Canadian, the Blackbird is a professional: one shot, one kill. So when trigger-happy Richie Nix hijacks the Blackbird's Cadillac and takes him for a ride to extort $10,000 from an estate agent, it's unfortunate that a veteran ironworker and his smart wife get in their way. One of the Blackbird's rules is never to leave living witnesses...

"A genuine sense of the dangerous edge of things which induces frenzied page-turning"- Observer.

Elmore Leonard: Killshot. Penguin Books, ISBN: 0140111107 (October, 1990), 288 p., £5.99 (?)/£7.99.