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City Primeval = Author(s) Elmore Leonard Country United States Language English Publisher Arbor House Publication date 1980 Media type Hard cover City Primeval is a crime novel written by Elmore Leonard.
Plot summary
The original novel takes place in Detroit and tells the story of a seriously crazed 'Oklahoma Wildman' Clement Mansell who knows how easy it is to get away with murder - thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his beautiful, tough-as-nails lawyer Carolyn Wilder. But now the killer's senseless execution of a crooked Motown judge has inflamed the ire of homicide Detective Raymond Cruz. A good cop who believes in old-fashioned justice. While Mansell tries to extort money from the 'Albanian' Skender Lulgjaraj, Cruz isn't about to let Mansell slip through the legal system's gaping holes a second time. Even if that means maneuvering the psycho into a wild Midwest showdown that only one of them is going to be walking away from...
Characters in City Primeval
- Clement Mansell – crazed 'Oklahoma Wildman'
- Raymond Cruz – homicide detective
- Sandy Stanton – Clemant's girlfriend
- Carolyn Wilder – Clemant's lawyer
- Skender Lulgjaraj – Albanian
External links
Categories:- 1980 novels
- Novels by Elmore Leonard
- Novels set in Detroit, Michigan
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