Author | Elmore Leonard |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Avon Books |
Publication date | 1980 |
Publication place | United States |
City Primeval is a crime novel written by Elmore Leonard.
Plot summary
editThe original novel takes place in Detroit and tells the story of a seriously crazed 'Oklahoma Wildman' Clemant Mansell who knows how easy it is to get away with murder - thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his beautfiful, toug-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 pyscho into a wild Midwest showdown that only one of them is going to be walking away from...
Characters in City Primeval
edit- Clemant Mansell – crazed 'Oklahoma Wildman'
- Raymond Cruz – homicide detective
- Sandy Stanton – Clemant's girlfriend
- Carolyn Wilder – Clemant's lawyer
- Skender Lulgjaraj – Albanian