Seasoned Leonard readers will see some grays poking through this at times reads like a quite good imitation of an Elmore Leonard novel but it still beats the pants off of most of the competition. Everyone has an angle or two, and once the plots stumble through an awkward first third, Leonard's hallmark breakneck pacing, crackling dialogue, and scalpel-sharp prose kick in.
Rogues they encounter include a "whirlwind Texas entrepreneur" sailing around the world a crooked diplomat in league with a charismatic pirate, both eyeing a payday and a pair of kidnapped al-Qaeda operatives, one an American citizen with a bounty on his head. Dara Barr, a documentary filmmaker newly arrived in Djibouti to make a film about pirates as a follow-up to her Oscar-winning Katrina documentary, and Dara's savvy friend and fixer, Xavier, stumble into a thicket of intrigue before the two are on the open water. The book begins slowly as Leonard takes his time assembling his setting and cast of characters. Leonard (Road Dogs) goes exotic with this eventually killer story of contemporary piracy set on the horn of Africa. I thought of this when I picked up DJIBOUTI, Elmore Leonard’s new novel.
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