Split Images

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Split Images
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Author Elmore Leonard
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime/Contemporary
Publisher Arbor House
Publication date
1981
Media typeHard cover
Pages282
ISBN 0-688-16971-6

Split Images is a 1981 crime novel written by Elmore Leonard.

Contents

Plot summary

The novel begins in Detroit and tells the story of Robbie Daniels, a multimillionaire who guns down a Haitian refugee who broke into his Palm Beach mansion, calling it "practice". Walter Kouza, a 21-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, sees this case as his one chance to quit being a cop and go to work for a big shot. The only one who can stop him is Lieutenant Bryan Hurd, whose unique method of investigation is supported by his good-looking lover and journalist Angela Nolan. The two follow Daniels and Kouza when they travel Florida to find their next victim: a diplomat and drug dealer.

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