Elmore Leonard: Split Images (UK 2026)

From the Publisher:
Robbie Daniels, Palm Beach playboy, loves living the good life on his inherited millions. He likes women. He likes golf. He likes guns. When he shoots and kills a Haitian refugee who has broken into his home, he calls it 'practice' - for the life he longs to live, blasting bad guys. But homicide detective Bryan Hurd has other ideas about justifying murder, even if he has to interrupt his holiday to put them into practice. An elctrifying noir from the legendary crime writer, Split Images is 'top-notch' (New York Times).

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. Penguin Modern Classics, ISBN: 9781802069877 (September, 2026), 256 p., £10.99.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
Wealthy industrialist Robbie Daniels has discovered something that gives him even a bigger kick than his palatial homes in Detroit and Palm Beach: homicide. He's tried it, he likes it, and he'd like to keep doing it -- as often as possible -- with the help of a really bad ex-cop who quit the force one step away from prison stripes. Motown Detective Bryan Hurd strongly suspects that Daniels has been getting away with murder and figures a little Florida R&R might be an ideal way to keep a close eye on the slippery millionaire reptile. But Daniels has money, power, no fear, and an awesome collection of guns -- and Hurd might be getting a little too close to the action...

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. A Novel. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062122513 (January, 2012), 368 p., $14.99.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images (UK 2006)

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'Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today' -- New York Times Book Review
Robbie Daniels is a Palm Beach playboy. He's the kind of guy who gets away with everything -- even murder -- until a vacationing Motown cop, Bryan Hurd, starts asking questions. When this millionaire reptile reveals the psychopath beneath his slippery skin, Hurd finds out this is one helluva way for an out-of-town lawman to spend his vacation.

'A superb craftsman... His writing is pure pleasure' -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
'Elmore Leonard is up there at the top of the list' -- Times Literary Supplement

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. Phoenix, ISBN: 0753819716 (September, 2006), 282 p., £6.99.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
Quintessential Elmore Leonard, Split Images stars Palm Beach playboy Robbie Daniels. He's the kind of guy who gets away with everything -- even murder -- until a vacationing Motown cop, Bryan Hurd, starts asking questions. When this millionaire reptile reveals the psychopath beneath his slippery skin, Hurd finds out this is one helluva way for an out-of-town lawman to spend his vacation.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. HarperTorch, ISBN: 0060089547 (October, 2002), 372 p., $7.50.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images (USA 1999)

From the Publisher:
Quintessential Elmore Leonard, Split Images stars Palm Beach playboy Robbie Daniels. He's the kind of guy who gets away with everything -- even murder -- until a vacationing Motown cop, Bryan Hurd, starts asking questions. When this millionaire reptile reveals the psychopath beneath his slippery skin, Hurd finds out this is one helluva way for an out-of-town lawman to spend his vacation.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. Quill, ISBN: 0688169716 (July, 1999), 282 p., $12.00.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
Quintessential Elmore Leonard, Split Images stars Palm Beach playboy Robbie Daniels. He's the kind of guy who gets away with everything -- even murder -- until a vacationing Motown cop, Bryan Hurd, starts asking questions. When this millionaire reptile reveals the psychopath beneath his slippery skin, Hurd finds out this is one helluva way for an out-of-town lawman to spend his vacation.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380631075 (October, 1995), 282 p., $5.99.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images (UK 1988 / 2nd printing)

From the Publisher:
Millionaire Robbie Daniels has the youthful good looks of a film star or a cheerleader. Daniels also has an unusual hobby. He likes to shoot people.

His most recent victim was a Haitian intruder, picked off with a Colt Python. When detective Walter Kouza turns up to investigate he finds that, as far as killing people goes, Daniels has his sights set a great deal higher. And Walter can see no good reason not to help him out...

'Leonard is a "discovery" in Britain. Discover him for yourself -- he's something else' -- Daily Mail
'An excellent thriller, icily brutal' -- Glasgow Herald
'We are kept off balance throughout this icy, understated thriller... brilliant' -- Newsweek

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1988, ISBN: 0140102140 (2nd printing, no date given), 282 p., £3.50.

Elmore Leonard: Split Images (USA 1983)

From the Publisher:
A MURDER FOR ALL SEASONS
When multimillionaire Robbie Daniels guns down a Haitian refugee who breaks into his Palm Beach mansion, anybody in his right mind would call it justifiable homicide.

Except Robbie. He calls it practice.
And 21-year police veteran Walter Kouza. He calls it his one chance to quit being a cop and go to work for a big shot. If he can stomach the job of teaching Robbie to kill and get away with it - anytime.

After all, who will figure rich businessman Robbie Daniels for a hitman? Unless it's Detroit homicide Lieutenant Bryan Hurd, who plays the murder game by his own rules. Or good-looking journalist Angela Nolan, who finds out the hard way that under Robbie's playboy image there beats a very dangerous heart.

"BRILLIANT DEADPAN HUMOR... LEONARD IS AN IMPRESSIVE WRITER." - WASHINGTON POST
"MR. LEONARD IS INCAPABLE OF CHEATING THE READER." - THE NEW YORK TIMES

Elmore Leonard: Split Images. A RICH PLAYBOY WITH A GUN AND A TOUGH COP GONE BAD PROVE A DEADLY COMBINATION. Avon Books, SBN: 0380631075 (April, 1983), 282 p., $2.95.