Be Cool - by Elmore Leonard (Paperback)

Get Shorty's Chili Palmer is back in Be Cool, a classic novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard.

After a smash hit and a flop, B-movie producer Chili Palmer is looking for another score.

Lunching with a record company executive, Chili's exploring a hot new idea until the exec, a former "associate" from Chili's Brooklyn days, gets whacked.

Segue from real life to reel life.

Chili's found his plot: the rubout of a record company mogul.

Cut to an ambitious wannabe singer named Linda Moon.

She has attitude and a band.

She's perfect.

Zoom in to reality.

Linda's manager thinks Chili's poaching and he's out to get even, with the help of his switch-hitting Samoan bodyguard.

But somebody else beat them to the punch, as Chili discovers when he gets home and finds a corpse at his desk.

Somebody made a mistake...

From the Back Cover Get Shorty's Chili Palmer is back.

No more Mr.

Nice Guy.

After a smash hit and a flop, B-movie producer Chili Palmer is looking for another score.

Lunching with a record company executive, Chili's exploring a hot new idea--until the exec, a former "associate" from Chili's Brooklyn days, gets whacked.

Segue from real life to reel life.

Chili's found his plot: the rubout of a record company mogul.

Cut to an ambitious wannabe singer named Linda Moon.

She has attitude and a band.

She's perfect.

Zoom in to reality.

Linda's manager thinks Chili's poaching and he's out to get even, with the help of his switch-hitting Samoan bodyguard.

But somebody else beat them to the punch, as Chili discovers when he gets home and finds a corpse at his desk.

Somebody made a mistake...