Elmore Leonard is the undisputed master, the 'King Daddy of crime writers' (Seattle Times), in the august company of the all-time greats of mystery/noir/crime fiction genre: John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al. The creator of such unforgettable classics as Stick, Out of Sight, and Get Shorty-not to mention the character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, lately of TV's hit series Justified-Leonard is in fine form with Mr. Paradise....

"This riveting and inspiring film captures a year in the life of Detroit firefighters, who are charged with the thankless task of saving a city many have written off as dead. With vast stretches of abandoned buildings, the highest arson rate in the country, and budget crisis of epic proportions, these brave men and women risk injury, disablement, and death to try and make a difference for the city they call home." -- Container.

On his first night with Detroit PD, Officer Walter O'Brien is called to a murder scene. A terrified twenty-year-old has bludgeoned her kidnapper with skill that shocks even O'Brien's veteran partner. The young woman is also a brilliant escape artist. Her bold flight from police custody makes the case impossible to solve, and, for Walter, even more impossible to forget. By the time Walter's promoted to detective, his fascination with the missing, gray-eyed...

"Authentico Foods Inc. has been a part of Detroit's Mexican town for over thirty years, grown from a home kitchen business to a city-block-long facility that supplies Mexican tortillas to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Detroit ex-cop and Mexican town native August Snow has been invited for a business meeting at Authentico Foods. Its owner, Ronaldo Ochoa, is dying, and is being blackmailed into selling the company to an anonymous entity. Worried...

Clemens investigates the 2006 closing of one of America's most potent symbols: a Detroit auto plant. "Punching Out" is an up-close report from the meanest, sharpest edge of America's deindustrialization, and a lament for a working-class culture that once defined a prosperous America.

Devastated over his breakup with his girlfriend, Carter Webb leaves Los Angeles to stay with his ailing Grandmother in her suburban Detroit home. Across the street lives the Hardwicke family. As Carter struggles to reconcile his own inner conflicts, he is drawn into the pains and loves of the Hardwicke women. All the Hardwicke women, in their way, fall in love with Carter. Each woman, in her own way, helps Carter find his way back.

Detroit, the 22nd century. Optimus Prime and his new band of Autobots must fight for their lives and the future of Cybertron. The Autobots are able to escape the Decepticons and crash-land in Lake Erie on the unknown planet called Earth, where they remain in stasis for 50 years. Now Optimus Prime and his young team are awakened from stasis, just in time to help the new "organic life forms" fight the evil villains in Detroit, but in order to save the...