Kate McCall’s husband has been killed by her son, Luke, in a tragic bow-hunting accident. While Kate struggles with her son’s surly guilt, her first love, Jack, an ex-con, reappears, along with a crew of his former “colleagues.” While Jack must convince his partners in crime that he really did lose the heist money, his appearance sets into motion a series of events culminating in a life-and-death confrontation with a gang of killers.



"Quiver is a spectacular debut... you will be holding your breath until the final page. Peter’s dad should be proud.”
- Otto Penzler, The New York Sun

“Quiver is terrific. I have to make the corniest admission of all: Couldn’t put it down.”
- Mike Lupica

Critical Response:
The Star (Toronto)

"Quiver is mature, funny, well paced and smartly structured."

- Jack Batten

The Metro (London)

"Son of Elmore, Peter Leonard is a chip off the old block...Quiver, his debut, is a dark, nasty tale that rattles along at a great pace...Quiver is genre fiction doing what it does best; the dialogue is film-script sharp and the plotting relentless...an exceedingly promising debut by anyone's standards."

- Tina Jackson

Jim Harrison, author of Legends of the Fall

“Peter Leonard’s first novel, Quiver, amply shows that he’s the great Elmore’s son. This book is a wicked trip…unique and engaging. I salute Peter Leonard at the beginning of what will obviously be a fine career.”

- Jim Harrison

The Times (London)

“A spare, violent and grittily humorous crime novel…with some cracking dialogue, clever plotting and an enjoyably bloody climax.”

- The Times (London)

Mo Hayder

"If the best of Tarantino, Carl Hiaasen and Scott Turow was shaken, given a jot of pure heart and put down on paper, then that would be Quiver. With cracking dialogue, characters nailed to perfection and breakneck pace, Peter Leonard is more than just his father's son. He is his very own writer and a huge talent."

- Mo Hayder

Calgary Sun

“Leonard has his father's knack for creating memorable characters who are both sinister and amusing. The result is a masterful debut.”

- Calgary Sun

Providence Journal-Bulletin

“Reading Leonard is just as much fun as reading, well, Leonard.”

- Providence Journal-Bulletin

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“This is an outstanding debut… Great tension and sharp-as-a-tack writing!”

- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

East Lansing Journal

“An outstanding debut….Leonard, the son of grandmaster mystery writer Elmore Leonard, deftly utilizes frequent flashback scenes in a tense tale that’s easily one of the best crime novels of the year.”

- East Lansing Journal

Bookreporter.com

“You’ll be sitting in the air off the edge of your chair more than once during your reading of Quiver.”

- Bookreporter.com

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“Peter Leonard’s energetic style makes one forget the name Elmore and concentrate on the Leonard....Good writing may be in his genes, but the style’s all his own.”

- The South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Thomas Perry

“Quiver is a terrific debut. Peter Leonard has a good ear for voices, a good eye for detail, and a talent for bringing together elements that can’t do anything but explode.”

- Edgar Award Winner Thomas Perry, author of Silence

Rocky Mountain News

“Leonard has written an accomplished nail-biter, a harbinger of even better stories to come.”

- Rocky Mountain News

Ken Bruen

"Hilarious, moving, thoughtful, and with one hell of a story. A major new voice has roared and oh, with such dark ferocity."

- Ken Bruen

Washington Post

“The best parts of the novel concern the crooks, who, if not as gloriously quirky as those in Elmore Leonard’s novels, are sometimes funny and sometimes scary.”

- Washington Post