En Perros callejeros encontramos de nuevo a viejos conocidos de anteriores novelas de Elmore Leonard, como Jack Foley, el atracador de bancos más famoso de Estados Unidos; Cundo Rey, el marielito
Le sergent Davis, du Corps des Marines, allait prendre une retraite qu'il redoutait, comme bien des futurs retraités. Et, sans le savoir, sans le vouloir, il trouva la solution. Il devint, dans les sables du Sinaï, une sorte de Don Quichotte et de redresseur de torts. Sa Dulcinée était une charmante israélienne. Mais les moulins à vent se révélèrent de redoutables malfrats.
Antwan is a coyote, living in the Hollywood Hills, who loves life on the wild side - running free in the woods with the wind in his fur, hanging with his gang the Diablos, grooming the pack for ticks and fleas and chasing anything that moves and might be edible. There's just one thing a wild dog's got to do - and that's keep away from humans. But then he meets Buddy. Buddy is a retired movie star (canine), who since he retired has lost his sparkle. He also happens to share a house with a very tasty poodle called Miss Betty. Antwan thinks it would be good for Buddy to try life on the wild side - so they decide to swap. But first, Antwan has to try life in the clean, shampooed, tinned-food and 'walkies' world of pampered domestic pooches. Which doesn't come naturally to a wild dog like him . . .
Mitchell, in his forties, is a self-made man who owns a factory in Detroit and has been happily married for twenty years. And then he slips. He sets up a young "model" in an apartment, and blackmail ensues in the shape of three masked men. But the thugs reckon without his desire for revenge.
The Dominican revolution is 16 years old as is George Moran's obsession with a beautiful female sniper. Ex-leatherneck Moran lives in Miami, and maybe life is just too easy there - the sun, a six
