| City Primeval | |
| Author: | Elmore Leonard |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Arbor House |
| Pub Date: | 1980 |
| Media Type: | Hard cover |
City Primeval is a crime novel written by Elmore Leonard.
A limited television series adaptation of the novel, , was released in 2023. The story was repurposed as a spinoff of the TV series Justified and features Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) instead of the novel's protagonist, Raymond Cruz. [1] However, Cruz is included as a minor character, portrayed by Paul Calderón who reprises his role from another adaptation of a novel written by Leonard, Out of Sight (1998).
"Oklahoma Wildman" Clement Mansell, having already gotten away with murder once, kills a crooked Detroit judge. Homicide Detective Raymond Cruz pursues him. When Mansell tries to extort money from Skender Lulgjaraj, an Albanian criminal, Cruz maneuvers Mansell into a showdown.