Valdez Is Coming - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers  Raylan ,  Tishomingo Blues ,  Be Cool ,  Get Shorty , and  Rum Punch , as well as the acclaimed collection  When the Women Come Out to Dance , which was a  New York Times  Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including  Get Shorty  and  Out of Sight . The short story “Fire in the Hole,” and three books, including  Raylan , were the basis for the FX hit show  Justified . Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013. Klappentext They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem—and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. Trouble was, Valdez killed an innocent man. And when he asked for justice—and some money for the dead man’s woman—they beat Valdez and tied him to a cross. They were still laughing when Valdez came back. And then they began to die. Zusammenfassung Touching on the themes of the popular FX series Justified featuring U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens! Valdez Is Coming is New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard's classic western tale of corruption! justice! and vengeance. Forced to gun down an innocent man! part-time sheriff Roberto Valdez is nearly killed and run out of town when he seeks justice for the dead man’s family. But the same townsfolk who laughed at Valdez’s dark skin! mocked his decency! and tied him to a cross will find themselves on the wrong side of a gun when the lawman comes back to deliver his own brand of justice.

Product details

• Authors: Elmore Leonard
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.12.2012
• EAN: 9780062227850
• ISBN: 978-0-06-222785-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, Historical romance, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Romance: ‘western’, rural or ‘outback’, Sea stories, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), First World War fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Adventure fiction: Westerns, Plays, Playscripts, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), FICTION: Westerns, FICTION: Romance / Western, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Sea Stories, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: City Life, Adventure / action fiction