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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.
