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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 Psycho mama’s boy Teddy Magyk has a serious jones for the Miami cop who put him away for raping a senior citizen—but he wants to hit Vincent Mora where it really hurts before killing him. So when a beautiful Puerto Rican hooker takes a swan dive from an Atlantic City high-rise, and Vincent naturally shows up to investigate the questionable death of his “special friend,” Teddy figures he’s got his prey just where he wants him. But the A.C. dazzle is blinding the Magic Man to a couple of very hard truths: Vincent Mora doesn’t forgive and forget . . . and he doesn’t die easy. Zusammenfassung “Intense….A higher caliber of entertainment.” — New York Times Elmore Leonard’s Glitz is a killer…in the best possible way. “The King Daddy of crime writers” ( Seattle Times ) electrifies with this unputdownable noir tale of a mama’s boy psycho killer with a vendetta against a Miami cop. A cat-and-mouse tale with claws! Glitz is thrilling! frightening! explosive! surprising! everything a great thriller is supposed to be—superior crime fiction the genre’s late greats! John D. MacDonald! Dashiell Hammett! James M. Cain! et al! would have been proud to call their own. Elmore Leonard! the creator of magnificent mayhem and truly unforgettable characters—like U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified —is at his nail-biting! page-turning best with Glitz which Stephen King in the New York Times Book Review calls! “Smashing and satisfying.” ...
