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Zusatztext "There is no greater writer of crime fiction than Elmore Leonard! and no one who has more resplendent energy. . . . Like pretty well every Leonard novel! Raylan is a delight." 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 The revered New York Times bestselling author! recognized as “America’s greatest crime writer” ( Newsweek )! brings back U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens! the mesmerizing hero of Pronto ! Riding the Rap ! and the hit FX series Justified . With the closing of the Harlan County! Kentucky! coal mines! marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state. A hundred pounds of it can gross $300!000! but that’s chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you—especially when it’s sold off piece by piece. So when Dickie and Coover Crowe! dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply! decide to branch out into the body business! it’s up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them. But Raylan isn’t your average marshal; he’s the laconic! Stetson-wearing! fast-drawing lawman who juggles dozens of cases at a time and always shoots to kill. But by the time Raylan finds out who’s making the cuts! he’s lying naked in a bathtub! with Layla! the cool transplant nurse! about to go for his kidneys. The bad guys are mostly gals this time around: Layla! the nurse who collects kidneys and sells them for ten grand a piece; Carol Conlan! a hard-charging coal-mine executive not above ordering a cohort to shoot point-blank a man who’s standing in her way; and Jackie Nevada! a beautiful sometime college student who can outplay anyone at the poker table and who suddenly finds herself being tracked by a handsome U.S. marshal. Dark and droll! Raylan is pure Elmore Leonard—a page-turner filled with the sparkling dialogue and sly suspense that are the hallmarks of this modern master. Zusammenfassung “Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today.” — New York Times Book Review With more than forty novels to his credit and still going strong! the legendary Elmore Leonard has well earned the title! “America’s greatest crime writer” ( Newsweek ). And U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens ( Pronto ! Riding the Rap ! Fire in the Hole ) is one of Leonard’s most popular creations! thanks in part to the phenomenal success of the hit TV series “Justified.” Leonard’s Raylan shines a spotlight once again on the dedicated! if somewhat trigger-happy lawman! this time in his familiar but not particularly cozy milieu of Harlan County! Kentucky! where the drug dealing Crowe brothers are branching out into the human body parts business. Suspenseful! darkly wry and riveting! and crackling with Leonard’s trademark electric dialogue! Raylan is prime Grand Master Leonard as you have always loved him and always will. ...
