By Elmore Leonard
The respected New York Times bestselling writer, well-known as “America’s maximum crime writer” (Newsweek), brings again U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the enchanting hero of Pronto, Riding the Rap, and the hit FX sequence Justified.
With the ultimate of the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mines, marijuana has turn into the most important money crop within the kingdom. 100 kilos of it will possibly gross $300,000, yet that’s chump switch in comparison to the zone million a human physique can get you—especially while it’s bought off piece by way of piece.
So while Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers recognized for sampling their very own provide, choose to department out into the physique enterprise, it’s as much as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to prevent them. yet Raylan isn’t your standard marshal; he’s the laconic, Stetson-wearing, fast-drawing lawman who juggles dozens of situations at a time and constantly shoots to kill. yet by the point Raylan unearths out who’s making the cuts, he’s mendacity bare in a tub, with Layla, the cool transplant nurse, approximately to move for his kidneys.
The undesirable men are commonly gals this time round: Layla, the nurse who collects kidneys and sells them for ten grand a section; Carol Conlan, a hard-charging coal-mine govt no longer above ordering a cohort to shoot point-blank a guy who’s status in her method; and Jackie Nevada, a gorgeous someday collage pupil who can outplay someone on the poker desk and who unexpectedly reveals herself being tracked by way of a good-looking U.S. marshal.
darkish and droll, Raylan is natural Elmore Leonard—a page-turner jam-packed with the gleaming discussion and sly suspense which are the hallmarks of this contemporary grasp.
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I remember thinking how nice it smelled. I called her name, but she still didn’t answer. Finally, I got up my courage and turned on the light. ” Tears welled in his eyes. ” “No, I tried to give her artificial respiration. I thought maybe I could save her. But I couldn’t. ” “One of the neighbors. The lady next door. ” He was chewing on his lower lip so hard, I was surprised it wasn’t bleeding. ” “Don’t worry, Howard. ” He had a point there. ” Oh, great. I could see it now. ” I smiled what I hope was an encouraging smile.
Crew sweater, and K mart Control Top Pantyhose. I checked myself out in the mirror and saw that my freshly straightened hair was already beginning to frizz. In less than ten minutes, I’d gone from Jennifer Aniston to Shirley Temple. Just the look I was aiming for: a thirty-six-year-old moppet. Oh, well. There was nothing I could do. If I didn’t hurry, I’d be late for my date. I grabbed my purse and bent down to kiss Prozac good-bye. She licked my neck hungrily, no doubt searching for cat food hidden behind my ears.
I Love a Mystery “Laura Levine’s hilarious debut mystery, This Pen For Hire, is a laugh a page (or two or three) as well as a crafty puzzle. A. will delight readers. ” —Deadly Pleasures “Thank you, Laura Levine. ” —Star-News (Pasadena) “Laura Levine has made murder funny again! Of all the writers I’ve worked with, no one knows how to keep a good story zipping along like Laura. com For Mark ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks to my agent, Evan Marshall, and my editor, John Scognamiglio, for their faith and guidance.