ADVICE to thriller lovers who have never read Elmore Leonard: do not simply start to browse the first chapter to see if you like it because you will never put it down.
I’ve been a fan for years and have welcomed the continued republishing of his work in a distinctive Phoenix set. This novel first came out in 1995.
Federal Marshall Rylan Givens gets his job done with quiet fortitude and never backs down. Which is bad news for pretend playboy Chip Ganz, a middle aged Miami conman with a bad dope habit and a need for big money, who has recruited West Indian ex-con Louis Lewis and Puerto Rican hitman Bobby Deo to run a kidnap scam.
Add a rich bookie, an attractive medium, and Rylan’s flaky love life and the stage is set for another low key, totally compelling piece of fiction.
