Jack Foley is a cool customer. Whether he’s robbing a bank or breaking out of prison, Foley doesn’t let anything get to him. Until he gets a look at U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco. When Sisco shows up at his Florida prison coincidentally just as he’s making his break, Foley and his friend Buddy wind up taking her along for the ride, albeit in the trunk of their car. Foley gets right there in the trunk with her, and the close quarters only make him more […]

Fashion model Kelly Barr is in a tough spot. Under duress, she agreed to help her roommate and fellow model Chloe Robinette “entertain” Chloe’s 84-year-old boyfriend, a wealthy lawyer named Tony Paradiso. It’s pure luck that she’s out of the room when two men break in and shoot both Mr. Paradise and Chloe dead. But that luck doesn’t last long, as Paradiso’s ex-con fixer wants her help getting hold of some valuable items the old man left behind in a safety deposit box in Chloe’s […]

Elmore Leonard’s final published novel is not one for those obsessed with continuity. Raylan is the third Leonard novel featuring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, plus the title story from his collection Fire in the Hole. That story was adapted into the FX series Justified, starring Timothy Olyphant, which in turn inspired Leonard to return to the character for this novel. The novel both does and does not incorporate the TV series. Leonard follows suit with the show and brings Boyd Crowder back to life, though […]