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"A little beauty of a story....A hot, fast read with pungent characters." -- Los Angeles Times "A slam-bang, no-bull action thriller...and nobody but nobody writes better dialogue." -- New York Daily News It's an established fact: Elmore Leonard is "the uncontested master of... Read Full Overview

"A little beauty of a story....A hot, fast read with pungent characters." -- Los Angeles Times "A slam-bang, no-bull action thriller...and nobody but nobody writes better dialogue." -- New York Daily News It's an established fact: Elmore Leonard is "the uncontested master of... Read Full Overview

After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest 'Stick' Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town - and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance.

After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town -- and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. And when... Read Full Overview