Comfort To The Enemy
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Comfort To The Enemy
By (Author) Elmore Leonard
Orion Publishing Co
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1st June 2010
1st April 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
813.54
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Width 194mm, Height 126mm, Spine 20mm
173g
Description
1940s' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the Pacific, is called in to investigate. Among others, he comes across a Jewish gangster bent on revenge for the Holocaust; a rodeo bull rider turned lawman; and a former Nazi guard who is a persistent runaway.
Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters' molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers' wartime promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined...Reviews
'Leonard fans will love it.' CATHOLIC HERALD
Author Bio
Elmore Leonard has written more than three dozen books during his highly successful career, and many of his novels have been made into bestselling films. He has been named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and lives in Bloomfield Village, Michigan, with his wife Christine.
