The Hot Kid

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Hot cars, gun molls, speakeasies, bank robbers and murder are the game in this powerfully entertaining story from Elmore Leonard, the undisputed master of the crime novel. Set in Oklahoma during the 1930s, The Hot Kid introduces Carl Webster, one of the coolest lawmen ever to draw on a fugitive felon. At 21, Carl Webster's on his way to becoming the most famous Deputy US Marshal in America. He's shot and killed notorious bank robber Emmet Long and is now tracking Jack Belmont, the no-good son of an oil millionaire with dreams of becoming Public Enemy Number One. True Detective writer Tony Antonelli is following the story, and this one's big, full of beautiful women, Tommy guns and a former lawman who believes in vigilante justice. The hot Kid is one exhilarating story playing out against the flapper period of gun molls and Prohibition.

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"God really is in the dialogue. It crackles, it snaps, it moves forwards, back and sideways, and carries the narrative.. Like all Leonard's best books, though, THE HOT KID belongs to the characters. He manages his magic with such savvy that you come to care about them when they might otherwise have been mere caricatures or cartoons...

the dialogue is like a cocktail with Carl and Virgil Webster on the front porch of the California-style bungalow on the pecan plantation in Oklahoma; a good belt of sour mash, a slice of juicy orange and a dash of sugar for sweetness." - THE TIMES

Before becoming the world's greatest crime writer, Elmore Leonard made his name as an author of such westerns as Last Stand at Saber River and Hombre. With The Hot Kid, he now combines both genres to create a story in which the flinty violence of his cowboy fiction is enhanced by the ironic verve of his detective books. - SUNDAY TIMES - STEPHEN AMIDON

The Hot Kid is the quintessence of gangster chic... As the Model Ts rattle across the wide-open spaces, you can see the dust trails unfurl behind them, hear the jazz on the soundtrack. - EVENING STANDARD - MARK SANDERSON

clearly destined for the silver screen... it will appeal to the solid fan base, of which there are millions. And to sum up the plot in one word: kerpow! - DAILY EXPRESS

Leonard.. lovingly captures Oklahma right before

Author Bio

Elmore Leonard has written more than three dozen books during his astonishingly long career, and many of his novels have been made into bestselling films. He has been named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.