Riding the Rap (30 page)

Books by Elmore Leonard

 

The Bounty Hunters

The Law at Randado

Escape from Five Shadows

Last Stand at Saber River

Hombre

The Big Bounce

The Moonshine War

Valdez Is Coming

Forty Lashes Less One

Mr. Majestyk

52 Pickup

Swag

Unknown Man #89

The Hunted

The Switch

Gunsights

Gold Coast

City Primeval

Split Images

Cat Chaster

Stick

LaBrava

Glitz

Bandits

Touch

Freaky Deaky

Killshot

Get Shorty

Maximum Bob

Rum Punch

Pronto

Riding the Rap

Out of Sight

Cuba Libre

The Tonto Woman and Other Western Stories

Be Cool

Pagan Babies

Tishomingo Blues

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

RIDING THE RAP
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“If It Sounds Like Writing, Rewrite It.” Copyright © 2001 by Elmore Leonard, Inc. Reprinted with permission. Originally published in
The New York Times
, July 16, 2001.

“Martin Amis Interviews ‘The Dickens of Detroit'”: Commentary by Martin Amis is copyright © 1998 by Martin Amis. Commentary by Elmore Leonard is copyright © 1998 by Elmore Leonard, Inc. Both texts reprinted with permission. From their conversation at The Writers' Guild Theatre, Beverly Hills, January 23, 1998. Sponsored by Writers Bloc; Andrea Grossman, Founder.

EPub Edition © NOVEMBER 2002 ISBN: 9780061839979

First HarperTorch paperback printing: June 2002

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