PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9780753826652
- Categories BX, BXOS, Elmore Leonard, F CTM, Humour, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Lifestyle, RM 10 - RM 19.99
- Author(s) Elmore Leonard
- Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Pages 192
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 19.4cm x 12.6cm x 2cm
- Weight 0.188 kg
product description
A trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl Webster - star of THE HOT KID.
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...