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Riding the rap

A U.S. Marshal is bringing in fugitives when one of them is kidnapped and held for ransom.

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  • "Two characters from Leonard's previous novel, Pronto, appear in this story set in Florida's Palm Beach. They are Harry Arno, a mob-connected bookie, and US Marshal Raylan Givens. As the book opens, Harry is "drinking too much Absolut vodka and making the mistake of hiring Puerto Rican tough guy Bobby Deo to collect 16.5K from a deadbeat who hasn't paid his sports bets. When the deadbeat and his cronie, a Bahamanian con man named Louis Lewis, join forceswith Bobby Deo to abduct Harry, . . . Raylan gives chase with the help of a slightly bent fortune teller."."
  • "Een federaal agent, die voortvluchtige misdadigers opspoort, wordt geconfronteerd met de verdwijning van een louche bookmaker."
  • "A U.S. Marshal is bringing in fugitives when one of them is kidnapped and held for ransom."@en
  • "Bookie Harry Amo disappears, and straight-laced U.S. marshal Raylan Givens gets the case."
  • "Bookie Harry Amo disappears, and straight-laced U.S. marshal Raylan Givens gets the case."@en
  • "Now that mom's gravy train has derailed, gambling, debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz has decided to take somebody rich hostage--with the help of a Bahamian ex-con, a psycho gardener/enforcer, and the beautiful, if underfed, psychic Reverend Dawn. The trouble is, they chose bookmaker Harry Arno as their victim, and Harry can scam with the best."
  • "Harry, Joyce et Raylan, les trois portagonistes de "Pronto" sont de retour dans une nouvelle aventure. Chip Ganz a joué aux courses et perdu beaucoup d'argent. Comme il tarde à payer, Harry Arno, son bookmaker, lui envoie Bobby le Jardinier. Mais alors que Bobby s'apprête à l'exécuter, Chip lui propose plus juteux : prendre en otage Harry et le laisser monnayer sa liberté. Comme au Liban."
  • "Now that his mom's gravy train has derailed, gambling, debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz has decided to take somebody rich hostage--with the help of a Bahamian ex-con, a psycho gardener/enforcer, and the beautiful, if underfed, psychic Reverend Dawn. The trouble is they choose bookmaker Harry Arno as their victim, and Harry can scam with the best. The BIG trouble is ace manhunter U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is sleeping with Harry's ex-exotic dancer ex-girlfriend, and Joyce wants Harry found. And since nearly everyone has guns, locating and springing the captive bookie most probably can't happen without some measure of lethal difficulty."@en
  • "Ever-elusive bookie Harry Arno has disappeared once again, and U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens embarks on a search for the missing man--Novelist."
  • "Now that his mom's gravy train has derailed, gambling, debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz has decided to take somebody rich hostage'with the help of a Bahamian ex-con, a psycho gardener/enforcer, and the beautiful, if underfed, psychic Reverend Dawn. The trouble is they choose bookmaker Harry Arno as their victim, and Harry can scam with the best. The BIG trouble is ace manhunter U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is sleeping with Harry's ex-exotic dancer ex-girlfriend, and Joyce wants Harry found. And since nearly everyone has guns, locating and springing the captive bookie most probably can't happen without some measure of lethal difficulty."@en
  • "Abridged."@en
  • "Debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz takes a rich man hostage. The trouble is he chooses bookmaker Harry Arno--an expert scammer with a U.S. Marshal on his tail. When everybody's got a gun, someone's gonna get hurt."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Uncorrected proofs (Printing)"@en

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  • "Beyrouth-Miami"
  • "Imenem zakona : roman"
  • "Volles Risiko : Roman"
  • "Riding the rap"@en
  • "Riding the rap"
  • "A caro prezzo"
  • "Kärsi kakkusi"@fi
  • "Именем закона : роман"
  • "Volles Risiko Roman"
  • "A caro prezzo : romanzo"@it
  • "I stiv arm"@da
  • "Riding the Rap"@en
  • "Riding the Rap"
  • "Losgeld"

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