The Hot Kid - Softcover

"This is a novel that... is all about style, literary and otherwise."--New York Times Book Review

Clear, fast-paced and masterfully structured."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"There's nothing Elmore Leonard doesn't know about stylish writing, and THE HOT KID is him at his compressed best."--Detroit Free Press

"Elmore Leonard unspools the definitive portrait of 1930s lowlife"--Boston Sunday Globe (Stephen King)

"Wonderfully funny and hair-raising...THE HOT KID is splendid."--Providence Sunday Journal

"The HOT KID is Elmore Leonard- a master- at his best."--Oklahoma City Oklahoman

"THE HOT KID brims with the sly humor, sparse prose and razor dialogue we expect from the master"--Los Angeles Times Book Review

Praise for MR.PARADISE: "The dialogue and the characters crackle ...MR. PARADISE is a perfect crime caper from a master."--Detroit Free Press

"Smart writing about dumb crooks."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"His 40th crime novel--and he just keeps getting better and better. "--Deseret News

Having made his name by killing notorious bank robber Emmet Long, twenty-one-year-old Carl Webster, the most famous Deputy U.S. Marshal in the country, embarks on a dangerous search for Jack Belmont, the blacksheep son of an oil millionaire, who dreams of becoming Public Enemy Number One, in a thriller set against the backdrop of 1930s Oklahoma. 200,000 first printing.