Elmore Leonard: Fire in the Hole (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
"VINTAGE LEONARD... . NINE STORIES WITH BOOZE AND SHOTGUNS AND LOWLIFES... AND LOTS OF SCENES THAT OUGHT TO BE IN MOVIES." -- DETROIT FREE PRESS

In this superb short fiction collection, Elmore Leonard, "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever" (New York Times Book Review), once again illustrates how the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think. In the title story, the basis for the hit FX series Justified, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens meets up with an old friend, but they're now on different sides of the law. Federal marshal Karen Sisco, from Out of Sight, returns in "Karen Makes Out," once again inadvertently mixing pleasure with business. In "When the Women Come Out to Dance," Mrs. Mahmood gets more than she bargains for when she conspires with her maid to end her unhappy marriage.

These nine stories are the great Elmore Leonard at his vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human best.

"If Leonard were a new kid instead of a past master, this fiction collection would make his name." -- People

ELMORE LEONARD has written more than forty books during his highly successful writing career, and many of his novels have been made into movies. Leonard is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Bloomfield Village, Michigan.

Elmore Leonard: Fire in the Hole. And other Stories. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062120342 (January, 2012), 240 p., $14.99.

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
In this collection of shorter works - one novella and a number of short stories - Leonard is at his characteristic best: dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere and driving plots involving retired baseball players, US marshals, bank robbers, Mexican housemaids and neo-Nazis.

Raylan Givens is a US martial, but he used to work in the mines, digging coal for a living. He had a friend there who's also changed his business: he now heads up a neo-Nazi group that is threatening to get out of control. When they come head to head, Raylan has to decide how far he'll go in pursuit of justice... Elmore Leonard's brilliant novella When the Women Come Out to Dance heads up a fiery collection of the master's shorter fiction, all published in book form for the first time.

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance. Stories. Penguin, ISBN: 0141009853 (March, 2004), 228 p., £7.99.

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
"If Leonard were a new kid instead of a past master, this fiction collection would make his name." -- People
Elmore Leonard, a literary icon praised by the New York Times Book Review as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever," has captured the imagination of millions of readers with his more than three dozen books.

In this short fiction collection, Leonard demonstrates the superb characterizations, dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and driving plots that have made him a household name -- and once again illustrates that the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think.

Federal marshal Karen Sisco, from the bestselling novel Out of Sight, returns in "Karen Makes Out," once again inadvertently mixing pleasure with business. In "Fire in the Hole," Raylan Givens, last seen in Riding the Rap and Pronto, meets up with an old friend, but they're now on different sides of the law. In the title story, "When the Women Come Out to Dance," Mrs. Mahmood gets more than she bargains for when she conspires with her maid to end her unhappy marriage.

All nine stories are Elmore Leonard at his vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human best.

"No living writer in America can evoke so much using so little... . His newest collection of short stories will thrill both fans and the uninitiated." -- Business Week

"The way some novelists write short stories, you might worry his would be Leonard Lite, but in fact they're more like Leonard Concentrate -- the usual vivid characters, wry dialogue and plot twists, vacuum-sealed in a smaller jar." -- Detroit News

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance. Stories. Dark Alley, ISBN: 0060586168 (January, 2004), 240 p., $13.95.

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance (UK 2003)

From the Publisher:
In this collection of shorter works - one novella and a number of short stories - Leonard is at his characteristic best: dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere and driving plots involving retired baseball players, US marshals, bank robbers, Mexican housemaids and neo-Nazis.

Raylan Givens is a US martial, but he used to work in the mines, digging coal for a living. He had a friend there who's also changed his business: he now heads up a neo-Nazi group that is threatening to get out of control. When they come head to head, Raylan has to decide how far he'll go in pursuit of justice... Elmore Leonard's brilliant novella When the Women Come Out to Dance heads up a fiery collection of the master's shorter fiction, all published in book form for the first time.

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance. Stories. Viking, ISBN: 067091293X (February, 2003), 228 p., £15.99.

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
In his more than three dozen books, Elmore Leonard has captured the imagination of millions of readers as few writers have. A literary icon praised by The New York Times Book Review as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever," he has influenced many contemporary writers and is known for both the quality and the accessibility of his writing.

In this collection of short fiction, Leonard demonstrates the superb characterizations, dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and driving plotting that have made him a household name. And once more this master of crime illustrates that the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think.

Federal marshal Karen Sisco, from the best-selling novel Out of Sight, returns in "Karen Makes Out," once again inadvertently mixing pleasure with business. In "Fire in the Hole," Raylan Givens, last seen in Riding the Rap and Pronto, meets up with an old friend, but they're now on different sides of the law. In the title story, "When the Women Come Out to Dance," Mrs. Mahmood gets more than she bargains for when she conspires with her maid to end her unhappy marriage. In all nine stories -- each unique in its own right -- reluctant heroes and laid-back lowlifes struggle for power, survival, and their fifteen minutes of fame.

Vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human, these stories ring true with Elmore Leonard's signature deadpan social observations and diabolical eye for the foibles of the good guys and the bad.

ELMORE LEONARD's novels include the bestsellers Tishomingo Blues, Pagan Babies, Be Cool, Cuba Libre, Out of Sight, and Get Shorty. He has also written numerous screenplays. He and his wife, Christine, live in a suburb of Detroit.

Elmore Leonard: When the Women Come Out to Dance. Stories. William Morrow, ISBN: 0060083972 (November, 2002), 228 p., $24.95 .