Elmore Leonard: Stick (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
"THE UNCONTESTED MASTER OF THE CRIME THRILLER." -- Washington Post
After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town -- and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. And when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. Stick knows a good thing when he sees it -- and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet-revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up.

"A slam-bang, no-bull action thriller... . The pace is blistering, and nobody but nobody writes better dialogue." -- New York Daily News
"A little beauty of a story... . A hot, fast read with pungent characters." -- Los Angeles Times
"Leonard does crime fiction better than anyone." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer

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: Stick. A Novel. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062184351 (April, 2012), 385 p., $14.99.

Elmore Leonard: Stick (UK 2007)

From the Publisher:
Ex-cons, armed robberies and scams in Miami - another classic crime thriller from the masterful Elmore Leonard.
After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest 'Stick' Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town - and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance.

And when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. Besides, Stick knows a good thing when he sees it - and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet-revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up...

Elmore Leonard: Stick. Phoenix, ISBN: 0753822377 (May, 2007), 263 p., £6.99.

Elmore Leonard: Stick (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
"THE UNCONTESTED MASTER OF THE CRIME THRILLER." -- Washington Post
After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town -- and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. And when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. Besides, Stick knows a good thing when he sees it -- and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet-revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up.

"A slam-bang, no-bull action thriller... The pace is blistering and nobody but nobody writes better dialogue... . Grab it!" -- New York Daily News

Elmore Leonard: Stick. HarperTorch, ISBN: 0060085630 (August, 2002), 385 p., $7.50.

Elmore Leonard: Stick (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
After time served for armed robbery, ex-con "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside, and down in Miami for a private family reunion. But it's tough going straight in a crooked town, especially when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins.

Elmore Leonard: Stick. Quill, ISBN: 0688163408 (November, 1998), 304 p., $12.00.

Elmore Leonard: Stick (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
After time served for armed robbery, ex-con "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside, and down in Miami for a private family reunion. But it's tough going straight in a crooked town, especially when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins.

Elmore Leonard: Stick. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380676524 (June, 1995), 304 p., $5.99.

Elmore Leonard: Stick (UK 1984)

From the Publisher:
STICK WAS AT A TEMPORARY LOW POINT.
As an ex-con he wasn't exactly supplied with life's little bonbons. He reckoned that if intelligence and all the rest of the straightarrow stuff didn't put him on the fast track, he could always fall back on the bullshit.

Stick decides to drop in on Florida's Gold Coast, a nasty, glitzy, gold-plated world of dirty deals and easy death... and finds the perfect scam. The target is a big, monied, junked-up wheeler-dealer. The scenario is perfected by a sweetly bodied blonde, expert on men and money. The prize is seventy-two thousand perfectly rounded dollars.

'A cracking thriller' -- Observer
'Irresistible' -- The New York Times Book Review
'Compulsive' -- Sunday Times
'An ace thriller... which burns off the page' -- Time Out

Elmore Leonard: Stick. Penguin Books, ISBN: 0140070834 (November, 1984), 303 p., £1.95.

Elmore Leonard: Stick (USA 1984)

From the Publisher:
"JUMPS RIGHT OFF THE PAGE." -- THE NEW YORKER
On Florida's flashy Gold Coast, in the fast and dangerous world of dirty deals, laundered fortunes, and quick killings, Stick found a perfect scam. The mark: the big wheeler dealer who tried to trade Stick's life. The set up, assisted by a beautiful blonde expert on money and men, was going to be a pleasure. The sting: sweet revenge.

"BRILLIANT" -- DETROIT NEWS
"ASTONISHINGLY GOOD" -- JOHN D. MACDONALD
"TERRIFIC" -- NEWSDAY
"PURE PLEASURE" -- LOS ANGELES TIMES
"THE SEASON'S GRABBER" -- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

ELMORE "DUTCH" LEONARD is also the author of CITY PRIMEVAL, SPLIT IMAGES, CAT CHASER, 52 PICK-UP and UNKNOWN MAN NO. 89.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

Elmore Leonard: Stick. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380676524 (March, 1984), 304 p., $3.50.