Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
Valdez is Coming is a stunning tale of morality and justice in which a simple, honest man is transformed into a killer - and begins a long journey of revenge against those who scarred his soul for ever.

Elmore Leonard's Western novels stand as some of the most vivid writing of his career. With all of his trademark sharp dialogue and set against a beautifully evoked landscape, this is a classic work that captures the wild and glorious spirit of the American West.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming. Penguin Modern Classics, ISBN: 9780241755440 (November, 2025), 214 p., £10.99, eBook £5.99.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming (USA 2018)

From the Publisher:
Touching on the themes of the popular FX series Justified featuring U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, Valdez Is Coming is New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard's classic western tale of corruption, justice, and vengeance.

Forced to gun down an innocent man, part-time sheriff Roberto Valdez is nearly killed and run out of town when he seeks justice for the dead man's family. But the same townsfolk who laughed at Valdez's dark skin, mocked his decency, and tied him to a cross will find themselves on the wrong side of a gun when the lawman comes back to deliver his own brand of justice.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming. William Morrow, ISBN: 9780380822232 (September, 2018), 214 p., $5.99.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming (USA 2013)

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"AMERICA'S GREATEST CRIME WRITER" -- NEWSWEEK
They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem -- and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. Trouble was, Valdez killed an innocent man. And when he asked for justice -- and some money for the dead man's woman -- they beat Valdez and tied him to a cross. They were still laughing when Valdez came back. And then they began to die...

"A master of narrative." -- The New Yorker

ELMORE LEONARD has written more than forty books during his highly successful writing career, including the bestsellers Road Dogs, Up in Honey's Room, The Hot Kid, Mr. Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, and the critically acclaimed collection of short stories When the Women Come Out to Dance. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Be Cool. He is the recipient of the National Book Foundation's medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Lifetime Achivement Award from PEN USA, and the Grandmaster Award of the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Bloomfield Village, Michigan.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming. William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062227850 (January, 2013), 232 p., $15.99.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming (USA 2002)

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"ALTHOUGH KNOWN FOR HIS MYSTERIES, LEONARD HAS PENNED SOME OF THE BEST WESTERN FICTION EVER, INCLUDING VALDEZ IS COMING." -- USA Today

They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem - and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. Trouble was, Valdez killed an innocent man. And when he asked for justice - and some money for the dead man's woman - they beat Valdez and tied him to a cross. They were still laughing when Valdez came back. And then they began to die...

"THRILLING." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"[A] TRIUMPH." -- Toronto Star

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming. Harpertorch, ISBN: 0380822237 (February, 2002), 247 p., $5.99.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming (USA 1984)

From the Publisher:
ELMORE LEONARD
is one of the most exciting and respected writers alive today, noted for his characters that get etched in your mind, his dialogue that snaps off the page, and his keen understanding of the violent tensions between people who live on the edge. Some of Leonard's strongest books are set on the rugged American frontier. They fairly sizzle with the danger and the gritty drama of men and women struggling to survive in the West.

VALDEZ IS COMING
They only know the Valdez who wears a suit and collar, the respectful Valdez. In another place he had been something else, a dangerous man. A man who could track over parched ground, hide where there was no cover and rise up and kill an enemy with one shot. It takes a lot to push this old Valdez out of hiding, but Mr. Tanner and his personal army have pushed too hard. They've shamed him, tortured him, and left him half dead. They should have finished the job. Now Valdez is coming -- for them -- and he'll keep on coming because they don't have enough bullets to get him back on his knees.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553246151 (October, 1984), 136 p., $2.50.

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming (USA 1970)

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VALDEZ IS COMING. Soon to be a United Artists motion picture starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Clark. Produced by Ira Steiner and directed by Edwin Sherin.

A man can be in two different places and he will be two different men. That's how it was with Valdez.

In this place everyone liked him. In another place he had been something else: a dangerous man. A man who could track over parched ground and hide where there was no cover and rise up and kill an enemy with one shot.

It took a good reason to bring this other Valdez out of hiding. And when he came it had to be bad news for someone. Maybe for a lot of people.

Fawcett World Library

Elmore Leonard: Valdez is Coming. Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, 1970, Fawcett Gold Medal Book #R2328, 192 p., 60¢.