Book description
1940s' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of
their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the
Pacific, is called in to investigate. Among others, he comes across a
Jewish gangster bent on revenge for the Holocaust; a rodeo bull rider
turned lawman; and a former Nazi guard who is a persistent runaway.
Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters'
molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers' wartime
promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined... Elmore
Leonard has written more than forty books during his phenomenal career.
Many of his books have been made into successful movies, including Get
Shorty, Out of Sight, Rum Punch (which became Tarantino's Jackie Brown)
and Killshot. In 2006 he was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger.
