Book description
Set in Oklahoma during the 1930s, THE HOT KID is a powerfully
entertaining story and introduces Carl Webster, one of the coolest
lawmen ever to draw on a fugitive felon. At 21, Carl Webster's on his
way to becoming the most famous Deputy US Marshal in America. He has
shot and killed notorious bank robber Emmet Long and is now tracking
Jack Belmont, the no-good son of an oil millionaire with dreams of
becoming Public Enemy Number One. True Detective writer Tony Antonelli
is following the story, and this one's big, full of beautiful women,
Tommy guns and a former lawman who believes in vigilante justice. THE
HOT KID is an exhilarating story played out against the flapper period
of gun molls and Prohibition. 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.
