With the closing of the Harlan County, Kentucky coalmines, marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state. A hundred pounds of it can gross three-hundred thousand dollars, but that’s chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you—especially when it’s sold off piece-by-piece. So when Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply, decide to branch out into the body business, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them. But by the time Raylan finds out who’s making the cuts, he’s lying naked in a bathtub, with Layla the…mehr
With the closing of the Harlan County, Kentucky coalmines, marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state. A hundred pounds of it can gross three-hundred thousand dollars, but that’s chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you—especially when it’s sold off piece-by-piece. So when Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply, decide to branch out into the body business, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them. But by the time Raylan finds out who’s making the cuts, he’s lying naked in a bathtub, with Layla the cool transplant nurse about to go for his kidneys. Dark and droll, Raylan is pure Elmore Leonard—a page-turner filled with sparkling dialogue and sly suspense that are the hallmarks of this modern master.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story “Fire in the Hole,” and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Besprechung von 27.01.2013Bücher Er ist inzwischen 87, wirkt nach mehr als vierzig Romanen kein bisschen müde, und sein Held, dem der Revolver locker sitzt, würde vermutlich sofort ziehen, wenn man "Raylan" (Suhrkamp, 19,95 Euro) mit diesem deutschen Spießerbegriff einen "Krimi" nennen würde. Nur weil in Elmore Leonards Roman ein Marshal ermittelt, weil in Kentucky viel Dope an- und wenig Kohle abgebaut wird und auch noch eine Krankenschwester mit Spendernieren handelt, geht es nicht zu wie beim "Tatort". Allerdings hat Leonard diesmal ein paar Handlungsfäden zu viel verknüpfen wollen. Doch selbst ein etwas schwächeres Leonard-Buch lohnt unbedingt die Lektüre.
