A rollicking tale of the 1970s Detroit criminal underworld from legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard

To get ahead in armed robbery, you just need to find the perfect business partner...

When auto thief Stick steals a maroon ’73 Camaro from Frank’s used car lot, Frank spies an unexpected opportunity. He ‘suggests’ they combine forces, and soon they’re embarking on a crime spree across Detroit, holding up liquor stores and supermarkets and causing mayhem wherever they go. As long as they keep sticking to their Ten Golden Rules for Successful Armed Robbery, the cash keeps rolling in. But what happens when you start bending your own rules?

A trio of Elmore Leonard crime novels show that, for all his concision and aptitude for depicting violence, the magic of his prose lies in wit and charm -- John Self * The Observer *
PRAISE FOR ELMORE LEONARD * - *
The crime writer’s crime writer, King of all he surveys -- Ian Rankin
Cool talk, hot action … it’s impossible not to love Elmore Leonard * LA Times *
The hottest thriller writer in the US * TIME *
The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever * The New York Times Book Review *
Leonard is a genius * The New York Times *
Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today * The New York Times *
Leonard provides the fizziest and cleverest dialogue in crime fiction. A total delight * The Times *
He’s set the standard against which all other crime novels are measured * The New York Times *

Elmore Leonard (1925—2013) began his long and extraordinary career as a writer of Westerns, most famously a story which was made into the film 3:10 To Yuma. He then became known for his remarkable sequence of crime novels, generally set in Michigan or Florida. A master of funny and threatening dialogue, his influence has been incalculable. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN US and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.