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Book Reviews of Riding the Rap (Raylan Givens, Bk 2)

Riding the Rap (Raylan Givens, Bk 2)
Riding the Rap - Raylan Givens, Bk 2
Author: Elmore Leonard
ISBN-13: 9780440214410
ISBN-10: 0440214416
Publication Date: 5/2/1996
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 46 ratings
Publisher: Dell
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Riding the Rap (Raylan Givens, Bk 2) on
Helpful Score: 1
To All "Justifed" fans, If you liked the series.. Here's the book that helped it get started.. As you read.. You can hear the dialogue of the series.. Very good read.
Ernie
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good detective adventure story
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I rally love the TV show Justified, so was looking for any of Elmore Leonard's short stories featuring the US Marshall Raylan Givens. I enjoyed reading Riding the Rap, which had a number of nice twists to the story.
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Classic Leonard, but not one of the best... a fast, fun read, though.
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It seemed like a brilliant idea. Three mismatched bad guys - a Palm Beach pothead, a Bahamian ex-con, and a Puerto Rican gardener turned mob enforcer - get together to carry out the perfect crime; kidnap retired Miami bookie Harry Arno and let him pay the ransom with his ill-gotten wealth. He can't go to the cops later. No one will miss him. It's perfect. Or so they figure.
They figure wrong. Harry's former girlfriend, ex-topless dancer Joyce Patton, misses him a lot. Now she's sending her current boyfriend, Stetson-hatted federal marshal Raylan Givens, looking for Harry. And Raylan always gets his man. And in this case, he also gets his woman - the last person to see Harry, a sexy psychic named Dawn. Dawn may be clairvoyant, or she may be in on the kidnapping. Either way, she gives Raylan a lead, and he's hunting on Forida's 24-karat Gold coast for three loco hombres...and trying to bring Harry back alive...