stick: a novel  <p><strong>“a slam-bang, no-bull action thriller...and nobody but nobody writes better dialogue.” —<em>new york daily news</em></strong></p><p><strong>it’s an established fact: elmore leonard is “the uncontested master of the crime thriller” (<em>washington post</em> ) who “does crime fiction better than anyone” (<em>cleveland plain dealer</em>), and nowhere is this more obvious than in the pages of <em>stick</em>. </strong></p><p>after serving time for armed robbery, ernest "stick" stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. but it&apos;s tough staying straight in a crooked town -- and miami is a pirate&apos;s paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. and when a crazed player chooses stick at random to die for another man&apos;s sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. besides, stick knows a good thing when he sees it -- and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up.</p>