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's tough staying straight in a crooked town -- and Miami is a pirate'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'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>