Riding the Rap [Import] [Paperback]

Elmore Leonard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (May 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753822415
• ISBN-13: 978-0753822418
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Elmore Leonard has written more than forty novels, including bestsellers Up in Honey's Room, The Hot Kid, Mr. Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, Pagan Babies, and Glitz. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. He lives with his wife, Christine, in Bloomfield Village, Michigan.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars God bless Elmore Leonard, November 3, 2003

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Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Riding the Rap (Mass Market Paperback)

There's hardly ever a truly good guy in Leonard's books. Even the best of his protagonists who ride in on white horses to slay evil dragons have a dark side, a dark secret, or a dark sin. And the worst of the baddies all have some marvelous redeeming or hilarious quality that makes you root for them now and then.
There should be, instead of Murphy's Law, a Leonard's Law, in which some seemingly simple scheme will inevitably turn complex and twisted when this master of his genre gets hold of it.
In Riding the Rap, we get to revisit Florida Marshall Raylan Givins as he investigates the disappearance of his girlfriend's ex-lover. Don't ask. It's too complicated to go into details in a short book review. Just trust me: it's filled with the usual Leonard people-stew of weirdos, strange scams, superb dialogue full of lingo and slang, and and and and...
Not his very best, but very good stuff.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great, April 26, 2008

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This review is from: Riding the Rap (Mass Market Paperback)

Ellmore Leonard can't be beat for character development and pacing, but he's asleep at the wheel on this one. Good to see Raylan Givens in action again. He's even more confident in this book. The bad guy, Chip Ganz, wasn't completely believable, but his no good sidekicks were. Lots of cross/double cross action. I'm ambiguous about the psychic character (which is probably how the author meant her to be).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Riding the Rap - Leonard, October 25, 2002

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Chris MB "CMB" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Riding the Rap (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm not quite sure what I missed when I read Riding the Rap but I obviously missed something. I'm afraid that I can't honestly continue the string of rave reviews. Every character in the novel was flat and few were likable. While the intent of the writing style might have been realism, it was just plain irritating. Leonard has probably written some great books but it'll be a while before I go back to the bookstore to try another.