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Set in Oklahoma during the 1930s, The Hot Kid is a powerfully entertaining story and introduces Carl Webster, one of the coolest lawmen ever to draw on a fugitive felon. At 21, Carl Webster's on his way to becoming the most famous Deputy US Marshal in America. He has shot and killed notorious bank robber Emmet Long and is now tracking Jack Belmont, the no-good son of an oil millionaire with dreams of becoming Public Enemy Number One.

It's not Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne's fault that they were in the real estate office when a pair of thugs walked in with extortion on their minds. But as far as aging Ojibway Indian hitman Armand Degas is concerned, the Colsons are going to have to pay dearly for seeing too much, and for the damage Wayne inflicted on Armand and his sicko partner Richie Nix with a tire iron.

Das Hörbuch zur Krimi-Kult-Komödie mit John Travolta und Danny de Vito. Chili Palmer, Geldeintreiber der Mafia in Miami, hat es nicht leicht. Gerade erst hat er einem Schuldner einen Haufen Kohle abgenommen, als er, vom Teufel geritten, alles in einer Nacht in Las Vegas verspielt. Bei seinen Bossen kann er sich vorerst nicht blicken lassen. Aber für einen wie Chili hat zum Glück auch ein Kasino Verwendung: Er soll beim Regisseur Harry Zimm Spielschulden eintreiben. Chili macht sich auf nach Los Angeles, in Hollywood liegt das Geld ja bekanntlich auf der Straße.

The Elmore Leonard Podcast explores the work and life of one of our greatest novelists: Elmore Leonard. We will interview those who knew him and his work best, and also dive deep into the novels, the short stories and the invisible threads that tie them together. If you've read the books and seen the adaptations, we've got a lot to talk about. And if you haven't, get to work. Either way, subscribe to The Elmore Leonard Podcast today.