''Riding the Rap'' is a 1995 crime fiction novel by Elmore Leonard. It is the sequel to Leonard's ''

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'', released in 1993.

Synopsis

Like ''Pronto'', ''Riding the Rap'' centers around Harry Arno,

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veteran and bookie, now 67 years old. The book also features a reappearance of Joyce Patton, Harry's ex-girlfriend and a former stripper, and her new boyfriend

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, an always-gets-his-man old western type law enforcer. Givens later comes to Harry's aid when he discovers the plot set up by Chip Ganz, Bobby Deo and Louis Lewis. Ganz, who is $16,500 in debt, hatches a plan to steal the millions that Harry has skimmed from the mafia over the years from a

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by taking him

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and forcing the money out of him. It's up to Raylan Givens to find Harry Arno before it's too late.

Connections

This story formed the basis of the third episode of the first season of the FX television show '' Justified'', called "Fixer".Transmedia Storytelling, Adaptation, and the Reversing of Justified, by Michael Graves. Adaptation, Volume 10, Issue 1, 1 March 2017, Pages 1–17

References

{{Elmore Leonard 1995 American novels Novels by Elmore Leonard Sequel novels