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''Riding the Rap'' is a 1995 crime fiction novel by
Elmore Leonard Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story author and screenwriter. He was, according to British journalist Anthony Lane, "hailed as one of the best crime writers in the land". His earliest no ...
. It is the sequel to Leonard's '' Pronto'', released in 1993.


Synopsis

Like ''Pronto'', ''Riding the Rap'' centers around Harry Arno,
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
veteran and bookie, now 67 years old. The book also features a reappearance of Joyce Patton, Harry's ex-girlfriend and a former
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, and her new boyfriend Raylan Givens, 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 Swiss bank account by taking him
hostage A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, o ...
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