When the Women Come Out to Dance
Elmore Leonard
HarperCollins
<p>In his more than three dozen books, Elmore Leonard has captured the imagination of millions of readers as few writers can. A literary icon praised by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever," he has influenced many contemporary writers and is known for both the quality and the accessibility of his writing.</p> <p>In this collection of new and recently published short fiction, Leonard demonstrates the superb characterizations, dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and driving plotting that have made him a household name. And once more this master of crime illustrates that the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think.</p> <p>Federal marshal Karen Sisco, from the bestselling novel <i>Out of Sight,</i> returns in "Karen Makes Out," once again inadvertently mixing pleasure with business. In "Fire in the Hole," Raylan Givens, last seen in <i>Riding the Rap</i> and <i>Pronto,</i> meets up with an...</p>