Thrilling stories from the legendary Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard's career spanned over half a century during which time he wrote some the greatest suspense thrillers, Westerns and crime novels of all time. Adaptations of his work have been a staple of Hollywood, and now you can enjoy full-cast adaptations of two of his most thrilling reads.
Listen to the sensational adaptation of Hombre, Elmore Leonard's classic Western novel that tells the story of hard fighting, gun-slinging cowboy John Russell. Abducted as a child and raised as an Apache, Russell, known to everyone by the nickname Hombre, takes a stagecoach out of town with five other passengers, all of whom have their own secrets to hide. Blinded by prejudice, the stagecoach passengers take Russell for an Apache and want nothing to do with him. That is, until outlaws ride them down. There is a traitor amongst the passengers and, after a deadly showdown, they must escape. Stalked by bandits, the group's survival in the harsh Arizona desert is dependent on one man: Hombre...
Next in this double bill is Leonard's epic tale of cops and robbers. Set against the dusty, sun-kissed backdrop of 1930s Oklahoma and Kansas during America's Great Depression, The Hot Kid pitches Carl Webster, rising star in the US Marshals Service, against a vicious criminal who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Webster is one of the elite man-hunters chasing the likes of Bonnie and Clyde across America's depression-ravaged heartland. But does he have what it takes to capture Jack Belmont, the wayward son of an oil millionaire who wants to be public enemy number one? Moonshine, shoot-outs, bank heists, the Klan and Mobsters make for an edge-of-your-seat thriller that pits Belmont and Webster against each other in a deadly game of cat and mouse, where both men must risk not only their own lives but also the lives of those they love.
Starring Poldark's Luke Norris, Lucian Msamati (best known for his roles in Game of Thrones and His Dark Materials) and Adam Gillen (from TV's hugely popular Benidorm), this enthralling collection also comes with a special bonus feature. Listen to the master himself, Elmore Leonard, in conversation with Mark Lawson, presenter of BBC Radio 4's Front Row, as they discuss Leonard's career and his ten rules for writing great fiction.
This is a collection not to be missed.
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- ISBN10 1529917409
- ISBN13 9781529917406
- Publish Date 30 November 2023
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Cornerstone Digital
- Format Audiobook (WAV)
- Duration 2 hours and 57 minutes
- Language English