{"product_id":"the-hot-kid-a-novel-isbn-9780060724221","title":"The Hot Kid: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe undisputed master of the crime novel strikes again with this powerfully entertaining story, set in 1920s Oklahoma, that introduces one of the toughest lawmen ever to come out of the west. . . . \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarlos Webster was 15 the day he witnessed his first murder—but it wouldn’t be his last. It was also his first introduction to the notorious gunman, Emmet Long. By the time Carlos is 20, he’s being sworn in as a deputy United States marshal and now goes by the name Carl. As for Emmet, he’s robbing banks with his new partner, the no-good son of an oil millionaire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tCarl Webster and Emmet Long may be on opposite sides of the law but their long-time game of cat and mouse will turn them both into two of the most famous names in crime and punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eCarl Webster, the hot kid of the marshals service, is polite, respects his elders, and can shoot a man driving away in an Essex at four hundred yards. Carl works out of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, federal courthouse during the 1930s, the period of America's most notorious bank robbers: Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson -- those guys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl wants to be America's most famous lawman. He shot his first felon when he was fifteen years old. With a Winchester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouly Brown loves Carl but wants the world to think she is Pretty Boy Floyd's girlfriend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Antonelli of \u003cem\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/em\u003e magazine wants to write like Richard Harding Davis and wishes cute little Elodie wasn't a whore. She and Heidi and the girls work at Teddy's in Kansas City, where anything goes and the girls wear -- what else -- teddies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Belmont wants to rob banks, become public enemy number one, and show his dad, an oil millionaire, he can make it on his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith tommy guns, hot cars, speakeasies, cops and robbers, and a former lawman who believes in vigilante justice, all played out against the flapper period of gun molls and Prohibition, \u003cem\u003eThe Hot Kid\u003c\/em\u003e is Elmore Leonard -- a true master -- at his best.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003ePraise for MR.PARADISE: “The dialogue and the characters crackle ...MR. PARADISE is a perfect crime caper from a master.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Smart writing about dumb crooks.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...Rips along like a bandit’s getaway car...THE HOT KID is Leonard at his best.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTulsa World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“His 40th crime novel—and he just keeps getting better and better. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeseret News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“THE HOT KID brims with the sly humor, sparse prose and razor dialogue we expect from the master” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The HOT KID is Elmore Leonard- a master- at his best.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOklahoma City Oklahoman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Elmore Leonard unspools the definitive portrait of 1930s lowlife” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe (Stephen King)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a novel that... is all about style, literary and otherwise.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear, fast-paced and masterfully structured.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wonderfully funny and hair-raising...THE HOT KID is splendid.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvidence Sunday Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No one is Leonard’s equal.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...delivers the goods in a top-notch amalgam of sagebrush western and mob drama.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLexington Herald-Leader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...expertly crafted, deftly balanced.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There’s nothing Elmore Leonard doesn’t know about stylish writing, and THE HOT KID is him at his compressed best.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The writing is pitch-perfect throughout...it’s all pure Leonard, and that means it’s pure terrific.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Crime fiction’s greatest living practitioner.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“His books defy classification …What Leonard does is write fully realized novels.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890368377061,"sku":"NP9780060724221","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060724221.jpg?v=1730233130","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-hot-kid-a-novel-isbn-9780060724221","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}