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After serving time for armed robbery, Ernest "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside and trying to stay legit. But it's tough staying straight in a crooked town -- and Miami is a pirate's paradise, where investment fat cats and lowlife drug dealers hold hands and dance. And when a crazed... read more

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STICK SAID HE WASN'T GOING if they had to pick up anything.

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This is book 67 of 100 in Top 100 Mysteries of All Time (Mystery Writers of America, 1995). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Doorbell Rang, and followed by The Little Drummer Girl.

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  1. Elmore Leonard (Author)
  2. T. Scarlett Epstein (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Allen Lane
Country: England
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0713916540
Page Count: 304

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