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Riding The Rap

The Run Down.

Now that his mom's gravy train has derailed, gambling, debt-ridden Palm Beach playboy Warren "Chip" Ganz has decided to take somebody rich hostage—with the help of a Bahamian ex-con, a psycho gardener/enforcer, and the beautiful, if underfed, psychic Reverend Dawn. The trouble is they choose bookmaker Harry Arno as their victim, and Harry can scam with the best. The BIG trouble is ace manhunter U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is sleeping with Harry's ex-exotic dancer, ex-girlfriend, and Joyce wants Harry found. And since nearly everyone has guns, locating and springing the captive bookie most probably can't happen without some measure of lethal difficulty.

Published: 1995

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Genre: Crime

Adaptation: TV Show (Justified)

Characters: Raylan Givens , Dawn Navarro

The New York Times

Wicked and irresistible . . . Elmore Leonard is a literary genius.

— The New York Times

Raylan Givens

“You telling me all that,” Louis said, “you don’t even have a gun pointing at me.” “If I pull it,” Raylan said, “I’ll use it. You understand? You make a threatening move I’ll shoot you through the heart.”

Justified

Adapted for television from Raylan, Riding the Rap and Pronto
Starring Timothy Olyphant — Developed by Graham Yost
2010-2015 — 6 Seasons — 79 episodes