Elmore Leonard: Comfort To The Enemy (USA 2010) From the Publisher: Elmore Leonard: Comfort To The Enemy. And Other Carl Webster Stories. Harper Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780061735158 (October, 2010), 224 p., $14.99.
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Elmore Leonard: Comfort To The Enemy (UK 2010) From the Publisher: Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters' molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers' wartime promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined... A trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl Webster - star of THE HOT KID. Elmore Leonard: Comfort To The Enemy. Phoenix, ISBN: 9780753826652 (April, 2010), 192 p., £7.99.
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Elmore Leonard: Comfort To The Enemy (UK 2009) From the Publisher: The title story begins with the investigation of a murder at a German POW camp in Oklahoma. The bank robbers of the 1920s are gone. Carl has married Louly, who has joined the Marines, and he has also done a tour of duty. Oklahoma is full of POW camps with crewmen and grenadiers from the Afrika Krops. Jurgen Schrenk is a young captain who escapes with some frequency, a man well-liked by many of the native Oklahomans. He's fallen in love with a girl by the name of Shemane, a sexy beauty and gangster's moll who lives at home with her mother. Jurgen makes a successful escape with the help of Shemane, and Carl promises he'll help the lovers at the end of the war. But Jurgen may be a spy, and Carl may have to pursue him to Detroit, a place where Jurgen has lived and where arms are being manufactured. With excellent dialogue, grippingly credible characters, and the glamour of sex and bad reputation, Comfort to the Enemy shows Elmore Leonard at the very top of his game. A wonderful collection of three linked stories charting the career of legendary Elmore Leonard lawman Carl Webster Elmore Leonard: Comfort To The Enemy. And Other Carl Webster Tales. Showdown at Checotah -- Louly and Pretty Boy -- Comfort to the Enemy. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN: 9780297856689 (April, 2009), 182 p., £18.99.
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