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‘The Ten Golden Rules for Successful Armed Robbery’ if rigidly adhered to will catapult two trainee robbers—Frank and Stick—into Detroit’s criminal elite. But for how long can they maintain the Rules’ austere discipline as the lurid, fun temptations pile up?

© Elmore Leonard 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

Critics Review

A trio of Elmore Leonard crime novels show that, for all his concision and aptitude for depicting violence, the magic of his prose lies in wit and charm
The Observer
PRAISE FOR ELMORE LEONARD
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The crime writer’s crime writer, King of all he surveys
Ian Rankin
Cool talk, hot action … it’s impossible not to love Elmore Leonard
LA Times
The hottest thriller writer in the US
TIME
The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever
The New York Times Book Review
Leonard is a genius
The New York Times
Elmore Leonard can write circles around almost anybody active in the crime novel today
The New York Times
Leonard provides the fizziest and cleverest dialogue in crime fiction. A total delight
The Times
He’s set the standard against which all other crime novels are measured
The New York Times

User Reviews

Book 3.0
Narration 4.0
Author Elmore Leonard
Narrator Frank Muller
Duration 6 hours and 10 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781837310340
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Adventure fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
3.0 (1 review)
Narration
4.0 (1 review)

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