Stick

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 player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins, the struggling ex-con is left with no choice but to dive right back into the game. Besides, Stick knows a good thing when he sees it -- and a golden opportunity to run a very profitable sweet revenge scam seems much too tasty to pass up. After time served for armed robbery, ex-con "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside, and down in Miami for a private family reunion. But it's tough going straight in a crooked town, especially when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins E-book extras: The extras: I. All by Elmore: the crime novels, the westerns. II. Selected filmography. III. If it sounds like writing, rewrite it. IV. Martin Amis interviews'The Dickens of Detroit'. In Stick, an ex-con trying to go straight finds himself tempted by a high stakes, sweet-revenge scam ... and targeted by a psycho killer with a score to settle.