Road Dogs (novel)

First edition (publ. William Morrow)

Road Dogs is a 2009 novel by author Elmore Leonard. It continues the stories of bank robber Jack Foley (Out of Sight), Cundo Rey (LaBrava), and Dawn Navarro (Riding the Rap).

Plot summary

Jack Foley is sent back to Glades prison and befriends Cundo Rey. Foley and Rey quickly become “road dogs” (inmates who watch each other’s back). Rey sets Foley up with an expensive lawyer who gets the kidnapping charge of Karen Sisco dismissed (event from Out of Sight) and also gets Foley’s bank robbery sentence significantly reduced. As a result, Foley is soon released, just a month ahead of Rey’s upcoming release. Rey arranges for Foley to fly out to Venice Beach and live in one of his houses. Foley soon meets up with Dawn Navarro, Rey’s common law wife living in another of Rey’s houses across the canal. Navarro tries to recruit Foley in her plot to steal Rey’s millions in earnings from various criminal businesses run by Jimmy Rios.

Characters in Road Dogs

Jack Foley – bank robber (portrayed by George Clooney in the movie version of Out of Sight)
Cundo Rey – crime boss
Dawn Navarro – Rey’s live-in lover and fortune teller
Jimmy Rios – Rey’s partner
Zorro – Rio’s body guard
Tico Sandoval – semi-reformed gang banger
Lou Adams – FBI agent
Danialle Karmanos – rich widow and movie star

Works by Elmore Leonard

Novels	Hombre (1961) The Big Bounce (1969) Swag (1976) Unknown Man No. 89 (1977) The Hunted (1977) City Primeval (1980) Split Images (1981) LaBrava (1983) Glitz (1985) Killshot (1989) Get Shorty (1990) Rum Punch (1992) Pronto (1993) Riding the Rap (1995) Naked Came the Manatee (1996) Out of Sight (1996) Cuba Libre (1998) Pagan Babies (2000) Tishomingo Blues (2002) A Coyote's in the House (2004) The Hot Kid (2005) Road Dogs (2009) Djibouti (2010) Raylan (2012)

Short stories	"Three-Ten to Yuma" (1953)

Screenplays	Joe Kidd (1972) Mr. Majestyk (1974) High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980) The Rosary Murders (1987)

Film adaptations	The Tall T (1957) 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Hombre (1967) The Big Bounce (1969) The Moonshine War (1970) Valdez Is Coming (1971) The Ambassador (1984) Stick (1985) 52 Pick-Up (1986) Cat Chaser (1989) Get Shorty (1995) Jackie Brown (1997) Last Stand at Saber River (1997) Touch (1997) Out of Sight (1998) The Big Bounce (2004) Be Cool (2005) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Killshot (2009) Life of Crime (2013)

Television adaptations	Maximum Bob (1998) Karen Sisco (2003) Justified (2010–2015)

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