While lovingly recreating the look & lingo of the Midwestern underworld of the 1930s, this novel tells an up-to-date tale of love, hate, loss & redemption. The complex characterization of safecracker Preacher Hardokker & the deft rendering of the before & after of an explosion that rocks a three-state area around Sioux Falls, S.D., along with the psychological undertones & fascinating turns, mark Diamond Trump as a 21st Century phenomenon, a book deeply satisfying as a narrative & engaging as an exploration of the philosophy of an outsider. The three-part structure puts the reader inside events, sets the story in an historical context & uncovers ironies & ambiguities of what seems on the surface a simple caper. As a "good read" or as a enigma worth pondering, Diamond Trump is a dynamite crime-mystery. "Ron Robinson has given us one of American Literature's unforgettable characters." William X. Kienzle. "A prize winner, a tale of suspense with one of the most intriguing yet disturbing endings in American Fiction." - Arthur R. Huseboe. "All the pleasures of a caper story, a rich sense of character & the freewheeling spirit of Bonnie & Clyde." - J. Madison Davis. For more Great Books from the Great Plains: visit www.exmac.com.