Loosely in plot details but very closely and lovingly in spirit. I'm a big Leonard fan and this is my favorite show of all time.

If you read Fire in the Hole, you’ll probably be disappointed. Truthfully, Raylan is pretty different than in Riding the Rap, or Pronto too, but if you haven’t read those ones you’ll probably love it. Most of the series feels a lot like it came straight out of an Elmore Leonard novel. Even in the later episodes when the writer wasn’t around, there’s scenes and characters that just feel like he personally wrote them in.