Synopses & Reviews
Los Angeles is gripped by the exploding celebrity of Allison Murrieta, her real identity unknown, a modern-day Jesse James with the compulsion to steal beautiful things, the vanity to invite the media along, and the conscience to donate much of her bounty to charity. Nobody ever gets hurtauntil a job ends with ten gangsters lying dead and a half- million dollars worth of glittering diamonds missing.
Rookie Deputy Charlie Hood discovers the bodies, and he prevents an eyewitnessaa schoolteacher named Suzanne Jonesafrom leaving the scene in her Corvette. Drawn to a mysterious charisma that has him off-balance from the beginning, Hood begins an intense affair with Suzanne. As the media frenzy surrounding Allisonas exploits swells to a fever pitch and the Southlandas most notorious killer sets out after her, a glimmer of recognition blooms in Hood, forcing him to choose between a deeply held sense of honor and a passion that threatens to consume him completely. With a stone-cold killer locked in relentless pursuit, Suzanne and Hood continue their desperate dance around the secrets that brought them together, unsure whether each new dawn may signal the day their lies catch up with them.
Review
The best book of its kind since
No Country for Old Men.
Providence Journal
From the two-time Edgar® Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Popular entertainment at its most delicious.
Washington Post
Suspenseful and original.
Chicago Sun-Times
Out of Sight meets Gone in 60 Seconds.
Entertainment Weekly
Parker has penned the mystery of the year.
Providence Journal
At once a noir thriller and a western ballad of desperadoes... Hard-boiled and heartbreaking.
Los Angeles Times
Synopsis
For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, here is the first thrilling adventure in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, author of The Room of White Fire.
In this town, it pays to be bad . . .
Allison is an L.A. celebrity, a folk hero, and a modern-day Jesse James who loves a good armed robbery. She has a compulsion to steal, a knack for publicity, and the conscience to give it all to charity. In fact, one of her biggest fans is a cop. And no one s ever been hurt until last night. Now she and the rookie deputy are on the run for their lives."
Synopsis
Allison is an L.A. celebrity, a folk hero, and a modern-day Jesse James who loves a good armed robbery. She has a compulsion to steal, a knack for publicity, and the conscience to give it all to charity. In fact, one of her biggest fans is a cop. And no ones ever been hurtuntil last night. Now she and the rookie deputy are on the run for their lives.
Synopsis
Allison Murrieta is a modern-day Jesse James who loves a good armed robbery. She has a compulsion to steal, a knack for publicity, and the conscience to give all the loot to charity. No one's ever been hurt--until now. This latest novel from two-time Edgar Award-winner Parker is available in a tall Premium Edition.
About the Author
T. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of fifteen previous novels, including L.A. Outlaws and Storm Runners. Along with Dick Francis and James Lee Burke, he is one of only three two-time recipients of the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Parker lives with his family in Southern California.