L.A. Outlaws
by T. Jefferson Parker
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Author: T. Jefferson ParkerEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-02-05
ISBN: 0525950559
Number of pages: 372
Publisher: Dutton Adult
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Book Review: Allison Murietta Will Knock You Out
Summary: 5 Stars
I am always a tiny bit wary of female characters created by male authors. I don't know -- sometimes male authors don't seem to get into the mindset of the female character. That is NOT the case in T. Jefferson Parker's "LA Outlaws". Allison Murietta is an extremely dynamic and well realized character. What makes her even more exciting is that her chapters are told from the first-person point of view. T. Jefferson Parker depicts her femininity, sexuality, maternal instincts and power beautifully. She is a modern-day Robin Hood cutting a path of sensual destruction through Los Angeles. Her passion for the cop, Hood, who is chasing her is compelling. This book is a stunner. The setting is beautifully realized and all the characters rock. The killer chasing Allison, Lupercio, is one of the most frightening characters ever; a man with his own baggage and a set of complex moral principles. The scene where he pursues Allison on a crane is one of the most riveting action sequences I have ever read. Advisory: graphic violence suitable to the story. This book is highly recommended.
Summary of L.A. Outlaws
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 hurt?until 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 eyewitness?a schoolteacher named Suzanne Jones?from 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 Allison?s exploits swells to a fever pitch and the Southland?s 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.
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