An American Outlaw

Yes… I am a quitter. I have not quit reading a book since Walden Two decades ago. I labored through half of this book before I checked to see how others rated this read. I agree with the reader that described the prose to be similar to a handful of text messages. I am sure there are those that will......more

'You took up a gun, your world could turn upside down in a heartbeat. A bank. A gas station. A patrol, the other side of the world. Or a robbery, the fields of Texas. You stepped off, the fall could be an inch, a mile—unending. Nobody to save you, nobody there.'   An American Outlaw is a stunningly st......more

Ex-marines, scarred by combat. Now a new mission to complete. Robbery. Money to be made, the purpose oblique. East Texas. Dusty trails. A seasoned lawman on the chase. Short sentences. Staccato. Conversations are cursory. Facts are hard to glean, dripped out slowly. Physical characteristics skimmed......more

This is a well written, rather sad, tale. Good people doing the wrong things for the right reasons. Mutual respect between law enforcement and the “bad guys”. Things are definitely not always black and white. This kept me on the edge of my seat wondering how they could possibly escape. I wasn’t sure......more

Always keen to highlight debut authors, John Stonehouse has proved to be a real find with his first book, An American Outlaw. This is a blistering slice of modern Americana that is hugely reminiscent in the spare, sparse style of authors like Cormac McCarthy, Ace Atkins and Denis Johnson, and hooks......more