The Outcasts

Kent, Kathleen

3.53

1,830 ratings by Goodreads

ISBN 10: 1611134196 ISBN 13: 9781611134193

Publisher: Hachette Audio, 2013

It's the 19th Century on the Gulf Coast, a time of guns, lawmen, and lawlessness. Nathan, a young man with a pure heart and strong sense of justice, enlists in the Texas Rangers, joining forces with a captain and a doctor on a manhunt for a dangerous serial killer. The Rangers chase the murderer across the entire expanse of Texas to the steamy shores of the Middle Bayou, where rumors of pirate Jean Lafitte's buried treasure have drawn a lively collection of good guys, bad guys, and a former prostitute named Lucinda - who might be a little bit of both. Lucinda recently settled in Middle Bayou, after escaping from the Texas brothel where she had been a virtual prisoner. She is supposed to meet her lover, who has a plan to make them both rich. But when those plans run afoul, Lucinda finds herself on the run again, desperately trying to please and appease her dangerous lover. Nathan is close on their trail as they cross the border into New Orleans, but it's unclear who - if anyone - will survive when their paths finally cross. THE OUTCASTS is a page-turning adventure story about greed, love, betrayal, redemption - and the fight to bring order to a chaotic, lawless place.

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Review:

Raw, honest and completely captivating (Anita Shreve)

A haunting, powerful novel...absolutely compelling (Daily Mail)

An incredibly passionate and convincing novel (Daily Express)

'The Traitor's Wife by Kathleen Kent imagines the horrors of the past with unflinching exactitude, sparing little in her descriptions, whether of fighting mastiffs or the hell of a below-decks Atlantic crossing... The narrative is a little fractured, but is more than made up for by compelling characterisation and Kent's superb evocation of a brutal existence. It is up there with the best historical novels' --(The Sunday Times)

Book Description:

From the author of THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER, an epic Texan adventure of love, loss and kinship. For any fan of TRUE GRIT, for any reader of the bestselling Geraldine Brooks

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