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 hurtuntil last night. Now she and the rookie deputy are on the run for their lives.The Washington Post - Patrick AndersonT.Jefferson Parker's terrific L. A. Outlaws introduces one of the most enticing heroines in recent American crime fiction…Parker is hardly unknown. This is his 15th novel, and he's one of three writersDick Francis and James Lee Burke are the othersto have twice won the Edgar Award for best crime novel of the year. Still, he's never achieved quite the recognition he deserves and this could be his breakthrough. All his skills are on display here: vivid writing, strong characters, clockwork plotting, agonizing suspense and, finally, an ending that manages to be just right. L. A. Outlaws is popular entertainment at its most delicious.