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The Outcasts

A Novel

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By Kathleen Kent

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On Sale
Oct 21, 2014
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
Back Bay Books
ISBN-13
9780316206112

Price

$16.00

Price

$18.00 CAD

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  2. Hardcover (Large Print)
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  4. Audiobook Download (Unabridged)

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  1. Trade Paperback $16.00 $18.00 CAD
  2. ebook $5.99 $7.99 CAD
  3. Hardcover (Large Print) $43.00 $54.00 CAD
  4. Hardcover $38.00 $48.00 CAD
  5. Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $27.99

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A taut, thrilling adventure story about buried treasure, a manhunt, and a woman determined to make a new life for herself in the old west.

It’s the 19th century on the Gulf Coast, a time of opportunity and lawlessness. After escaping the Texas brothel where she’d been a virtual prisoner, Lucinda Carter heads for Middle Bayou to meet her lover, who has a plan to make them both rich, chasing rumors of a pirate’s buried treasure.

Meanwhile, Nate Cannon, a young Texas policeman with a pure heart and a strong sense of justice, is on the hunt for a ruthless killer named McGill who has claimed the lives of men, women, and even children across the frontier.

Who — if anyone — will survive when their paths finally cross? As Lucinda and Nate’s stories converge, guns are drawn, debts are paid, and Kathleen Kent delivers an unforgettable portrait of a woman who will stop at nothing to make a new life for herself.

Genre:

  • Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Historical
  • General

Kathleen Kent is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated The Dime, as well as the bestselling historical novels The Heretic's Daughter, The Traitor's Wife, and The Outcasts. Kent lives in Dallas, TX.

  • PRAISE FOR THE OUTCASTS:

    "THE OUTCASTS is well-written, tightly plotted and full of ingenious twists....Like the rotgut poured at some dusty Old West saloon, this tale has a wicked kick to it."
    Shawna Seed, Dallas Morning News
  • "A cinematic but refreshingly unsentimental take on the classic Western, starring a woman who is no romantic heroine, but a definite survivor."
    Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
  • "[A] mastery of historical fiction."
    Diana Andro, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • "[A] rollicking tale."
    Steve Bennett, San Antonio Express-News

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Kathleen Kent

About the Author

Kathleen Kent is the Edgar-nominated author of the crime trilogy The Dime, The Burn, and The Pledge, as well as three bestselling historical novels: The Heretic’s Daughter, The Traitor’s Wife, and The Outcasts. She has written short stories and essays for D Magazine, Texas Monthly, and LitHub, and has been published in the crime anthology Dallas Noir. In March 2020 she was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for her contribution to Texas literature. Kent lives in Dallas, Texas.
 

 

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