L.A. Outlaws — T. Jefferson Parker

Here's the deal....I'm about to stick up a west-side dude for twenty thousand dollars in cash. He won't be happy, but he'll turn it over. And I'll be richer and more famous than I already am. My name is Allison Murrieta.

She's an L.A. celebrity, a folk hero, 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. No one's ever been hurt...until now.

Ten lowlifes are dead, and Allison's left with a fortune in diamonds -- and on the radar of two men. One is rookie deputy Charlie Hood, who's head over heels. The other is a stone-cold killer locked in relentless pursuit of both of them. And not one of them is prepared for where the night will take them.