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The outcasts : a novel
- Author
- Kent, Kathleen, 1953-
- Title
- The outcasts : a novel / Kathleen Kent.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013. ©2013
- Description
- 326 pages ; 25 cm
- Summary
- "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."-- Provided by publisher.
- Subject headings
- Brothels--Fiction. Travelers--West (U.S.)--19th century--Fiction. Murder--Investigation--Fiction. Police--Texas--Fiction. Suspense fiction. Gulf Coast (La.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Genre heading
- Adventure fiction. Love stories. Western stories.
- ISBN
- 9780316206129 (hardback) 0316206121 (hardback) 9780316239882 (large print)