Title: The Outlaw
Among Us
Author: Nathan
Dodge
Review: Over the
top, or OTT as we said back in the 80’s.
I would like to think if you name your lead character/shady individual
Johnny Outlaw you were going for ironic humor.
If the author was going for irony then he was much too subtle for me to
pick up on it.
Basically you have a master sociopath with unlimited funds
who decides to befriend a neighbor – let’s just forget the fact sociopaths do
not befriend anyone. That aside he takes
several steps to isolate his target and bring him onto his team, including
removing individuals who would derail that goal; like the targets wife. He seems to kill and without consequence (but
to be fair you probably kill a random punk in the back city streets of New
Jersey and get away with it). No one is
immune to the charms or influence of Johnny Outlaw, no one.
From strippers, neighbors, cops, and federal agents; Johnny
Outlaw just moves through life doing whatever he pleases. It is just that easy when you put your mind
to it. It seems like the goal was to get
the gritty realism of The Dark Knight (well, real when compared to) and yet we
end up with the cartoonishness of Adam West with all the vibrant colors.
I guess I just wasn’t sure for what the author was going
for. Maybe he achieved exactly what he
was looking for, but it wasn’t made clear for the reader to know it. That said it was a fun read and the writing
style was solid. This was an easy book
to get through, but forgettable in a Holy Sitcom sort of way.
Publisher: PocketStar
ISBN:
978-1-4516-7737-9
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 358
Quick Review: 3
stars out of 5
Why I Read It: I
can go for a good thriller
Where I Obtained the
Book: Sent to me by the publisher for review
Synopsis: A
suspenseful and intriguing original eBook about some mysterious new neighbors
in an otherwise quiet suburb—from a popular bestselling thriller author
(writing under a pseudonym). Martin Tucker is a working-class average Joe from
New Jersey who lives a simple life: husband to his high school sweetheart,
father to two young sons, and retainer of a ton of bills, even though most
months the mortgage gets paid on time. It may not be the ultimate realization
of the American Dream, but Martin’s gotten comfortable with it, and he’ll take
what he can. That is, until new neighbors Johnny and Rachel Outlaw move in two
doors down, and everything changes.
Johnny’s the
youngest partner at a high-powered Manhattan law firm, and Rachel is probably
the hottest woman Martin’s ever seen. For the life of him, Martin can’t figure
out what people like the Outlaws are doing in this quiet suburban neighborhood.
But as Martin tries to uncover the truth, Johnny Outlaw shows him a devil of a
good time and Rachel captivates him with her irresistible beauty and
charm—right before everything starts heading straight to hell….
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