An American Outlaw Author:John Stonehouse The #1 Chart-Topper in Crime Action Fiction (Kindle US)'A rip-roaring 21st century western...a relentless pursuit among the sun-scorched mountain trails of west Texas...a considerable achievement...' R.Hoseason, Amazon Top 50 Hall of Fame reviewer'a blistering slice of modern Americana...a fast-moving, tension filled manhunt...hooks the reade... more »r...brilliantly rendered...' Raven Crime Reads'An American Outlaw by debut author John Stonehouse, is a powerful, smart, action-packed inverted detective story...the book has one of the most gratifying endings I've encountered in fiction this year...' B. Case, Amazon Top 500 reviewer 'having spent time as a USAF Air Policeman riding with Tom Green County Sheriff and the Texas Highway Patrol makes the book more real...' Amazon reviewer, Stevie Joe, in Oklahoma'I am a USMC Vietnam Vet. Thank you for bringing out some of the treatment of our young men that we trained to kill but did not retrain to rejoin a society they are no longer a part of. I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially vets. Will be looking for more books by this author.' Jarhead, Amazon reviews As a veteran, who also spent years in rural Texas, was able to relate and enjoy...' Rev. Stan Chapin, Amazon reviewsThe scion of one of the West's great outlaws comes home from the war in Iraq--Gilman James, the last of three childhood friends to return. His brothers-in-arms are mere shadows of their former selves--Gil, unmarked--determines to take care of them. But how far should a man go for the people he loves?Stepping across the line between right and wrong, Gil finds himself stranded in the Texan desert-as a bank heist he's planned goes horribly wrong. Pursued into the badlands by US Marshal John Whicher, Gil crosses paths with Tennille Labrea; an outlander, with her own demons to fight. Shielding a secret too precious to share with anyone, she's ready to cross her own line in the sand.What makes an outlaw? Marshal John Whicher, veteran of the First Gulf War thinks he knows. But can natural justice ever outrank the law? For three very different people a moment of reckoning is set in train: violent, defining; inescapable.« less