Outside the Law

By: Phillip Thompson

Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner

There's a new badge in the land of crime fiction...and it's pinned on a man who can stand tall alongside lawmen like Raylan Givens, Walt Longmire, and Jesse Stone.

Sheriff Colt Harper lives by his own moral code. His relentless crusade against drug crimes in his rural Mississippi county infuriates a Memphis mobster who sends Hack, his cold-blooded assassin, to stop him. ATF Special Agent Molly McDonough, looking to save her troubled career, follows Hack's trail of corpses to Harper's turf. The fates of Harper, McDonough, and Hack collide in a bloody, brutal showdown for justice, redemption, and survival that can only be fought outside the law.

©2017 Phillip Thompson (P)2017 Brash Books LLC

Critic reviews

"Tough, fast-paced...Thompson's convincing characters race toward an inevitable and explosive showdown." ( Publishers Weekly)

"Sheriff Harper is an old-west gunfighter in the modern world. The action doesn't stop." (David Morrell, New York Times best-selling author of First Blood, the novel that introduced Rambo)

good story but had to listen at 1.10 speed

Narrator almost ruined the story talking so slowly and with what sounds like marbles in his mouth. upping the playback speed made it listenable

Good!

I enjoyed this thrilling story. Interesting characters and fantastic narration!

**I received a copy of this audio book in exchange for an honest review**

What's next?

Really enjoyed the story. Narration was very good and I'm hoping there will be a sequel!

Not really interesting. Inconsistent characters.

I received a free copy of this book from the author / narrator / publisher in exchange for an unbiased review.

Almost halfway through the book, the story progressed without any set direction. I couldn't understand where the story was heading. When it did start moving in one direction, that wasn't still interesting and didn't excite me.

I'm quite bewildered by the actions taken by the main characters in this book. They are never consistent. And are pretty idiotic / unbelievable most of the time. They keep the story moving, but are otherwise glaring mistakes.

Even the climax of the book wasn't all that thrilling.

I love a great white hat/black hat story

There was no question who the good guys and the bad guys are in this story. There was an ultimate clash but the mini skirmishes leading up to that was full of special.

I loved the relationship between the sheriff and his staff. I loved how he problem-solved. I loved how he cared. His decision-making was a head scratcher but his take-no-prisoners attitude had to be admired.

This was a really good good-guy versus bad-guy listen. The narrator worked extremely well with the material and he really brought the emotion during the showdown. The main character. Sheriff Cole, was more of a slow-burn and the narrator portrayed him to perfection.