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Texas Outlaw (A Texas Ranger Thriller Book 2) Kindle Edition

by James Patterson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 10,033 ratings
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To Rory Yates being a Texas Ranger is about justice, but all of that changes when he is brought to a small southern town to help uncover the mysteries behind a local woman's death—only to discover corruption and lies.

Texas Ranger Rory Yates is not keen for hero status. But it's unavoidable once his girlfriend, country singer Willow Dawes, writes a song about his bravery. Rory escapes his newfound fame when he's sent to the remote West Texas town of Rio Lobo, a municipality with two stoplights. And now, according to the Chief of Police, it has one too many Texas Rangers.

Rio Lobo Detective Ariana Delgado is the one who requested Rory, and the only person who believes a local councilwoman's seemingly accidental death is a murder. Then Rory begins to uncover a tangle of small-town secrets, favors, and lies as crooked as Texas law is straight.

To get to the truth before more people die, Rory is forced to take liberties with the investigation. The next ballad of Rory Yates may not be about a hero, but rather an outlaw song.
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"James Patterson knows how to sell thrills and suspense in clean, unwavering prose."

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"Patterson never, and I mean never, disappoints."

-- "USA Today"

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James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.

Andrew Bourelle is the author of the novel Heavy Metal and the coauthor with James Patterson of Texas Ranger.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07VT2Q84H
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company (March 30, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 30, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 944 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 449 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0316428167
  • Customer Reviews:
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James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Tiger Woods, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. Patterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, and collaborated most recently with Michael Crichton on the blockbuster “Eruption.” He has told the story of his own life in “James Patterson by James Patterson” and received an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Enjoying the Texas Ranger series
I just finished Texas Outlaw, Jan 18, 2021. I bought it Used “Like New” condition, & it certainly is like new as a matter of fact, i realized that the listing said, apparently “unread” used book. So i implore people to check out used, there’s always 100’s avail. So, i had read Texas Ranger , the 1st in the series, in the Summer of 2019. I was pleasantly surprised recently when browsing Patterson books, to come across a second.”Texas Outlaw” I’ll just say that, i find the main character Ranger Rory Yates very likable, and the story is engaging, and i flew through this book. Also, some likable secondary characters as well. I especially like the love(s) interest. Great fast paced, fun , story telling. Nothing more nothing less. I look forward to more Rory Yates tales!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024
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I really enjoyed Texas Outlaw. Lots of action and some romance. Another good James Patterson book. Hoping for more books about Rory.
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Carla
5.0 out of 5 stars Texas Outlaw by Patterson
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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Thoroughly enjoyed this James Patterson book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars JP is author royalty
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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Loved this second novel in this series. Rory Yates is quickly becoming a favorite character. Can't wait for the next one.
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Victoria Turrentine
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
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Interesting from the start! Loved it And excited for the next one
To come out in the series hopefully soon
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Laura Gibbs
5.0 out of 5 stars Texas Ranger Vs Evil Cowboys
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2023
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The read resonates how Texas people feel about their State. I like the suspense and the human qualities they showed in each character good and evil. A modern day Western
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Alan Clutter
5.0 out of 5 stars Texas outlaw
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2023
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I really like the book and couldn't put it down. Kept me on the edge of my seat. To bad Willow and him couldn't get back together
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5.0 out of 5 stars A GOOD DETECTIVE KNOWS WHEN TO QUIT
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020
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"Texas Outlaw" by James Patterson opens with a riveting scene where the main character Rory Yates, aTexas Ranger walk into a bank holdup; he acted quickly to shoot two robbers. He makes the national news. However, his boss did not like the attention he is receiving. He assign to Rio Lobo, a small west Texas town to investigate a dead city councilwoman- Susan Synder. He starts the investigation with detective Ariana Delgado who almost becomes his lover, but he had a girl friend who is on the verge of becoming a huge country music singer. She relocates to Nashville where is opens for major country artist. Rio Lobo is small, and quite town where everyone knows one another, but the town hold a lot of deep secrets with people going back to their high school years. The major employer is an oil company- McCormack Oil. It appears they do oil drilling work, but it is not the case, but they kill people, and they are the major drug distributor in the Southwest USA working with Mexican drug cartels. Ranger Yates bust open the drug exposure killing the owner and his son, but also put a lot of people in federal prisons for drug dealing. It is a good reading keeping you on edge. The ending has Ranger Yates in a country road east of Albuquerque, New Mexico leaving his love of his country artiest girl frined, and Ariana.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed the mystery
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024
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The print was missing on several pages. Fortunately it wasn’t an important clue as best as I could determine
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Nikko
5.0 out of 5 stars Hreat book, light and easy to read
Reviewed in Mexico on February 23, 2021
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Excelent. Grear book as the sequel of texas ramger is great
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Daddat
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2022
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After reading the first book I was hooked into this revisit with Rory. Captured the feelings of the size and beauty of Texas and of it's good and bad characters.Roll on book 3!
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NITIN
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book
Reviewed in India on March 21, 2022
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Wonderful book . I just finished reading. One of the best creation of Thriller books writter and Hero James Patterson. wows
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, this was a fantastic story.
Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2020
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The pace was fast moving, couldn’t put it down till it was finished.
Kept me up till late in the night.
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Traci Coe
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in Australia on January 10, 2021
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Loved this book. Twist at the end I wasn't expecting. I love reading James Patterson, his books never disappoint. Always a great read and this book definitely didn't disappoint
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