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The Renegades (Charlie Hood #2)
Deputy Sheriff Charlie Hoodthe hero of L.A. Outlawsleft readers clamoring for more, and in The Renegades, T. Jefferson Parker more than delivers.
Some say that outlaws no longer exist, that the true spirit of the American West died with the legendary bandits of pulp novels and bedtime stories. Charlie Hood knows that nothing could be further from the truth. These days he ...more
Some say that outlaws no longer exist, that the true spirit of the American West died with the legendary bandits of pulp novels and bedtime stories. Charlie Hood knows that nothing could be further from the truth. These days he ...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published
February 10th 2009
by Dutton Adult
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This latest from T. Jefferson Parker is another cop and robber tale. Charlie Hood, is assigned to Antelope Valley, in California, and is riding with his partner Terry Laws, when they go to a housing project to join to Housing Authority case workers, who are investigating a report of drugs in an apartment.
On leaving, the housing project, Laws is gunned down and Hood believes he recognizes the assailant.
Hood is approached by Internal Affairs to investigate the Laws murder,...more
On leaving, the housing project, Laws is gunned down and Hood believes he recognizes the assailant.
Hood is approached by Internal Affairs to investigate the Laws murder,...more
Charlie Hood is back for his second outing, after 2007's L.A. Outlaws. In the wake of outlaw Allison Murrietta's murder, and the ensuing internal affairs investigation generated by that episode, Hood has asked the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department for--and received--a reassignment to the desert. The desert has many of the same evils as the city--gangs, meth, poverty--but has the advantage of wide open spaces, a territory that requires Hood to spend hour upon hour driving, his favorite thing to do...more
Dandy good Cop story set in L.A. It deals with drugs, cops both good and bad and some very nefarious people. This is the second book dealing with Charlie Hood as our main character. He's a cop that wants everyone to be either on the good side or the bad side - sides can't have both. He learns differently.
This one also introduced a new character that will be very interesting to watch in future Charlie Hood stories.
This one also introduced a new character that will be very interesting to watch in future Charlie Hood stories.
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Michael
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mystery fans, Robert Crais fans, Don Winslow fans.
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Have enjoyed the author in the past.
"The Renegades" is a follow up to the excellent "L.A. Outlaws"
In this story, Charlie Hood has asked for a transfer to the quieter police division after being involved in a shooting in L.A.
When Hood and his partner, Terry Laws were at a call helping housing authority representatives, someone kills Laws. The automatic weapon used to kill Laws either jammed or the killer wanted to let Hood be a witness but Hood's escape troubled him.
Internal affai...more
In this story, Charlie Hood has asked for a transfer to the quieter police division after being involved in a shooting in L.A.
When Hood and his partner, Terry Laws were at a call helping housing authority representatives, someone kills Laws. The automatic weapon used to kill Laws either jammed or the killer wanted to let Hood be a witness but Hood's escape troubled him.
Internal affai...more
T. Jefferson Parker is a fine writer and a good storyteller. It's tempting to liken him to Ross MacDonald, and California--esp. Los Angeles and San Diego counties--is one of main characters. Charlie Hood, the more than decent policeman from "L.A. Outlaws" is back, working for LASD's Internal Affairs, and trying to figure out who killed Terry Laws, aka Mr. Wonderful, another LASD cop.
It's a police procedural, but Parker often reaches beyond the procedural part and finds somet...more
It's a police procedural, but Parker often reaches beyond the procedural part and finds somet...more
T. Jefferson Parker is the Man! This is a sequel to "L.A. Outlaws" and is an even better read. L.A. Sheriff Deputy Charlie Hood is one of the real good guys. He cannot be bought, nor scared off. He will run down each criminal he sets his sights on.
Each of Parker's books paints the bad guy in such a light that you sort of root for the bad guy. In this book it was even more so for me. The bad guy, a sociopathic serial killer is a sympathetic character. I was conflicted on whe...more
Each of Parker's books paints the bad guy in such a light that you sort of root for the bad guy. In this book it was even more so for me. The bad guy, a sociopathic serial killer is a sympathetic character. I was conflicted on whe...more
Parker's series of noir cop stories set in southern California have excellent plotting and high levels of reality and plausibility. They aren't feel-good books, they aren't meant to be, but they fascinate. It helps to have recently read the preceeding book, because some characters continue and the allusions to their back-stories may leave the reader a little puzzled. Most chapters of this book follow the Good Cop with a third-person narrative. Other chapters follow the Bad Cop in a first-person ...more
Parker's second novel to feature Los Angeles Sheriffs Deputy Charlie Hood is a well done thriller and police procedural which makes good on the potential of its inconsistent predecessor, L.A. Outlaws. In this story, Hood has transferred to the outskirts of the city, content to patrol the vast deserts and canyons while coming to grips with what happened in the previous story. Hood is partnered with Terry Laws, aka Mr. Wonderful, a cop with seemingly everything going for him. When Laws is gunned d...more
I needed to read a book that was a page turner and this nicely filled the bill. I particularly enjoyed the SOCAL locale and the principal character, Charlie Hood. Parker shapes the scene and action smartly with short chapters. This was the first book of his I had read so now I'm going to have to read all his others. I was never sure how things were going to turn out. It reminded me of the late Robert Parker's Jesse Stone series-great writing, an engaging ethical protagonist but it's slightly dif...more
Solid novel in the Charlie Hood series. I'm definitely digging on these books, which is probably pretty obvious considering that I've read the first two pretty quickly (at least for at this time of year). Parker does it again with the suspense, the excitement, the corruption, and the tense moments with Hood and Co. here. This time around Hood finds himself working for IA investigating the murder of a cop he was partnered up with for a night. The story unfolds and unfolds and while not entire...more
This Charlie Hood novel, told from an omniscient point of view, begins with the assassination of Hood’s patrol partner and his narrow escape. Was his escape intentional? He vows to catch the killer. Sensing this, Internal Affairs recruits him to find out why his partner would be targeted by a gang.
Parker inexplicably spends a few chapters describing Hood, the locale, his contemporaries then breaks in with one then two chapters with no dialogue tags in which someone is telling someone ...more
Parker inexplicably spends a few chapters describing Hood, the locale, his contemporaries then breaks in with one then two chapters with no dialogue tags in which someone is telling someone ...more
This is apparently the second in a series; unfortunately I began with book three and am reading them in reverse order. Good storyline, much like the following story. Each book seems to feature characters who appeared in a previous story.
Set in LA, Southern California and Northern Mexico, the main crimminal component is drug money and murder. The writer uses a mixture of first and third person narrative, many oblique references, and supplies details by using flash-back conversations, which...more
Set in LA, Southern California and Northern Mexico, the main crimminal component is drug money and murder. The writer uses a mixture of first and third person narrative, many oblique references, and supplies details by using flash-back conversations, which...more
I really loved this book. It's right up there with some of Thomas Perry's books (eg. Butcher's Boy) and in the same style as Denis Johnson's "Nobody Move" for it's gritty crime action.
This is a well written story about an LA Sheriff's deputy, Charlie Hood, working the southern California Antelope Valley area whose new straight arrow partner is gunned down while on duty. Charlie is enlisted by Internal Affairs to find the murderer and uncovers a shady past of him and his previou...more
This is a well written story about an LA Sheriff's deputy, Charlie Hood, working the southern California Antelope Valley area whose new straight arrow partner is gunned down while on duty. Charlie is enlisted by Internal Affairs to find the murderer and uncovers a shady past of him and his previou...more
This novel by Parker is somewhat disjointed. Not a smooth read at all. The title makes very little sense to what happens in the novel. The switching narrators clouds the action. In fact, very little action in the story. The antagonist is more interesting that the protagonist, Charlie Hood. Parker needs to bring some excitement for the reader about Hood if he continues this character. But all-in-all reading this novel certainly beats 90% of what is offered by motion pictures and television...more
“The Renegades,” published in 2009, is the second Charlie Hood novel from T. Jefferson Parker. The first was “LA Outlaws,” published in 2008 (and which I briefly reviewed in October 2009). That was the better book, thanks to the superbly drawn character of LA outlaw Allison Murrieta, a sympathetic bank robber with Robin-Hoodish leanings, who becomes a folk hero of sorts, as well as a Hood love interest.
Allison Murrieta plays a part in “The Renegades,” and in fact permeates the book. ...more
Allison Murrieta plays a part in “The Renegades,” and in fact permeates the book. ...more
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I did not enjoy this audio CD, nearly as much as I enjoyed the "Team of Rivals" production. I think it has to do with the narrator trying to suggest all the voices, male, female, Hispanic, young old, etc. Of course, it could have just been a mediocre story, though I usually like this author's stuff.
The story involves Charlie Hood, who is in a squad car with a fellow Sheriff's Deputy, Terry Laws, when he gets gunned down and somehow Hood is spared. The story balloons from...more
The story involves Charlie Hood, who is in a squad car with a fellow Sheriff's Deputy, Terry Laws, when he gets gunned down and somehow Hood is spared. The story balloons from...more
Charlie Hood, a veteran of the Iraq War, is a modern-day lawman with the soul of a 19th century western sheriff. Charlie is a deputy in the L.A. Sheriff's Department, and he cruises the Antelope Valley in the desert north of the city. Charlie loves to drive, preferably alone, and preferably late at night.
One night however, Charlie is paired with another deputy, Terry Laws, known to the rest of the department as "Mr. Wonderful," because of the great job he's done raising his ...more
One night however, Charlie is paired with another deputy, Terry Laws, known to the rest of the department as "Mr. Wonderful," because of the great job he's done raising his ...more
It is a pretty calm night for Charlie Hood of the L.A. Sheriff’s office. Hood and his partner for the night, Terry Laws, a/k/a Mr. Wonderful, go on a routine stop to assist the L. A. County Housing Authority in east Lancaster. The calm did not last long. As Hood and Laws completed the call and stepped back into the cruiser a man stepped in front of the car with a M249 Saw machine gun. Hood survived but Laws was dead.
Jim Warren with the Internal Affairs Division recruits Hood to...more
Jim Warren with the Internal Affairs Division recruits Hood to...more
A ripping plot, but some of the dopiest, most overblown dialogue I've encountered outside a bad romance novel. Here's a line at random, spoken by an L.A. detective: "I want to lay waste to them all. They're sucking the blood of this country through a golden straw." I'm pretty sure that if a real cop ever uttered those words, everyone in the squad room would be rolling around on the floor clutching their ribs in laughter.
A very predictable book with very few action sequences. I hate it when an author names a book that has very little or nothing to do with the book. I like the character of Charlie Hood, but the storyline was drab, dull and just plain boring. The story about the Renegades would have been far more interesting. Unfortunately, they are mentioned only briefly and I did not feel that the author tied them into the story very well. The ending was lame and did not have any real thought.
This is the second book of the Charlie Hood/Mexico drug cartels series. This one takes place primarily in and around the Antelope Valley and as such I particularly enjoyed it. Once again, the information on the Mexican drug wars, and California's involvement is fascinating and horrifying. Plus, Charlie is just a good ole good guy.
Excellent story. I can see this becoming a series like Crais with "Elvis Cole and Joe Pike" or Connelly's "Harry Bosch" series. The "Renegades" were/are? deputy marshalls dealing with drug traffic over the border to Mexico. It's modern day but with action out of the old west. I look forward to reading more about the Renegades.
I dig ths author's books; for "crime" type books, or noir/set in L.A. books, these truly kick ass. Give it a minute if it's your first T. Jefferson Parker, for by the end, he will surely surprise you with his description of a true thought, a real feeling that you've felt before, but never had the pleasure of reading before.
I'm a big Parker fan and found this to be as engrossing as the others I've read. Charlie Hood is almost an everyman cop and his deductive and observational powers are commendable. I'm also looking forward to future tales of Bradley Jones. He is truly a frightening character.
Charlie Hood sequel. Parker continues to draw s. CA landscapes with deft strokes. He paints the hero and the villain from the outset and slowly unfolds the evil in one and the good in the other. There are many shades of gray in his portrayals.
First sentence - "Hood got partnered up with Terry Laws that night, another swing shift in the desert, another hundered and fifty miles of motion on asphalt, another Crown Victoria Law Enforcement Interceptor that would feel like home."
I've been a fan of T. Jefferson Parker since his debut. In this sequel to L.A. Outlaws, he brings back Charlie Hood, a LASD detective. He doesn't always like what he learns while hunting down the killer of his partner.
This is the first book by Parker that I have read and I will definitely try his other books. The plot is interesting. His insight into human nature is honest and scary. Dialogue is good but I can always use a little more humor.
Good story about cops gone bad. Charlie Hood is back from L.A. Outlaws. There are so many references to this prior book, I want to go back and reread it. After his partner is killed, Charlie is assigned to IA to find out what happened. Slow start but then gets interesting.
mostly i tj is good for a typical pulpy action cop book but in his last 2 he's gotten a bit deeper in his character introspection making me care more about them. after reading several of his books this is by far his best. his prior book 'la outlaws' is also pretty good.
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Received a B.A. in English from U. Cal Irving, 1976
Writing career began as cub reporter for "The Newport Ensign" and later "Daily Pilot"
Only two other authors have won the Edgar Award for best novel twice. James Lee Burke, Dick Francis and now, T. Jefferson Parker
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Writing career began as cub reporter for "The Newport Ensign" and later "Daily Pilot"
Only two other authors have won the Edgar Award for best novel twice. James Lee Burke, Dick Francis and now, T. Jefferson Parker
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