Under an Outlaw Moon by Dietrich Kalteis

​    You’ve heard of Bonnie and Clyde? Of course, you have. They are the American Romeo and Juliet of sorts. But you probably haven’t heard of the Dicksons, another pair of the Depression era bank robbing lovers on a lam. Fame (or infamy) is all about numbers and the latter pair simply haven’t racked up the kind of score that Parkers did.
     There’s also a kinda sorta icky matter of the two of them getting together when Stella was only 15, but times were different then and, at least as represented in this novel, the two of them were very much in love, age difference barely mattering. Their bank robbing career was brief and tragic, J. Edgar became obsessed with apprehending them and no matter how bulletproof and clever they tried to be, the odds stacked against them were just too insurmountable. A brief marriage, a brief time in the sun for the two doomed lovers born under the outlaw moon, two wild young things in pursuit of happy times and easy money.
     If only they had followed a more conventional road in the game of life. Both were promisingly smart, but alas…would there have been a book about them then?
     Now there is one. A pretty good book, too. Well written, compelling, dynamic…throws you right in a driver’s seat of a getaway car in hot pursuit. Very credible, dustily realistic depictions of the 1937 America. Fans of historical fiction should enjoy this one. Much like their criminal careers, goes by quickly. Recommended. Thanks Netgalley.