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The PMS Outlaws : An Elizabeth MacPherson Novel (edition 2001)

by Sharyn McCrumb

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Bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb, internationally acclaimed for the "quiet fire"* of her Appalachian Ballad novels, clearly has a dark side--a wicked, sardonic wit that has prompted critics to compare her to Jane Austen and Jonathan Swift. Readers and reviewers alike also have lauded Ms. McCrumb for her inspired chronicles of forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. In her newest tale in the MacPherson saga, McCrumb examines society's fascination with beauty--and the deceptiveness of outer appearances. Elizabeth herself, hospitalized for depression over her missing husband, learns that insanity liberates one from polite hypocrisy, enabling a "crazy lady" to remark: "Anorexia is not a disease; it's a career move." Out in the real world, Elizabeth's brother Bill has bought a stately old mansion to use as his law office, only to find that the house comes with a charming codger-in-residence who is far too old to be a dangerous outlaw. . . isn't he? Meanwhile, the steel magnolia who is Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws--an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney--who are cruising pickup joints and wreaking a peculiar vengeance on lust-crazed men. Sharyn McCrumb's incisive wit and her genius for mirroring everyday life are once again on full display. The PMS Outlaws is an outrageous parable of modern mores, where beauty is the weapon, and nobody is safe. *The New York Times Book Review… (more)
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Title:The PMS Outlaws : An Elizabeth MacPherson Novel
Authors:Sharyn McCrumb
Info:Ballantine Books (2001), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 312 pages
Collections:Your library
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Tags:mystery, series, cozy, Elizabeth MacPherson, novel

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Elizabeth MacPherson confronts the loss of her husband while her brother's law partner tracks former friend turned outlaw
  ritaer | Jun 14, 2021 |
Very spicy--very good, suspenseful. Characters evolve!!! ( )
  lhaines56 | Jul 4, 2019 |
Sharyn McCrumb has a facility for coming up with wonderful, zany titles, and “The PMS Outlaws” is right up there with “Bimbos of the Death Sun” and “If I’d Killed Him When I Met Him”.

Unfortunately, the stories that unroll under these titles often resemble what comes up on the screen after you click on “What they found in this trash bin will astound you!”, and “The PMS Outlaws”, unfortunately, pretty much falls into that category.

Elizabeth MacPherson, McCrumb’s amateur-sleuth / forensic anthropologist heroine is among the main characters (in fact the book is billed as “an Elizabeth MacPherson novel”), but for most of it, she’s a medicated zombie, locked into denial about the disappearance of her husband. (No, the book doesn’t deal with his disappearance, or end with him being discovered amnesiac but healthy in the Orkney Isles.) MacPherson’s brother’s law partner carries most of the story, as she gets involved with the titular bandits – a couple of young women who lure horny but unsuspecting men into embarrassing situations before taking off with their possessions.

Things don’t begin to come together until the halfway point of the book, and then they depend on ever more unlikely coincidences to draw things to their more-or-less resolution.

The best thing about this book is that it doesn’t require much of your time. It would be an okay companion on a cross-country flight or in the waiting room at the maternity ward. But don’t expect much beyond that. ( )
  LyndaInOregon | Dec 14, 2018 |
This book is really all over the place. Elizabeth MacPherson checks herself into a mental institution to deal with the fact that her husband is presumed dead, lost at sea. Her brother Bill buys an old house for his law practice with a resident 90 year old bootlegger. His law partner becomes involved in chasing the PMS Outlaws, her former college roomate and a woman she broke out of prison who humiliate men and steal their money. These plots never really come together and I can't really say what the point of the book was. ( )
  RachelNF | Jan 15, 2016 |
Silly but fun. This was a library discard which I took home for a rainy day. We were without power here in Connecticut and this book was a nice diversion - well written but slight. ( )
  ccayne | Nov 9, 2011 |
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Bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb, internationally acclaimed for the "quiet fire"* of her Appalachian Ballad novels, clearly has a dark side--a wicked, sardonic wit that has prompted critics to compare her to Jane Austen and Jonathan Swift. Readers and reviewers alike also have lauded Ms. McCrumb for her inspired chronicles of forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. In her newest tale in the MacPherson saga, McCrumb examines society's fascination with beauty--and the deceptiveness of outer appearances. Elizabeth herself, hospitalized for depression over her missing husband, learns that insanity liberates one from polite hypocrisy, enabling a "crazy lady" to remark: "Anorexia is not a disease; it's a career move." Out in the real world, Elizabeth's brother Bill has bought a stately old mansion to use as his law office, only to find that the house comes with a charming codger-in-residence who is far too old to be a dangerous outlaw. . . isn't he? Meanwhile, the steel magnolia who is Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws--an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney--who are cruising pickup joints and wreaking a peculiar vengeance on lust-crazed men. Sharyn McCrumb's incisive wit and her genius for mirroring everyday life are once again on full display. The PMS Outlaws is an outrageous parable of modern mores, where beauty is the weapon, and nobody is safe. *The New York Times Book Review

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Hospitalized for depression over her missing husband, forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson is pleased to discover that insanity liberates one from polite hypocrisy. Out in the real world, Elizabeth's brother, Bill, has bought a stately old mansion to use as his law office, only to find that the house comes with a charming codger-in-residence who is far too old to be a dangerous outlaw ... isn't he? Meanwhile, Bill's law partner is trying to track down the PMS Outlaws - an escaped convict and her fugitive attorney - who are cruising pickup joints and wreaking a peculiar vengeance on lust-crazed men.
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