Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed on 12/4/2018 + 1439 more book reviews

Sharyn McCrumb has a facility for coming up with wonderful, zany titles, and âThe PMS Outlawsâ is right up there with âBimbos of the Death Sunâ and âIf I'd Killed Him When I Met Himâ.

Unfortunately, the stories that unroll under these titles often resemble what comes up on the screen after you click on âWhat they found in this trash bin will astound you!â, and âThe PMS Outlawsâ, 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 âan Elizabeth MacPherson novelâ), 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 â 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.

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