Under an Outlaw Moon

Bennie and Stella Mae Dickson meet at a skating rink during the Depression. She is a teenage outsider who wants to belong. He is a few years older and already known as trouble. They marry, and Stella pictures a house with a swing out back.

Bennie has his own idea of how to pay for it. He decides to rob a bank, talks Stella into joining him, lays out the plan and teaches her to shoot. They hold up a local bank to mark her 16th birthday.

The robbery works, but the take is small and Bennie can see it will not last. He plans a bigger job. Once the couple cross state lines, J. Edgar Hoover learns of it and names them public enemies number one and two, wanted dead or alive.

This is historical crime fiction based on the true story of the real Depression-era bank robbers Bennie and Stella Mae Dickson. It follows a young couple who are reckless and naive, and a manhunt that leaves them little room to run. The tone is outlaw adventure, and the stakes rise with each robbery.