"They'll Promise You the Moon" is Chester Randolph's first novel. It follows a second generation Irish American woman and her family as they progress through and beyond the twentieth century. It is a story of survival and triumph in spite of unspeakable misfortune and tragedy.

Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He’s reckless, she’s naive. Longing for freedom from tough times, they rob a bank, setting off a series of events that quickly spin out of their control Under an Outlaw Moon is based on the true story of Depression-era bank robbers Bennie and Stella Mae Dickson. She’s a teenage outsider longing to fit in. He’s a few years older and he’s trouble. They meet at a local skating rink and the sparks fly. They marry and Stella dreams of a nice house with a swing out back, while Bennie figures out how to get enough money to make it happen. Setting his sights on the good life, he decides to rob a bank. Talking Stella into it, he lays out his plan and teaches her to shoot. The newlyweds celebrate her 16th birthday by robbing a local bank. They pull it off, but the score is small, and Bennie realizes the money won’t last long, so he plans a bigger robbery. What lays ahead is more than either of them bargained for. After J. Edgar Hoover finds out they crossed state lines, he declares them public enemies number one and two — wanted dead or alive. So much for the good life. The manhunt is on, and there’s little room for them to run.

Detective Chief Inspector Jim Langton is at a turning point in his life. Despite a stellar career, his personal life has not worked out the way he thought it would. He has handed in his resignation and is seriously considering moving to Australia to start afresh with a new life and a new job. He just has one more case to settle before he can leave: the discovery of a body near the seventh fairway at East Ridge Golf Club. It quickly becomes apparent to Langton that this was no accidental death, and there is an added complication: his ex-wife is now working as a secretary at the club and he is convinced that she is another possible target. What could the victim, a well-liked and respected member of the club, have discovered that led to his murder? Langton and his colleague, Sergeant Harry Mills, soon find themselves embroiled in the secrets and lies of the golf club's members in an effort to find out. And as the mystery deepens, the threads of Langton's professional and private life become inexorably woven together. Des Evans was born in Birmingham in 1925. He was educated in state schools and left at the age of fourteen. In 1942 he enlisted in the RAF as a flight mechanic, working on Lancaster bombers, and spent the last eighteen months of his service in Malta. He was demobbed in 1947 and married the girl next door in 1950. He has a son, a daughter and seven grandchildren. He retired in 1985, having worked mostly in insurance, and became the webmaster for his old squadron website, retiring in 2006. He now lives in Much Wenlock, Shropshire with his wife, Jean.

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