Can Horses Cry

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Summary: Can Horses Cry?
Review: Can Horses Cry is a tight knit mystery that caught my attention from the start and held it through to the end. The author drops the reader into the rugged Wyoming terrain and keeps him there throughout the whole story with vivid descriptions of the landscape and weather. The story unfolds at a rapid pace and seems to move of its power taking the reader with it. This is a must read for those infatuated with the rugged and still untamed open spaces of the American West. I recommend it very much.

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Summary: A Great Book!
Review: This is a great book! It contains all of the elements I deem necessaary to make that statement. The author's visual verbage places the reader right there with the characters. His descriptive narrative allows the reader to "see" the landscape and rough terrain and "feel" the weather. As the reader gets to know the characters he determines who he thinks are the "good" guys and "bad" guys. The story development had me considering skipping ahead as the excitement grew, but I didn't allow myself to do that as I didn't want to miss a word! Then, just when you think you have it figured out, he inserts unexpected twists and turns. A great read-not to be missed!

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Summary: Midwest Book Review
Review: With his first book, Stephen Paul gives readers a story that needs to be a movie. Set in modern day Wyoming, the author drew me into his milieu from page one and kept me there throughout.

Bailey Calhoun is a Bureau of Land Management investigator, ex-marine, and ex-cop with a temper. Life has him by the short hairs. He's sick of the system, courts, lawyers, and the stock market has eaten his savings alive. Except for his wife Dana, he has more compassion for animals than he does people. When herds of wild horses turn up slaughtered, shot from a distance for no apparent reason, Bailey goes on a rampage. He drinks too much; his job and marriage hang in the balance; but all he can think about is catching the scum responsible for killing horses.

Bailey loves his Wyoming home, the high plains and mountains and their wide open feel, the wild horses roaming free. When Dana leaves him, he channels his suffocated emotions into rage at a world gone beyond his control. His investigation reveals conspiracy and corporate greed at its worst. One shocking revelation after another threatens everything he holds dear, including the lives of Dana and his friends. Bailey vows to bring the bad guys down, or die trying.

The characters are well developed and believable, the sense of place first rate. Can Horses Cry? is a fine first book. Bring on another, Mr. Paul.

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Summary: Midwest Book Review
Review: With his first book, Stephen Paul gives readers a story that needs to be a movie. Set in modern day Wyoming, the author drew me into his milieu from page one and kept me there throughout.

Bailey Calhoun is a Bureau of Land Management investigator, ex-marine, and ex-cop with a temper. Life has him by the short hairs. He's sick of the system, courts, lawyers, and the stock market has eaten his savings alive. Except for his wife Dana, he has more compassion for animals than he does people. When herds of wild horses turn up slaughtered, shot from a distance for no apparent reason, Bailey goes on a rampage. He drinks too much; his job and marriage hang in the balance; but all he can think about is catching the scum responsible for killing horses.

Bailey loves his Wyoming home, the high plains and mountains and their wide open feel, the wild horses roaming free. When Dana leaves him, he channels his suffocated emotions into rage at a world gone beyond his control. His investigation reveals conspiracy and corporate greed at its worst. One shocking revelation after another threatens everything he holds dear, including the lives of Dana and his friends. Bailey vows to bring the bad guys down, or die trying.

The characters are well developed and believable, the sense of place first rate. Can Horses Cry? is a fine first book. Bring on another, Mr. Paul.