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Bullwhacked (Bullwhacked, a Cooper Lydell mystery) Kindle Edition

by Kathy Cohen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
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Old, tired Cooper Lydell finally thinks his life is going okay after his son Tommy starts winning big money and Cooper is able to retire. Unfortunately, his self-appointed gig as Tommy's manager doesn't last very long. Suddenly, Tommy disappears. Was he kidnapped? Cooper investigates and soon strangers are following him and murders start occurring as he searches doggedly for Tommy.
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    December 11, 2013
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Joel Anderson"Take a little bit of Dick Francis, a little Elmore Leonard, and a lot of fun, and it adds up to a great story! I hope this is just volume one in a long series!"Larry Lane (rodeo clown and former bullrider) from Helotes, TX[Bullwhacked] was awesome! I couldn't put it down. It surely brought back a lot of rodeo road memories and pulled me right into Cooper's life. It kept me on the edge of my seat and was a great read! I'm recommending it to all my friends. I can't wait for your next book! [Cohen] adds plenty of local color to this comic crime novel about a faded rodeo star who begins to live through his son's stardom. Then things start going really wrong -- his son disappears, there's a murder, strangers start following him. Of course, there's also Darla ...
Carol Bicak Omaha World Herald

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Kathy Cohen, from an early age, competed in quarter horse shows in the Midwest. The Kansas City Royal and Aksarben horseshows are among her many equestrian and western pleasure wins. Her stepfather is an accomplished horse trainer.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AQK80TC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 11, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 11, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 589 KB
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  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 456 pages
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    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 78 ratings

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“Bullwhacked” and “Hung Up in Bemidji” are comedic crime capers about a grumpy former bull rider who tries to manage his son’s career on the rodeo circuit. “Murder on the Night Shift” and “Who Killed the Dog Lady” are cozy mysteries about a TV reporter, who, when she isn’t investigating murders, rescues dogs. “The Hobby Farm Murders” and her newest "The Shady River Murders" are cozies about a 65-year-old divorcee in Minnesota who discovers she enjoys being an amateur detective.

Check out Kathy's Facebook Author page at https//www.facebook.com/KathyKloppCohen for more information about what she's up to. She loves to hear from readers, so please drop her a note!

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3.6 out of 5 stars
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Richard D. Carlson
5.0 out of 5 stars Wahoo!
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2013
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Really enjoyed reading Bullwhacked!
Great, well developed characters put in hilariously funny situations. The author puts you "right there"' and keeps the pages turning. Great surprise plot twist at the end! Laughed my tuchas off!
Can't wait for more adventures with Coop and the gang! We need to learn more about Sylvia!
Keep 'em coming Ms. Cohen!
Buy this book! Do it today!
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Jay Cole
4.0 out of 5 stars A nice, light romp through the rodeo circuit.
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2015
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Cooper Lydell's son is literally seduced away, disappearing right before Cooper's eyes. You'd think finding him would be easy for Cooper, and it probably would be if people would stop trying to kill him.

My feelings on this book were a little tough to sort out.
On the one hand, the only lol moment for me was an author's error. The mystery is not deep or involved; the main character, Cooper Lydell, tends toward the inept both as a detective and in his personal life, and the story resolution has slight shades of deus ex machina creeping across the page. At times, this book had me wondering if it was indeed either a comedy or a mystery.

On the other hand… I enjoyed the hell out of this one!
Go figure!

Bullwhacked is a nice, light romp through the rodeo circuit with a cast of characters that one would find in a bar with sawdust on the floor and callused hands dipping into bowls of boiled peanuts. If you happen to be ex-military, you may feel just a touch of déjà vu, because you've met boys like these before, and likely, shared a beer or a brawl with them at one time or another. Characters like these are simply enjoyable.

Bullwhacked is not a great mystery or a great comedy, but somehow, if you happen to have the right mindset, you'll realize that Kathy Cohen has dished up some great fun.
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SusanO
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2013
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I chose this book because it was involving Rodeo and Bull Riding. I have watched PBR on television and enjoyed the sport. I had hoped this book would have a bit more about the rodeo aspect. It is more reminiscent of the old romance/mystery novels my daughters began reading when they were teenagers. That is not my kind of reading so this was not my favorite story.
That being said, the writing is not bad. The story flows fairly well and the characters are interesting. They could use a bit more defining, I never felt I got to know the characters in this story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Cowboy and Rodeo Novel
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
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KC has written a modern western about the trails and tribulations of rodeo riders as they follow the rodeo circuit. The women hey meet and how they interact with them. Then you learn they are human. This is an excellent novel for the genre.....ER
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BJ Clay
1.0 out of 5 stars Bushwacked!!!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2013
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The author does not know enough about rodeos or bulldozing to write a book with that as subject. I lived rodeos and went to bull riding school , so I know a waste of time on these subject.
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Allen S
2.0 out of 5 stars How did this end up in Mystery and Thrillers?
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2013
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What did I read? I think it was intended to be a book in "humor".
I kept waiting for the plot to kick in.
It never did.
It was amusing, but not a thriller.
A bunch of goofy rodeo riders try to convince a bull rider to come home.
He's found a new squeeze, and left the circuit. I don't blame him.
But, his dad needs the prize money, so everyone must pitch in.

Skip this one, unless you want an amusing plot.
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JTA
4.0 out of 5 stars Cooper and his son, knocked down then up again
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2013
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Bullwhacked is the story of Cooper, Darla, and Cooper's son, Tommy. Cooper needs Tommy to win thousands so that Cooper can retire someday. Tommy gets kidnapped, so Cooper and his friends go in search of Tommy. Will Cooper get back Tommy? There's also a murder, and it looks like someone is trying to kill Cooper next. Whodunnit?

The story is very entertaining, it's light and funny, with great descriptions of rodeos, seedy motels, bad trucks, and crummy offices. There's plenty of action. Lots of great lines, like " a chubby young gal with a pineapple haircut...". The characters are very funny and sympathetic. Poor Cooper, he just wants to retire! (Even though he's only 49 or 50.) Poor Darla, standing by her man, putting up with her long time boyfriend, Cooper. Poor Tommy! He just want to get laid. Lots of funny supporting characters too.

In the end, I wish Cooper would settle down with Darla, and get a safer job. I wish Cooper would realize that rodeo work is crazy dangerous. I wish Cooper would stop depending on his son for his retirement....Maybe that will be resolved in the sequel......An entertaining story, recommended!
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Anne Forsythe
3.0 out of 5 stars NOT SO FUNNY
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2013
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I don't understand how some reviewers found this a funny, even "Hilarious," book. I enjoyed it, but did not find it humorous. There were serious problems being addressed, with in some cases pretty dire consequences, not a "ha-ha" for me. Just saying----.
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Christine Wilson
3.0 out of 5 stars Doctors office book
Reviewed in Canada on September 16, 2013
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All I can say is that it would be good while sitting waiting for an appointment of some kind, it is about as engaging as the magazines on the tables.
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Peaceseeker
5.0 out of 5 stars A heck of a ride
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 5, 2014
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First of all, Kathy Cohen knows her stuff. This is a setting I knew nothing about and it was such a pleasure to learn from someone who clearly knows it inside out. “What a piece of work is a man” is an exclamation that echoes almost daily in my head; but witnessing the playing out of familiar human hopes and dreams, achievements, disappointments and simple pleasures in the totally unfamiliar world of bull-riding and rodeos deep in one of America’s heartlands was for me a really enjoyable experience.
Secondly, the lady writes at least as well as she rides. This is assured writing: deceptively detailed, accurately observed, clearly heard and strongly felt. I was swept along for the ride – wherever it chose to take me - knowing from page 1 that I was in safe hands. Detail makes a real difference. Just one example: Cooper retired “after he’d had a particularly bad run-in with a bull named Kevin.” As I went further into the book I realised that it was the norm for the bulls to be named. My favourite was the white Brahmin called “Make my Day”.
There is depth too: in the underlying, apparently coincidental imagery. Right after we’re told that what was to have been a short stint as Tommy’s manager eventually became a permanent position for his father, Cooper “swerved to avoid some road kill spattering the centreline and watched for his turn.” Shortly after, a red Mustang “with a blonde at the wheel” shoots out of a gas station in front of them. In Cooper’s opinion “young people – gals particularly – just weren’t good drivers. Thought they were immortal, owned the road.” Not long after that the truck that Cooper had been sold as new starts giving off steam from a split radiator hose and grinds to a halt… Things are often not what they seem on the surface, and life has a habit of flattening you out of nowhere.
Whether the reader is conscious of it or not at the time, the subliminal messages carried by these images concern youth versus age, and not being able to teach a new dog old tricks. It is preparing us for lethal collisions up the line. I really admire that level of skill. It is sadly lacking in so many books, and I’m always grateful when I find a writer who knows how to do it.
By the time I was 20% into the book the only thing I was taking issue with was the author’s description of “Bullwhacked” as a ‘comic’ novel. For me so far the elements of the story that might have been considered ‘comic’ had only served to emphasise the underlying sadness of a story about loss, betrayal, big mistakes, disappointment and… emptiness. If these characters were kings and generals this would be tragedy, with comic relief to help you bear it. Sometimes the sadness in the incidental detail is almost unbearable: like Cooper’s incidental memory of when Tommy was little and used to scream all night in the truck: so he and Darla got a tent and pitched it far enough away so they could hardly hear him.
The more I read the more I was drawn in. I needed to know how this funny/sad comedy of errors finally panned out. I loved the speech rhythms too: clearly audible in the dialogue but also in the writer’s choice of sentence structures. Occasionally I felt like I was riding a sentence like one of those white Brahmin bulls. 68% in I sat on one for 53 words before hitting the main clause…
75% in and the dysfunctional dénouement started to unwind; chaos ensued and it really WAS funny. Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? NOT…
Bottom line…? Kathy Cohen is a terrific storyteller and “Bullwhacked” is a heck of a ride!
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