The Crime of Coy Bell

by Sam Brown

After falling in love with Laurel, the wife of a wealthy rancher, Coy Bell skips town in order to forget her and returns to discover that Laurel is missing and her husband has hired a look-alike to replace her

Genres: Westerns

165 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads data base.

For the cartoonist, see Sam Brown

Reviews

[Michael Schramme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sam Brown is by far the best of the ‘real cowboy’ authors. His books are an irresistible mix of tragedy, romance, drama, humor and mystery. And all this against a background of authentic cowboy life. What a shame he only wrote 6 novels!

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sam Brown has earned a special following among western readers. His characters know how to rope and ride, and they think, feel, talk, and behave like actual working cowboys. They are honest and decent men, admirable and down to earth.

Far from being troublemakers, they get into trouble anyway, and therein lie the seeds of their difficulties that pull at our sympathies. These are men like ourselves, just expecting fair play in a daily world where chance and circumstance are always ready to upset one’s modest but earnest expectations. . .

Read my review at my blog.

[Violet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first western I've read with a sad ending ... would have rated it higher if the hero won out in the end.