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Cowtown

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COWTOWN IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK THAT ALLOWS THE READER TO LOOK INTO BOTH THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. I FOUND IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUT THE BOOK DOWN AFTER I BEGAN READING IT. THE CURIOUSITY OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO DETECTIVE GENOVESE HOLDS THE READER'S INTEREST UNTIL THE FINAL PAGE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO READING ANY FUTURE PUBLICATIONS BY MR. SILVANIA.

Wow! Cowtown has it all. Corruption, sex, conspiracy, murder, pimps, prostitutes and police! Jim Silvania has included them all in his look at the seamy side of life through the eyes of a police officer turned private investigator. It's a story about a skilled police officer forced out of his profession who turns instead to the private sector to help protect the good citizens of Cowtown.

Silvania digs into his own similar experience to that of protagonist Michael Genovese, to paint pictures of corruption deep within the administration of a small midwestern town. Who knows where the similarities begin and end. And who cares. Silvania obviously knows his profession; both the private and the public side of his craft. He brings a story replete with action, wild charcters and even a car chase or two. No, all the action is not in the big cities. There's enough activity in little old Cowtown to keep Genovese busy on both sides of the legal fence. He's as good at tracking down the criminal as he is representing the personal injury plaintiff.

What a valient leap into his first novel! one waits curiously to see if Silvania/Genovese continues his fight for justice in novel #2.

Having been caught up in Cowtown political controversies myself, I found this book most interesting and informative. As the book shows, Cowtown can be a rough place when one gets caught up in the internal politics of the town. Anyone living in Cowtown or any state capital and involved in politics should read this book. As a contract employee and consultant for the Cowtown police department said to me, "if this kind of stuff really goes on in Cowtown, then we are in big trouble."

Being Mr. Silvania's first novel. He did an excellent job. Good story line, suspenseful, just enough background information. The book has it all. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. And hoping he will be writing another novel soon.

It is obvious that after reading the bio that the book is written from personal experience. I think it would have been more meaningful if the author detached himself and looked at several phrases objectively, or he should have hired an editor. There's a lot of repetiveness in phrases, rather depressing at that. I am disappointed so far.... The subject matter is promising, as I'm sure his life's experience were interesting.