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Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery [Hardcover]

Yolanda Joe (Author)
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May 24, 2005 Georgia Barnett Mystery
Straight-talking, crime-busting TV news reporter Georgia Barnett is back again in another smart and sassy mystery by Blackboard bestselling author Yolanda Joe. This time, Georgia's faced with a life-and-death hostage situation -- with precious little time to solve a complex mystery and save a lifelong friend.

In this latest comic mystery by acclaimed novelist Yolanda Joe, Georgia Barnett and her cameraman/ partner, Zeke, are minding their own business on an errand at the bank when they suddenly find themselves in the middle of a dangerous, and unusual, bank robbery. They quickly find out that the gunman, Brett, isn't looking for money. What he really wants is a major media outlet. The police have ignored his pleas to help find his missing daughter. So Georgia manages to strike a deal: in exchange for her investigative powers and televised appeals to the public for information about Brett's daughter, Georgia will walk free. Brett may be a loose cannon, but he's sharp as a tack and, much to Georgia's dismay, decides to hold on to Zeke as collateral.

With a trigger-happy police force and bomb-wielding Brett, Georgia is under the gun, literally, to find Brett's daughter and save Zeke from the crossfire. Her boyfriend, Doug, a tough, handsome, get-'em-at-any-cost cop who works high-profile cases in the Windy City, happens to be away on assignment. Thankfully, Georgia finds an unlikely crew of cohorts in the Video Cowboys -- three of Zeke's fellow cameramen who contribute stories to the local TV stations. Put out to pasture because they were deemed too old to keep up with the demands of the job and the changing technology, the Cowboys are hell-bent on saving Zeke and proving that they'vestill got the chops to tough it out in the rough-and-tumble world of TV news.

Their fast-paced investigation leads them all over Chicago. Time is running out, even as Georgia and the Cowboys hang on during a high-speed car chase, survive a shoot-out, and uncover an intricate drug scandal. Brett's daughter might not be an innocent kidnap victim. And Brett may not be the only threat to Georgia and Zeke's lives...


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Action fans who don't require much to suspend their disbelief should enjoy Joe's third Georgia Barnett mystery (after 2002's Hit Time). The attractive African-American Chicago TV journalist finds herself in the center of a big news story when she and her cameraman, Zeke Rouster, are taken hostage by Brett Andronte, a bomb-wielding man demanding that the local authorities search for his missing daughter. Barnett uses her people skills to persuade Andronte to release her so that she can give his requests more publicity. Once free, she loses no time in ignoring the police's instructions and begins to search for the girl herself, with the help of the eponymous video cowboys-a motley crew of cameramen. The suspense builds as their trail leads them to drug deals, the local mob and a desperate 11th-hour effort to defuse the bomb. Agent, Victoria Sanders.
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"ÝJoe endows her protagonist with just the right combination of guts and compassion, making us care about her as much as she cares about her work and her people."

-- "Detroit Free Press"


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (May 24, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743250389
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743250382
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,184,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sit back and enjoy the action, September 26, 2005
This review is from: Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery (Hardcover)
Television reporter Georgia Barnett just wants to go to the bank to pick up some cash, but a man with a bomb takes everyone hostage including her and her cameraman. He's obviously upset, possibly insane, and definitely dangerous. But all he wants is to see his daughter safe. Yolanda persuades the gunman to release her to get his message out--and finds herself in trouble with a hot-shot cop who wants to gun his way in no matter what the cost. A clever escape lands Georgia in legal trouble, but a crew of aging but still high-flying 'video cowboys' comes to the rescue. Together, they find the secrets of the daughter's life--and the trouble she's in.

Author Yolanda Joe mixes action, slang and attitude from the African American community, and a heroine who won't stop--both when it comes to getting a story and when it comes to doing right--to deliver an enjoyable adventure. The gunman's demands come with a timeline--adding a ticking clock to the action as Georgia flies through the streets of Chicago looking for the truth.

Things are a bit too well connected, the video cowboys are a bit too smart and macho, and Georgia is a bit too perfect, but let yourself suspend disbelief a bit--and enjoy the show.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Video Cowboys to the Rescue, August 4, 2005
This review is from: Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery (Hardcover)
Television News Reporter and amateur sleuth, Georgia Barnett is back in Yolanda Joe's newest novel Video Cowboys. This time the case she is following is personal, as her best cameraman and friend, Zeke is being held hostage with an unstable gunman whose only demand is for the police to find his daughter. Georgia has just hours to meet the demands of the gunman or Zeke and the other hostages could meet an untimely demise. Hardnosed police commander, Wild Bill Whelk is standing in the way, undermining everything Georgia needs to do to help free the hostages. With the help of the video cowboys, retired cameramen Choke, Paulie and Gunner, they criss cross the city of Chicago hoping to find the wayward daughter. Their journey takes them to a mental hospital for history on the gunman, then on to the apartment of the daughter only to find a dead Parole officer. In their search, they find themselves mixed up with the mob and drug dealers because they are all looking for the same person. What could have been a quick bring my daughter home turns into a dangerous adventure for Georgia and the video cowboys.

I found this book to be funny and was amused by the adventures of the video cowboys and Georgia Barnett. There were parts that had me laughing out loud and other parts that had me on the edge of my seat. This novel was not a literary masterpiece, nor do I think it was supposed to be, it is a for entertainment purpose read. And because I was entertained I think Ms Joe did an excellent job of providing me with an easy, relaxing reading experience.

Jeanette

APOOO BookClub
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5.0 out of 5 stars action packed crime caper, May 25, 2005
This review is from: Video Cowboys: A Georgia Barnett Mystery (Hardcover)
After covering a news event, television journalist Georgia Barnett and her cameraman Zeke Barnett stop at the bank to withdraw money when a shot rings out. A man holding a bomb and a gun tells them they are hostages until his daughter Mandy is returned to him. He has Georgia run a tape of him asking for Mandy to be brought to him and then goes on to tell everyone she could be found with a criminal (he shows a wanted picture of the person on the tape).

He has one of the female hostages deliver the tape but the police officer in charge of the case, Wild Bill, won't let it be shown because it will look as if he is soft on crime. Georgia gets Brett the gunman to trust her after swearing they will communicate by tapes played on television. Georgia has the tape aired and leaves before the police arrest her for obstruction of justice. She and the VIDEO COWBOYS, former employers who were let go from the television station, look for Mandy, and dodge the police, the mafia, drug dealers who don't want the girl and her companion Merc found. However, Georgia and the VIDEO COWBOYS are determined to find Mandy and bring her to Brett before he blows up the bank with the people inside it.

Yolanda Joe (aka Ardella Garland) has written an action packed crime caper that is at times humorous and at other times deadly serious. The heroine epitomizes the word courage as she puts her life on the line several times to save the hostages. VIDEO COWBOYS is a special treat that will be eagerly read in one sitting.

Harriet Klausner
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"Yeah baby!" Zeke howled inside our cramped news truck. Read the first page
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juvie jail, police alert, bike messenger, hostage situation
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Video Cowboys, Wild Bill, Georgia Barnett, Trey Manotti, Captain Carey, Lake Michigan Bank, Hackman Center, Queens Parlor, Brett Andronte, Zeke Rouster, Herc Quarterman, Steve Watson, Thank God, Xavier Kurt, Red Eye Airlines, Best's Pizza, Mandy Mitchell
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