"Grit, intrigue, fantastic dialog, crisply rendered characters, and a plot that always kept me guessing—that (along with the occasional splash of blood and guts) is what I love about every Chris Bauer novel. He jumps into something new with every book, and I know that each new release will not only entertain me but also impress me with his research and writing craft. With his latest, I HEARD YOU PAINT COWBOYS, he turns the volume up to eleven with a story that explores some of the most consequential issues Americans have been wrestling with for decades, if not longer."

"I Heard You Paint Cowboys is a thriller, a con game inside a scam inside a boondoggle, alongside an unvarnished gaze at American attitudes today. The antagonists are a gun dealer and a Trans ex-con who served too many years for a crime he couldn’t have committed, neither of them particularly committed to the law or ethics. The dealer wants priceless art, the ex-con revenge against the DA who put him behind bars, now frontrunner for the Presidency of the United States of America. The protagonist, a bounty hunter, quietly lobbies to slow down the number of national gun deaths, while wearing an arsenal to make Nick Fury feel naked. His prime accomplice, a convicted con man could care less, but they collude to target the same victim in this fast-paced heist drama that reveals the poor security measures holding this country together so that a rag-tag team of vigilantes needs to fill the galaxy-sized gaps."

"This was electric start to finish. It was non stop action and drama. The humor here and there was subtle, but the last laughs was a huge one. I was dumbfounded, but I liked the conclusion and felt it was fair to Sebastián. He worked hard to get where he was. Aaron made me extremely sad. He was dealt a very raw deal, and he never got a break or a payback to be authentic. I empathized with him on many levels. The surprises, twists, and turns, humor, entertainment, and enjoyment lasted to the end. I voluntarily read a free copy of this book provided by book sirens and am giving an honest opinion."