Death Squad: Part Three - In the Crosshairs

By Lee Atterbury

This continuation of Death Squad represents part three of the fifth novel written by Lee Atterbury in a series devoted to the tales of Jim Taylor and his horse Buck. Entitled In the Crosshairs, the story takes some unexpected turns.

The sheriff sends Jim and Lucy off into the wilderness to check on the welfare of three elderly hermits. What starts off as an idyllic ride ends up in a gun fight. As he watches his young companion, Jim's doubts about Lucy grow. And there is more trouble on the horizon. Jim is forced to take a trip down memory lane and confront his troubled conscience. The sheriff is feeling his years and tries to take a vacation into the wilderness. The sheriff's trip ends in disaster. Jim and Buck must brave the elements and risk their lives to get the sheriff help. A nosy FBI agent poses a new complication, but for whom? The serial killer lurks. Who is he? Jim and Lucy are in his crosshairs and he is impatient.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lee Atterbury
• Release date: Jul 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463711873

Lee Atterbury

About the Author: Lee R. Atterbury is a trial lawyer in Middleton, WI. He lives with his wife and nine horses. He is working on two other novels featuring Jim Taylor and Buck.

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Death Squad

Third in a Four-part Series: In the Crosshairs

Lee Atterbury

Copyright 2018 by the author of this book, Lee Atterbury.

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Cover design by Kristin Erickson.

Other Jim and Buck books may be purchased online and at www.LeeAtterbury.com

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Acknowledgments

Once again this book would never have happened without Sally’s constant encouragement and criticism. Many others deserve my thanks.

Kristin Erickson, tireless editor and art director.

Bob Sundeen for being the best wilderness guide and outfitter.

Jill Wiggen, my long suffering legal assistant, and Alison Heise, who pitched in when Jill was ready to kill me.

My readers, Laurie Hauptli and Elaine Atkinson.

Kim and Greg of Russet Stables for showing me what a reining horse can really do.

Howard Ketover, DVM for equine savvy.

Diane Kalscheur for her insight into horse psychology.

Michael Walsh, DO for medical wisdom.

And last but certainly not least, Nick, a better horse no man could ask for.

Dedication

To Sally

For never letting me quit

Death Squad

This continuation of Death Squad represents part three of the fifth novel written by Lee Atterbury in a series devoted to the tales of Jim Taylor and his horse, Buck.

Part One of Death Squad found Jim entirely fed up. He’s tired of the notoriety which accompanies all the ridiculous rumors about the death squad which supposedly consists of him, his partner, Hook, and Sheriff Thomasen. It’s not their fault violent felons end up threatening their own lives. Jim only kills to avoid being killed. Period. But the media loves this kind of thing and the result is an Internet sensation that goes viral and sends more than one annoying reporter out to Flint County, Wyoming to see what they can learn from Jim Taylor. And now, a new visitor comes calling who’s familiar to Jim and about as far from a reporter as one can get. Enter FBI Agency Lucy Johnson, who’s eager to accompany Jim on his next journey but who has a secret agenda all her own that may end up putting Jim in even more danger. Suddenly, life back in Wisconsin in fighting a trial in front of a jury is beginning to seem like relaxation compared to the reality of retirement in Wyoming.

In Part Two: Seduction, tensions are rising ever higher as Jim Taylor, who first came to Wyoming to retire after a long and challenging career as a lawyer back in Wisconsin, finds another bad guy looking in his direction. Unfortunately, it’s far from the first time. All Jim Taylor was looking for when he arrived in Wyoming a couple years back was solitude and the companionship of Buck, the horse who accompanies him on every journey and has his back in more ways than one. Jim couldn’t wait to escape into the secluded wilderness around the majestic mountains of Wyoming, smoke a joint and laze his remaining days away. Had some very bad people not had the same location in mind and murder on their minds, things might have turned out just the way he planned. But over and over again, evil beats Jim to the summit and he’s forced to take a life to save his own and others. When the local sheriff appoints him to the position of deputy all that does is put Jim directly in the spotlight and when the media learns about the number of people who ended up too dead to ever receive the benefit of a fair trial