A Small Target
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Publisher Description
ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD
The beauty of Montana's high country lures professor, poet and trail cook Lee Squires to the Mission Mountains, and into the challenge of concocting vegetarian cuisine on a llama-riding, ecofriendly excursion to Lost Pipe Lake.
But things turn decidedly unfriendly when a showdown between a hotshot developer from Los Angeles and a Native American environmental activist ends in murder: someone walks quietly from the woods and fatally shoots Roland Redhawk with a bow and arrow. His death is just the beginning of a bizarre series of events that put Lee Squires on a new trail of murder....
"If you're a fan of...intelligent writing, you'll love Target —Waynesboro, VA News-Virginian
"This latest Lee Squires adventure blends high-minded ecology with pragmatic humor.
Stick this one in your trail pack." —Margaret Maron, award-winning author of Bootlegger's Daughter
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Filled with wilderness awareness, Native American cultural advocacy and bad guys who tote historical baggage as well as the usual camping gear, Andreae's (Grizzly) latest Lee Squires story follows a meandering plot. When real estate developer Charlie Herron and his young son join a small group tour into Montana's reservation wilderness, a member of the tribal council sends Roland Redhawk to keep an eye on the elder Herron. Roland exceeds his brief, shooting and killing Charlie in--he says--self-defense. Before police arrive on the scene, a young, scruffy woman enters the camp, ascertains Roland's identity and kills him with two arrows, expertly shot, before she flees into the woods. Lee, who served as camp cook during the fatal outing and witnessed the second murder, picks up some local gossip on the victims while she's down in town and even gets a ringside seat for the investigation when she's asked to serve as cook and guide for a party of police technicians headed by Luke Donner, a cop who is Lee's occasional lover. But ringside could be a bit too close if, as it seems, Roland's murderer is desperate, armed and nearby. Lee manages to piece together the puzzle that links recent deaths with earlier events, but she's not as successful with her personal life. Some suspenseful moments and well-drawn, complex relationships provide the high points of this middling effort.
