A Killer is Waiting

by Theodore V. Olsen

AN UNSEEN ENEMY Will Parry lost an arm in the Civil War, but he found the strength to carry on with his life, to build a future for himself and his family on a ranch in the Wyoming Rockies. But that bright future starts to turn dark when a shadowy gunman begins shooting at Parry's house. And that's just a taste of what's to come. It isn't long before Parry learns the identity of an enemy he never knew he had, a man with a bitter grudge still festering from the war. A man with the cunning of an animal—and the cold-blooded patience of an executioner. Parry knows he'll die if he has to in order to protect his family, and when he looks out into the black night he also knows...A KILLER IS WAITING.

Genres: Westerns

202 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 1988

About the author

Theodore Victor Olsen (April 25, 1932 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin – July 13, 1993 in Rhinelander) was an American western fiction author.

Olsen's family immigrated from Norway in 1901. Theodore Olsen was born on April 25, 1932 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He went to school in Rhinelander and began to write in high school. He began a western novel at that time. Olsen went to college in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He finally finished his novel, Haven of the Hunted, and it was published in 1956. Olsen also began to sell western stories to pulp magazines at this time. Though Olsen would occasionally travel west, he lived his whole life in Rhinelander and would use exhaustive research to help accurately portray scenes of the west in his stories.

Olsen was married to fellow western fiction author Beverly Butler.

Olsen died in Rhinelander on July 13, 1993, and several works were published posthumously.

Much of T.V. Olsen's family still lives in the Rhinelander region. They own a 300-acre (1.2 sq km) ranch with a century old farm house and dairy barn.

Reviews

[D. E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Wyoming Western/A Civil War Veteran With a Grudge and Vengeance in His Hearrtň

TVO has penned a Wyoming Rockies western with a setting after the Civil War. Two men travel West with their families and then go their separate was. The rancher is in the area ME of Laramie where ranch law is the law. The war veteran has known years of peace until someone decided to take potshots at the ranch, the family and the ranch hands. The rancher begins a gun of his own. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS

[Sharon Bollen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've long been a fan of T V Olsen, ever since I discovered Westerns as a teenager more than twenty years ago. This story was as enjoyable to read as those I remember but sadly marred by the frequent spelling mistakes and mis-scanned words, at times it felt like an English comprehension test trying to work out what a word was supposed to be, it certainly slowed down the pace quite a lot.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

An insanely intense ending full of tension and surprises. Another winner from Olsen.