Thoroughly enjoyable! I haven’t read a western before. I’ve read books with a western setting and about the Gold rush, but not a pure western. Rustlers, gunnies, varmints of all type. Very reminiscent of the cowboy movies I watched as a child and a refreshing change from the urban fantasy and police procedurals I tend to go for. Apparently I chose well for my first western. Johnson is considered one of the best! Although this is the third in series, this works just as well as a stand-alone.

No matter what type of book it is wither it's a western or horror ,I'm always pulled into the story , and once again I'm hooked . Thanks netgalley for letting me find a new series by one of my favorite author's to add to my collection.

Though William Johnstone is famous for series like The Mountain Main, Preacher, The First Mountain Man, Maccallister, Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter, Flintlock, and Those Jensen Boys, he is also well-loved for the many stand-alone Westerns (and short series) he wrote. Right Between the Eyes (Pinnacle 2018) is the third in the Rattlesnake Wells Wyoming trilogy but a stand-alone story that can be read without having read the first two. We meet Sheriff Bob Hatfield, a Wyoming sheriff who is honest, hard-working, remarried after the death of his wife, and wants nothing more than to live in peace, doing a good job, keeping the citizens of his town safe. But he has a secret past that threatens to be exposed. Wen two ranches come to blows over rustling, one hires a gunslinger who remembers Hatfield when he had a different name and a wilder job, one that might explain why this law-abiding sheriff has a faster gun than most guns-for-hire.

Every good western I've read includes elements of good vs evil, damsels in distress, valued horses, bad guys trying to cause trouble, survival based on wits, a range war, gunfights, a wild untamed saloon that is the town's gossip center, working girls, someone who’s greased lightning with his gun, and lots of trouble. This book covers about two-thirds of those (the rest can easily be found in other Johnstone novels) and introduces the town newspaper, a piece I don't see in many other Westerns.

All in all, this is a highly-satisfying book with a great ending. If you like Westerns and haven't read Johnstone before, go get this one!

--review to be published on my blog, WordDreams 2/4/19

Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming. The perfect name of the perfect setting for another 5 star Johnstone western. Meet Bob Hatfield. Rattlesnake's town marshal and keeper of the peace. He's kept busy chasing down the bad guys while trying to keep the good guys walking the fine line between good and bad. I always enjoy a Johnstone western. As long as they keep writing them, I'll keep reading them.

A great escape into the old west. I loved this trip to Rattlesnake Wells. Lots of action and adventure.

Right Between the Eyes is book three from the Rattlesnake Wells, Wyoming series. I thought this book was great. I give 4 1/2 stars.