Juckets

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13th “Click-click. Bang!”  Cutter aimed an imaginary rifle at the ceiling, his left arm extended straight to a pointed finger, right fist triggered under his chin.  “So Pa takes his Winchester and starts shootin’ up the damn cherry-picker.” Standing with his legs at an “A,” he pumped his fist, miming the repeat-lever action and sounding out the double-clicking lever noise and shot.  “Click-click. Bang!”  Cutter’s voice rose as it gained momentum.  “And that Electric truck takes off down the road with the guy still up in the bucket. The guy in the cab is strippin’ gears to get outa there and the guy in the bucket is duckin’ bullets and wettin’ his pants. And Pa’s shootin’ and shoutin,’ ‘It’s gonna piss power-company!’”

Nodding perfunctorily, Adam Sabeski continued ladling hot stew into a white cerealbowl from the castiron pot atop his woodstove. “And,” Cutter stroked his black Lincolnesque beard, his aquamarine eyes glittering, “we ain’t paid for ee-lectricity since”.

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When the little Jucket girl, Jeannine Bradburn, disappears on her way home from school the day before a blizzard, the entire town of Pittsley turns out to search for the lost child. What they do not know--and will not, until the following Spring -- is that she was murdered. Only one person, a discredited psychology professor, understands that it is a serial killing.

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JUCKETS is the first book in "The Pittsley County Chronicles".

The original publisher of Juckets and Swamp Yankees, Denlinger’s Publishers, Ltd., went out of business as of 12/31/07 after 81 years in publishing. These two books have been re-published by Infinity Publishing under the title of “THE PITTSLEY COUNTY CHRONICLES.” This book is available at www.Amazon.com and at www.infinitypublishing.com. (The single titles are still available in some local MA bookstores, e.g., Baker Books, Dartmouth; Border’s Express, Galleria, Taunton; Freetown Trading Post, Freetown; Heaven and Earth Bookstore, Onset; Maria’s Card and Gift Shop, Middleboro; Marion Bookstall, Marion; Readmore Books, Taunton). Bog Men is the third book of The Pittsley County Chronicles trilogy.