San Angelo Showdown

Blood Bond #7

by William W. Johnstone

Texas Ranger Josiah Finch convinces blood brothers Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves to pin on badges and help corral a bloodthirsty gang of cattle thieves who are heading for the Mexican border. Reprint.

Genres: Westerns

320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

William W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.

Reviews

[Jeff Tankersley · Rating 2 out of 5]

An outlaw named Dingo Whaley (quick aside - awesome name) and his team of bandits hold up a stagecoach. Two wandering friends, Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves, are drifting cowboys working these plains who arrive at the scene just after the bandits leave. The bad guy Dingo is a 300-pound fat jerk who takes offense when jokes are made about his weight.

We get weaving narratives from Dingo's crew looking for bank heists and other general thievery and these "blood brothers" Matt and Sam (this is the 8th in the "Blood Bond" series) who arrive in San Angelo and are enlisted to help the Texas Rangers and their old friend Josiah Finch hunt down this outlaw crew, which is eventually heading for Mexico to escape justice. This Mexican complication is a big (and boring) part of the story as our two heroes have to fight the administrative state trying to keep them from pursuing the outlaws, who are partners with a Mexican politician behind the scenes.

Verdict: "San Angelo Showdown" (1994) is a mostly typical Johnstone western, at times funny and action-packed but more often uninteresting, the plot dialogue-driven by uninteresting dialogue, with standard stereotypical characters and tropey situations.

Jeff's Rating: 2 / 5 (Okay)
movie rating if made into a movie: PG-13

[Chris Quinn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Johnstone does it again.

William Johnstone does it again, another blood brothers adventure in the Texas territory, making the reader feel like they are there watching the events take place.

[Kevin Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do what's right.

Another great story with Matt and Sam. Even though they crossed the border, the brothers still made good decisions on what was right

[Jodeane D. Ramsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, William W Johnstone doesn't disappoint.
The story lines are awesome and I love the humor
between Matt and Sam Two Wolves.

[Joyce Kirkwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Same old editor!!!

Consider a better editor. When you call a character a different name, it ruins the plot. Get your shit together!!

[Richard Guerrero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good western book in this series. I am just mowing right through them. The second time that they put on a Texas Ranger star. has good seriousness and humor. Traditional Western.

[Derrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

just classic blood bond series that I enjoy. Language is clean and story is good. easy to follow and lots of jokes and matt and sam just doing their thing. Great book.

[Ken Knecht · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another easy reading tale in the saga of the Blood Brothers.

[HornFan2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent story in the Blood Bond series with Sam Two Wolves and Matt Bodine. Bill's one of the best writing about 'Gunfighters' in the Old West. His books are all excellent, but the last few years with J.A. as co-author just seems like they've published everything started by Bill and the quality in the writing, just isn't their anymore.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good western series by Johnstone. This one follows the adventures of two brothers as they travel the old west. Recommended