The Texas Moonshiners

Texas Moonshiners #1

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

When they left the Ozarks to start a new life in Warbonnet, Texas, the Shannon family thought their moonshining days were over. But it turns out that running a horse ranch and farm is harder than it looks--especially when the family patriarch dies under mysterious circumstances. Now it's up to the prodigal son, Pike Shannon, to rescue them from ruin.

His plan: break out the old still, brew a batch of the secret family recipe, and sell some 190-proof white lightning to the locals. The whole county is dry as a bone, and there's a fortune to be made. Just one problem. They've got competition. Local sheriff Doak Ramsey is in the moonshining racket, too. And he's not about to let a bunch of mountain hillbillies--especially a troublemaker like Pike--steal his customers. This isn't just business. This is war ...

Genres: Westerns

376 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published November 1, 2019

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

[Ron · Rating 3 out of 5]

“The Texas Moonshiners” is the first book in a series. It is a western, the story about the Shannon family that settles in Texas. They are of Irish decent and like to make a little moonshine. Unfortunately for them one of their main competitors is the local sheriff, Doak Ramsey. Ramsey and his so called deputies have shut down other moonshiners in the county and he would like to shut down the Shannon operation too.
One of the Shannon’s sons is Pike and he comes back to town after being all over the country and making a reputation as a gunfighter. Pike doesn’t take to kindly to what Ramsey and his deputies are trying to do to his family and his daddy has already died in what was called an unfortunate accident.
This soon becomes a war between Ramsey and his deputies and and Pike and the Shannon’s, with the help of a few friends.

[Jay Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good Johnstone book. There are two families left vying to control the moonshine business in a post civil war county and the main character returns home to help. He finds the sheriff is a member of the other moonshine family. The lead flies and no one is safe. Good plot and it moves at a fast pace. I do like this author’s style.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a lot of fun! Plenty of action and even some humor. I’ll read the rest of the series.