Firewater

Texas Moonshiners #3

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

Ever since he made friends with the sheriff of Warbonnet County, Pike Shannon has struggled to sell his family's famous moonshine and stay on the right side of the law. His solution? Deliver a shipment of whiskey barrels to the dry-as-dust Pecan County--a week-long journey--and no one would be any the wiser.

It won't be easy, though. Pike's sweetheart, Sophie Truesdale, is part of a temperance movement that will stop at nothing to keep this wagon train from leaving town. Worse, a gang of murderous, blood-crazed moonshining rivals have gotten wind of Pike's plan. Plus, a crooked judge has hired a kaboodle of gun-crazy outlaws to ambush the shipment en route...

This is going to be one hell of a week. And before it's all over, the trail will be stained with blood, bullets, and the best sippin' whiskey in Texas.

347 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 2021

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

[Bill Riggs · Rating 3 out of 5]

A typical Johnstone western. It’s entertaining, has some thrilling action scenes, and some quirky characters. Makes for a good airplane or vacation read.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the third book in this series about Pike Shannon, an old gunfighter, and his family living in Texas. The Shannon family used to make the best moonshine in Texas but the county they live in turned into a dry county so it became even harder to sell their product so they became ranchers.

Then an old friend showed up to see Pike. He said he had won an old bar, in a different county, in a card game. He wanted Pike to make him several barrels of moonshine to sell at his bar for special customers. Pike eventually agreed to make the moonshine for him.

Pike and his family started down the trail with a few wagons of the moonshine not knowing he was riding into a trap or traps!

I liked this action packed western.

[James Walls · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good western. Suspenseful and many plot twists. I really like the main character Pike Shannon and his lady friend Belle.

[Austin Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

absolutely amazing, so glad i carried on through the series. did not disappoint. action packed, twists, turns. satisfying ending