The Devil You Know

Name: The Devil You Know
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: William W. Johnstone
ISBN: 9781705027356

Author: William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

Series: Stoneface Finnegan Western #2

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Unabridged: 10 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/29/2021

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. LOOKING FOR TROUBLE? THEN LOOK NO FURTHER.

As a Pinkerton agent, Stoneface Finnegan faced the deadliest killers in the West.

But now that he runs a saloon, he serves them hard liquor—with a shot of harder justice …

THE DEVIL WALKS INTO A BAR

Stoneface Finnegan and his new partner are busy renovating The Last Drop Saloon when a very unusual stranger comes to town. He’s nothing like the prairie rat drifters, world-weary miners, and would-be outlaws who normally pass through Boar Gulch. No, he’s a big handsome devil from San Francisco, Giacomo Valucci.

Valucci fancies himself an actor, but his all-too-dramatic arrival is no act. He’s come to kill Stoneface Finnegan …

Finnegan’s gut tells him that someone’s put a price on his head. Maybe one of his cutthroat enemies from his Pinkerton days. Or maybe not.

Giacomo Valucci seems more interested in playing the role of Jack the Ripper.

He’s carving a path of mayhem and murder across the American West—and saving Stoneface Finnegan for the last act … and the final curtain.

About William W. Johnstone

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 fifty 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 twenty-first century."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. It just seemed to be lacking compared to what was promised or described in the description. The Jack the Ripper of the West vs Ex-Pinkerton agent Stoneface Finnegan! Or maybe my expectations were just too high. Either way it was entertaining just sli......more

Goodreads review by Laur

The READER knows who the “devil” is from the get go; there is definitely a very EVIL man whose behavior is devilish (I’d say more like a homicidal maniac..... western Jack the Ripper style). No one else in the story figures it out until nearly the end, when said “devil” comes to and stays in Boar Gu......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob

The Devil You Know is the new adventure with Stoneface Finnegan from William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. The town of Boar Gulch is booming and the building and rebuilding continues after the attack in the last book. But someone is stirring up trouble, who is robbing the miners? Will the mayor g......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

Title: The Devil You Know (A Stoneface Finnegan Western #2) Author: William W Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone Pages: 384 Year: 2021 Publisher: Pinnacle My rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rollie “Stoneface” Finnegan is an ex-Pinkerton agent who now resides in Idaho country and runs a saloon along with his partner n......more

Goodreads review by Rob

The second in the Johnstone Clan series is a step up from the first. Better plotting and dialogue. The story is good, but far more convoluted than necessary. There's really two stories involved and both poorly meshed together. The first is of a fellow posing as an actor. The menace of this one is ve......more