The Eyes of Texas, William W. Johnstone
The Eyes of Texas, William W. Johnstone
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The Eyes of Texas

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

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Unabridged: 18 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/12/2013

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

A true legend in the Western genre, William W. Johnstone captivated audiences with his epic Last Mountain Man series. Best-selling author J.A. Johnstone continues this tradition in The Eyes of Texas, which finds Matt Jensen in the deadly Texas town of Shady Rest. After Jensen guns down a ruthless killer in self-defense, he's suddenly in line for a $5,000 bounty. Trouble is, the dead man's kin aren't too keen on Matt staying alive to collect.

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 Randy on February 09, 2013

Matt Jensen broke up the stage robbery, killing two of the bandits, one getting away, and became the toast of the little town of Shady Rest, Texas. When he kills a man in a saloon that had just killed the town Marshal, he recognizes the man as one he'd arrested a year before for murdering a couple, T......more

Goodreads review by Garth on August 20, 2018

Book 8 in the Matt Jensen Series. The lawless town of Shady Rest has lost 3 marshals in as many months. Seems a place made to order for Matt to bring order. This outing in the series is unique in spending more time in describing settings, back-story, and characters other than the Mountain Men. We ge......more

Goodreads review by David on December 19, 2023

Matt winds up in one of the most dangerous cities in the country, Shady Rest, Texas where he sees the Marshall shot down before his eyes and then Matt is forced to gun down the pondscum who killed the Marshall. From there the story is action-packed. Matt is offered the Marshall job but turns it down......more

Goodreads review by Richard on July 27, 2019

Thank goodness the book did not involve another “Lord of the Manor“. In saying that, I am disappointed in the way this series is going on. In all of these books they always talk about the dime novels, these last few books seem to be a dime novel. Like I said before, they take segments from previous......more

Goodreads review by Nolan on December 08, 2022

Dangerous being Matt Jensen’s friend. The beginning of this story another one of his friends and the guy’s wife are murdered. I saw a couple of printing mistakes of getting some character’s name wrong. Overall, this wasn’t a best story. Not much going on for a plot in this book. I wasn’t overly imp......more