There is no such thing as a bad Johnstone western. Each series is built around main characters whose belief in the law and family is absolute, even if they've had to be reformed to get there. From Preacher, the original mountain man to the Jensen family to Perly Gates, to.....well, you get the point. Many times, characters from one series will show up in another as supporting hands. The communities are true to the era, clothing, guns, food and troubles are all what you'd find if you looked them up in the history books. No two stories are the same, each character or set of characters is unique and so are their stories. The writing is skillful, readers are pulled into the story and you will laugh and cry right along with the characters. I made the mistake of picking up a Johnstone western my uncle was reading. Ive been hooked ever since. Now I share them with my reading family and will continue as long as new Johnstones are released.

I love books by William W Johnstone and Savage Sunday does not disappoint. It gets five stars from me.

I love Duff MacCallister and his stories. This story was no disappointment. Duff is taking his cattle to market. While there, the bank is robbed and his friend commits suicide because he was ashamed to have taken the money. However, Duff smells something isn't right. He and his friends combine forces to solve exactly who did it. Can they find the true robber? Why is someone trying to kill them while they search? I hope they keep this series going. I love reading about Duff and his friends next adventures. I received a copy through Netgalley and the publisher. A review was not required.

In enjoyed reading this story except with some chapters, like with the letter and telegrams where the words were broken up and wrote in broken syllables straight down instead of across the page. Was distracting and hard to read. Plenty of action and especially loved Wang. HEA.

Savage Sunday is another great western about the adventures of Duff MacCallister by William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone. Duff is going to Cheyenne to sell some cattle and while there the bank belonging to his friend is emptied of all money and his friend apparently committed suicide because he felt ashamed that he took the money. But did he do it? Where is the money? How do you shoot yourself in the left side of the head using your right hand? Why are people trying to kill Duff and his friends when they ask questions? And who is Lonesome John? If you read the book you'll get the answers, the book is out in the end of May. I must thank @kensingtonbooks @netgalley and @pinnaclepublishers for giving me this advance copy and @williamw.j.a.johnstone for writing these great westerns.

The William Johnstone group with help from J.A. Johnstone have hit a new high in the “Savage Sunday” novel. It is mainly a western but a good part love story. It is also part of god guys versus bad guys and a $65,000 embezzlement, robbery, and murder. If you think this is an adventure novel, you’d be right on target in that thought.

Duff MacCallister is the main male protagonist. He is a cattle rancher who was originally from Scotland and maintains his Scottish brogue. His partner, in many ways, is the main female protagonist Megan Parker. But if you t she is a shrinking beauty, you’d be only half right—beautiful she is but very accomplished in many aspects. This is befitting, as this story is set mostly in and around Chugwater and Cheyenne, Wyoming where women were first given the right to vote.

Two other savory characters make up MacCallister’s retinue – named Elmer and Wang Chow. The addition of a Chinese character shows open thinking about ethnic issues. There is also a Black Liberty, a black man. So a rather different cast of characters appear in the book along with cameos from the Wyoming Territorial Governor.

The ends and outs of a cattle sale, depositing money into a bank; having it disappear; the bank president maybe commit suicide. A derelict stable hand becoming a newspaper reporter sort of rounds out the story except for a gang of cut throats and murders who want a share of the disappearing money.
It ia good who-done-it story and will keep the reader guessing. All is not what it seems. Got to read this delightful book to find out and be rewarded with the knowledge.