Catfish Charlie

Catfish Charlie, Book 1

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

Narrado por: Brian Telestai

As a former Texas Ranger, Charlie "Catfish Charlie" Tuttle spent the good part of his life catching outlaws. Happily retired in Wolfwater, Texas, he's content just catching fish—namely Bubba, the wily old catfish who lives in the pond near Charlie's shack and keeps slipping off Charlie's hook. He also likes hanging out with his trusty tomcat Hooligan Hank and tossing back bottles of mustang berry wine. Sure, his glory days are behind him. There's no reason for Charlie to even think about coming out of retirement . . .

It starts with a jailbreak. Frank Thorson and his gang ride into Wolfwater to bust Frank's brother out of the slammer. First, they slaughter the deputy. Then, the town marshal. Finally, they run off with the marshal's daughter and no one's sure if she's dead or alive. The townsfolk are desperate enough to ask that drunken old coot Catfish Charlie to put down his fishing pole and wine bottles, pick up his Colt Army .44, and go after the bloodthirsty gang. Sure, Catfish Charlie may be a bit rusty after all these years. But when it comes to serving up justice, no one is quicker, faster—or deadlier . . .

©2023 J. A. Johnstone (P)2024 Tantor Audio

Catfish Charlie

Charlie is a retired Texas Ranger. There is a jail break in town and the sheriff and deputy is killed. Frank Thornton breaks his brother out of jail and kidnapped the sheriff's daughter during the jail break. Catfish and Brozos go after the Brothers that did it. I'll not spoil it so I'll just say that is a good part of this book. Then they (Catfish and Brozos) take the job as Sheriff and Deputy. Julia's husband wants her killed and sends his guys to kill her. Catfish has to deal with that. He takes a liking to her. Also a rich rancher likes Julia and wants her. The saloon owners doesn't like the laws they make. Closing the saloons early mainly. They get together and try to eliminate them. There is plenty of excitement and adventure to this new series. I like how catfish takes care of problems. Brian Telestai does a good job narrating this book. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you.

The story was good.

This narrator often fell into a halting and unnatural cadence that made it difficult to listen… otherwise another good story!

Great story

Not sure why everyone’s complaining about narration it was great ‼️ I highly recommend you will enjoy

slow moving, like watching grass grow

the character development was goid, too bad it wasn't implemented well. took too long for anything to happen of significance.

Great story!

I'm looking forward to the next book in the series. I've a fondness for the characters and the mischievous catfish. The voice actor did a good job. Unfortunately, I wish this had been read by someone who could've matched the age, accents, and probable gravelly voice an old heavy drinker a little bit better.

I liked the story line.

The reader was just okay. It was hard to stay interested in the story with his reading style.

The story tellers voice didn’t match the story.

Need someone else to read it. This sounded like AI reading. Story was great! Plot was great! Frustrating having to listen to a great story with a terrible performance.

Lousy story, lousy reader.

I didn’t like anything about this book. Lousy reader and very difficult to follow. You have to work. Not a good way to enjoy a book.

This was the worst book I’ve listened to period!!!

Bad plot and horribly narrated, just miserable to listen to. The whole fish biting his toe was so far beyond belief it ruined the rest of the book

Characters made you want to listen.

It just didn’t keep me interested, though I listened to every word. Performance may have been better with a better story.