# Pete the Finn — Red Harvest character guide

> Pete the Finn in Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pete, the Finn, Finn

**First appearance:** 0001-red-harvest

## Snapshot

A bootlegger and gang boss with a warehouse full of liquor and a cold head for the price of everything, including men's lives.

## Who they are

Pete the Finn is one of the four powers Elihu Willsson named as having taken his city, a rum-running boss whose warehouse and men are a standing threat in Personville's underworld. He is a businessman of violence: when Noonan accidentally burns his warehouse and kills four of his crew, the Finn's response is measured in dollars, twenty-five grand to make it right. His cool, transactional ruthlessness makes him both a target and a potential ally in the Op's campaign to set the gangs against each other.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/characters/the_narrator)

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Pete the Finn, a powerful bootlegger and gang leader, is a direct enemy of the Narrator, representing one of the major criminal factions he seeks to destabilize.

### [Noonan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/characters/noonan)

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Noonan and Pete the Finn are bitter enemies, representing the conflict between the official police force and the powerful bootlegging empire.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/characters/the_narrator)

_rivalry_

Pete the Finn, a powerful bootlegger and gang leader, is a direct enemy of the Narrator, representing one of the major criminal factions he seeks to destabilize.

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/characters/the_narrator)

_rivalry_

Pete the Finn, a powerful bootlegger and gang leader, is a direct enemy of the Narrator, representing one of the major criminal factions he seeks to destabilize.

### [Noonan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/characters/noonan)

_rivalry_

Noonan and Pete the Finn are bitter enemies, representing the conflict between the official police force and the powerful bootlegging empire.

## In the story

### [XIX: The Peace Conference](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xix-the-peace-conference)

Accepts a $25,000 settlement for his warehouse and delivers a final ultimatum to end the gun-work.

### [XXV: Whiskeytown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/red_harvest_se/chapters/xxv-whiskeytown)

Surrenders from the burning building and is shot four times in the face and body by Reno.

## Links

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