The fourth book in the “Bill Travis Mysteries”
series opens with Bill Travis at work in his office when his friend Walt Cannon
comes by to see him. Walt is a Texas Ranger with a thirty plus year career in the
elite law enforcement agency. Walt is also under suspicion by some within the organization.
Some believe that Walt committed a murder. Walt expects to be arrested soon.
Walt swears he didn’t kill Phil Burnet, though he certainly had a good reason
to kill him.
Bill Travis knows Walt and is pretty sure his friend
is telling him the truth when he says he didn’t do it. But, something is wrong
with Walt and he won’t come clean about it. All Walt wants is Bill’s help in
clearing his name. Bill seems to have a knack for investigating things and
finding the truth even though his day job deals with money and all the tricks investment
counselors, like Bill, use to make money grow for their clients.
One thing that will help Bill when he starts poking
around is that the guy who found the body of Phil Burnet in the water at what
used to be called Town Lake is Perry Reilly. The same Perry Reilly, notorious
womanizer, who runs an insurance agency right next door to where Bill has his
office. Bill has known Perry since way back in the day before Bill was married
with kids. Before long, Bill is over at Perry’s office asking a few questions
and reluctantly agreeing to let Perry tag along in the investigation. A
decision that Bill will have more than one chance to regret in a dangerous case
that will take them back and forth across Central Texas chasing a killer.
The Devil To Pay is another fast moving read in the series showcasing the obvious talents of the author George Wier. Bill Travis is a unique character firmly grounded in his everyman roots who gets involved in things again and again because of the people he knows. Often in this series, what starts as something relatively minor soon explodes in a major way with links to the Governor’s Mansion, political double dealing, and notorious crimes decades old. Bill can’t help getting involved and becoming a target. It is in his nature and he can’t help it. Even these days with a wife, a new baby in the house, and lots more going on.
While you could read The Devil To Pay as a
stand alone it would be better if you read this series in order starting with The
Last Call. That novel was reviewed again yesterday here as my selection
for Friday’s Forgotten Books.
The Devil To Pay: A Bill Travis Mystery
George
Wier
Flagstone
Books
December
2011
E-Book
(Estimated
print length 141 pages)
$3.99
Material provided by the author some time ago in
exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2012
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