In a mystery series that started
with The
Last Call several years ago, Bill Travis has been known to get involved
one way or another in some very strange situations. Often he gets into cases
where one can almost hear the Twilight Zone
theme music playing in the background. Such is the case here with the Ghost
of the Karankawa.
Bill Travis handles money and
Evanston Cooper is one of his clients. At least he was until he pulled
most of the money awhile back. Now Evanston wants to pay Travis to go from
Austin down to the small and isolated town of Anahuac and see Evanston’s sister,
Catherine. She thinks a ghost is going around there murdering people. Anahuac is
located on the north side of Galveston Bay and, because of the murdering ghost,
his sister is threatening to leave town. Evanston is afraid she might come to
Austin and he does not want her anywhere around him or any closer to Austin
than she is now. To keep her down there he is willing to throw money at the
problem by hiring Bill. All Bill Travis has to do for the money is drive down there
and calm Evanston’s sister down.
After enlisting Bill’s wife, Julie,
into the deal, Bill is forced to agree to do as Evanston asks. Before long and with
the kids safely accounted for, Julie, Bill and their dog, Franklin, are taking
a road trip south to Anahuac. After all, just because Bill has turned fifty
and is contemplating what that means, it does not mean one should ignore a
scream in the night, a mummified body, and one heck of a road trip without the
kids.
Ghost of the Karankawa: A Bill
Travis Mystery is the tenth book in this long
running series. As such the characters of Bill Travis, and his wife, Julie as
well as other regulars in the series were fleshed out long ago. The focus is on
the mystery, Texas history and legends, and things that go bump in them night
as they often are in this series. As one expects, author George Wier again
strains reader suspension of disbelief at a couple of points, but the read is very
well worth it.
The e-book also includes the
entertaining short story The
Woodsman as it plays a key role in the novel.
Ghost of the Karankawa: A Bill
Travis Mystery
George Wier
Flagstone Books
November 2014
ASIN: B00PBF0ATK
E-Book
(paperback available)
154
Pages
$3.99
Material
to read and review was purchased last February by way of funds in my Amazon
Associate account.
Kevin
R. Tipple ©2016
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