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Bill Thompson

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If variety is the spice of life, author Bill Thompson’s life so far has been spicy for sure! Over the years, and in no particular order, he’s been

• an international insurance broker
• a mayor
• head of a state prison board
• a stockbroker
• a newspaper reporter
• a Bourbon Street piano player
• a corporate entrepreneur
• presented to Queen Elizabeth
• in jail (briefly … and wrongly!)
• a goat herder
• a church organist and choir member
• a real estate broker
• a world traveler
• president of an animal shelter
• a husband, father and grandfather
• an observer at a knighting in Westminster
• a fluent Russian speaker
• a passenger on the Concorde
• a caregiver
• a lifetime dog lover
• an award-winning novelist

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	Callie (The Bayou Hauntings, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 2,272 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forgotten Men (The Bayou Hauntings, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 930 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nursery (The Bayou Hauntings, #3) 4.46 avg rating — 852 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billy Whistler (The Bayou Hauntings, #4) 4.47 avg rating — 464 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Proctor Hall Horror (The Bayou Hauntings, #7) 4.57 avg rating — 438 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Experiments (The Bayou Hauntings, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 417 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Again (The Bayou Hauntings, #6) 4.52 avg rating — 330 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bethlehem Scroll (Brian Sadler Archaeological Mystery #1) 4.17 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bones in the Pit (Brian Sadler Archaeological Mystery #4) 4.40 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient: A Search for the Lost City of the Mayas (Brian Sadler Archaeological Mysteries #2) 4.33 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Forgotten Men

As part of research for my next book, the third in The Bayou Hauntings series, I took a trip to Cajun country last week. I visited ten plantations and spent the night at a wonderful place called The Myrtles in St. Francisville, Louisiana. (St. Francisville is such a neat town that I've decided it's the setting for a creepy mansion in the next book!)

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Series by Bill Thompson

The Bayou Hauntings (8 books)
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Brian Sadler Archaeological Mysteries (8 books)
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The Crypt Trilogy (3 books)
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The Recovery Agent (Gabriella Rose, #1)

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The Truth About Book Reviews: An Insider's Guide to Getting and Using Reviews to Grow Your Readership

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“The Qumran sect of Essenes spent their days copying the Holy books onto scrolls, their particular goal being to ensure no man or popular religion of the day would or could usurp the very words of God as handed down to His prophet Moses. They accomplished this goal by copying ancient, crumbling texts onto modern parchment, sealing the finished works into earthen jars, and hiding them in nearby caves. ”
― Bill Thompson, The Bethlehem Scroll

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“Have no fear of them for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.” Matthew 10:26”
― Bill Thompson, The Strangest Thing

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“time was short – the metro system had to be completed so the government was not willing to allow years to do an archaeological dig as it should be done. One thing led to another and, as happens so often, time constraints caused priceless artifacts to be removed from the places they had lain for centuries, ending up in the hands of a collector willing to pay a staggering sum to own them.”
― Bill Thompson, Ancient: A Search for the Lost City of the Mayas

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