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Bill Travis #7
Caddo Cold
Why is the fifty-year-old secret of a missing military transport plane motivating some desperate men to begin setting deathtraps for Bill Travis, his client Holt Gatlin, and anyone else involved? To what lengths will they go to stop Bill for good? Does Holt Gatlin hold the cure to mankind's myriad diseases and possibly the answer to immortality itself, or is he instead the host for an ancient evil? To find the answer Bill must have the help of the most unlikely sidekick of all.
Caddo Cold is the seventh installment of the Bill Travis Mysteries.
Caddo Cold is the seventh installment of the Bill Travis Mysteries.
- GenresMystery
167 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 30, 2012
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About the author
George Wier
71 books39 followersI was born in East Texas and spent most of my life there, principally around the Bryan and College Station area. I moved to Austin, Texas, in 2002 and shortly thereafter began writing The Bill Travis Mystery series. I currently live in Austin with my lovely wife, Sallie, along with two cats and two dogs.
Writing is both my avocation and my vocation, but to add to these I play both classical violin and country fiddle, and I dabble in art (mostly drawing and painting), photography, and book cover design.
I began writing in earnest in 1986, although I have been creatively writing far longer than that, practically since I could read (at a very formative age.) I find that I have far more ideas than I could ever write down, and so I pick and choose only the best story ideas. I write what I, myself, like to read, and nothing more.
Writing is both my avocation and my vocation, but to add to these I play both classical violin and country fiddle, and I dabble in art (mostly drawing and painting), photography, and book cover design.
I began writing in earnest in 1986, although I have been creatively writing far longer than that, practically since I could read (at a very formative age.) I find that I have far more ideas than I could ever write down, and so I pick and choose only the best story ideas. I write what I, myself, like to read, and nothing more.
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November 25, 2012
The seventh in the series finds Bill Travis once again trying to help a client who has also become a friend. A familiar pattern in these novels and one that played out in the first book The Last Call. That resulted, among other things, in a marriage to Julie, and a number of children. Neither will happen with Travis trying to help Holt Gatlin.
When Holt Gatlin went off the roof of the defunct theater in Karnack, Texas he hit the ground hard. Everyone knows he was lucky to not break his neck. What hardly anyone besides Bill Travis knows is that Holt is not only lucky he is also two million dollars richer thanks to a recent stock split and some fast stock trades orchestrated by Travis. It helps to have a man handling your bank accounts who knows what he is doing. Travis needs to update Holt and finally tracks him down to a hospital in Marshall where he learns the elderly man has a broken arm, broken wrist, and three cracked ribs, and a severely broken leg.
Holt is busted up pretty good and for good reason. That doesn’t explain the strange comments from Holt about something happening out at Caddo Lake fifty years ago. Something bad happened out there one night in 1960 and clearly it has haunted Holt ever since. Before Travis can find out what happened, Holt starts crying and ends the call by hanging up.
Before long Bill and his college bound daughter Jessica are headed towards Holt’s hospital room in Marshall to find some answers. As Christmas approaches, answers will be hard to come by in a case that moves along the shores and deep into Caddo Lake. It isn’t just the weather causing things to be cold and deadly.
Caddo Cold is the latest in a series that is part mystery, part thriller, and all adventure. Like in Slow Falling there is a definite pulp angle to the tale and a clear appreciation of them by author George Weir. As a result this is a book that is filled with missing bodies, secret scientific research, and secret military experiments. That along with a complicated mystery makes this another very good one in the series. While it certainly could be read as a stand alone, it is much better to read these books in series order starting with The Last Call.
Caddo Cold: A Bill Travis Mystery
George Wier
http://www.georgewier.com
Flagstone Books
April 2012
E-Book
(Estimated print length 167 pages)
$3.99
Material provided by the author in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2012
Author of the e-book short story collection Mind Slices available at Amazon and Smashwords in a variety of formats.
Contributor to the Carpathian Shadows, Volume II anthology available in print and e-book.
Book Reviews and More http://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/
When Holt Gatlin went off the roof of the defunct theater in Karnack, Texas he hit the ground hard. Everyone knows he was lucky to not break his neck. What hardly anyone besides Bill Travis knows is that Holt is not only lucky he is also two million dollars richer thanks to a recent stock split and some fast stock trades orchestrated by Travis. It helps to have a man handling your bank accounts who knows what he is doing. Travis needs to update Holt and finally tracks him down to a hospital in Marshall where he learns the elderly man has a broken arm, broken wrist, and three cracked ribs, and a severely broken leg.
Holt is busted up pretty good and for good reason. That doesn’t explain the strange comments from Holt about something happening out at Caddo Lake fifty years ago. Something bad happened out there one night in 1960 and clearly it has haunted Holt ever since. Before Travis can find out what happened, Holt starts crying and ends the call by hanging up.
Before long Bill and his college bound daughter Jessica are headed towards Holt’s hospital room in Marshall to find some answers. As Christmas approaches, answers will be hard to come by in a case that moves along the shores and deep into Caddo Lake. It isn’t just the weather causing things to be cold and deadly.
Caddo Cold is the latest in a series that is part mystery, part thriller, and all adventure. Like in Slow Falling there is a definite pulp angle to the tale and a clear appreciation of them by author George Weir. As a result this is a book that is filled with missing bodies, secret scientific research, and secret military experiments. That along with a complicated mystery makes this another very good one in the series. While it certainly could be read as a stand alone, it is much better to read these books in series order starting with The Last Call.
Caddo Cold: A Bill Travis Mystery
George Wier
http://www.georgewier.com
Flagstone Books
April 2012
E-Book
(Estimated print length 167 pages)
$3.99
Material provided by the author in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2012
Author of the e-book short story collection Mind Slices available at Amazon and Smashwords in a variety of formats.
Contributor to the Carpathian Shadows, Volume II anthology available in print and e-book.
Book Reviews and More http://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.com/
January 12, 2018
A quick read
I was born in Marshall, Texas and loved reading about the Piney Woods if East Texas. A very interesting book.
I was born in Marshall, Texas and loved reading about the Piney Woods if East Texas. A very interesting book.
April 14, 2014
Outstanding!!!!
I loved every word of this book. I couldn't put it down. I like this series, but this is a sensational stand alone book as well. I thought that the characters in the story were so well developed that I could imagine them as friends (or enemies). The scenes described at night in Caddo Lake were truly spooky and were so real I was a passenger in the boat as well. Take my word for it this is a great author, and this book will be entertaining and leave you satisfied - well not entirely - you will be back looking for more adventures by the writer.
I loved every word of this book. I couldn't put it down. I like this series, but this is a sensational stand alone book as well. I thought that the characters in the story were so well developed that I could imagine them as friends (or enemies). The scenes described at night in Caddo Lake were truly spooky and were so real I was a passenger in the boat as well. Take my word for it this is a great author, and this book will be entertaining and leave you satisfied - well not entirely - you will be back looking for more adventures by the writer.
October 3, 2021
The 7th book in the Bill Travis series. Entertaining mystery.
December 13, 2015
Coincidence or Mysterious Plot?
Bill has some difficulty discovering what's going on, and the plot comes up with other folks with their own agendas. Bill discovers his teenage daughter is a great help.
Bill has some difficulty discovering what's going on, and the plot comes up with other folks with their own agendas. Bill discovers his teenage daughter is a great help.
January 13, 2013
A good read. This series has been very entertaining.
April 19, 2013
Good series!
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