The Last Call
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knowledge of Texas and those who people its quirky underside. This book does not disappoint.
—Milton T. Burton, author of Nights of the Red Moon and The Rogue’s Game.
George Wier's THE LAST CALL has it all: a great setting, characters you care about, a little Texas history, and a twisty plot that's built Texas tough. Get it before last call!
—Bill Crider, author of Murder In the Air.
Bill Travis, an unmarried, unattached investment counselor rapidly approaching his fortieth birthday, conceives that he may not live the most exciting of lives, yet Julie Simmons, his first appointment that Monday, is deeply in trouble. She has taken a North Texas quarter horse racer and liquor baron named Archie Carpin--the last of a dynasty of criminals from the 1920's--for a ride and cleaned him out of a neat two million bucks. And thus begins the adventure of Bill’s life.
Ensues a chase north across Texas to recover the money and shake the pursuit of a couple of rednecks with a penchant for rifles and rigged explosives. Yet, through all this action the compelling tale of yet another mystery—an 80-year old missing person’s case—begins to unravel.
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George Wier—dubbed “The Titan of Texas Fiction” by ArtPlanet—lives in Austin, Texas with his lovely wife Sallie, two cats and two dogs. He is the author of the popular sixteen-part Bill Travis Mysteries (including Top 10 Bestseller The Last Call), The Elysium Chronicles (Murder In Elysium and Sentinel In Elysium), and co-author of the Far Journey Chronicles (1889: Journey to the Moon and 1899: Journey to Mars). His recent works include West of Valhalla, and the first book in his historical thriller Neptune series, Neptune’s Forge, which will soon be followed by Neptune’s Dominion. With close to forty novels, omnibuses, and short story anthologies to his name, George Wier writes mystery and crime, historical thrillers, action-adventure, science fiction, steampunk, speculative fiction, short stories, screenplays and teleplays. Thoroughly the Renaissance man, he also plays classical violin, country fiddle, composes for full orchestra, paints oils and watercolors, sketches with pencil, and speaks publicly on the subject of writing.
