Reavis Z. Wortham crafts critically acclaimed historical mysteries and contemporary thrillers, often set against the backdrop of Texas. His distinctive narrative style and compelling plots have garnered significant praise. Wortham excels at building suspense and capturing atmosphere, making his novels highly engaging for genre enthusiasts.
Set in a richly detailed historical backdrop, this first installment of a new series showcases the acclaimed author's distinctive literary style, characterized by a warm Texas twang. The narrative promises to deliver engaging characters and compelling storytelling, reflecting the author's reputation as a master in the genre. Readers can expect an immersive experience that combines history with authentic voice and vivid imagery.
"Texas Ranger Tom Bell is tracking a fugitive killer when he rides into Pine Top, a hastily erected shanty-town crawling with rough and desperate men-oil drillers, come by the thousands in search of work. It soon becomes apparent that the lawman's poking around has irritated the wrong people, and when two failed attempts are made on his life, Bell knows that he's getting closer to finding out who is responsible for cheating and murdering the local landowners in order to access the rich oil fields flowing beneath their farms. When they ambush him for a third time while he's out with a local woman he's fallen for, they make the deadly mistake of killing her and leaving him alive"--
"It's January, 1969, in the small rural community of Center Springs, Texas. Constable Ned Parker is looking into the seemingly accidental death of his nephew R.B., who was found in his overturned pickup near Sanders Creek bridge. Eventually, the investigation leads Parker back to the Starlite Club, a dangerous honky-tonk recently constructed in a no-man's land on the Lone Star side of the Red River. Although Ned's investigation uncovers suspicious characters, drugs, and gambling, the series of murders that eliminated any potential witnesses to what happened to R.B. on that cold January night, is the most troubling. Constable Parker finds himself involved in a high stakes game of consequences with no end-game in sight"--
“Reavis Z. Wortham is the real thing: a literary voice that’s delivered with a warm and knowing Texas twang.” —C.J. Box Border patrol agents are being ambushed along the Big Bend region of West Texas, a notorious drug corridor running east and west across the Lone Star State. They’re not the only targets. A film production depicting human trafficking in the area has been attacked by a brutal drug cartel. Into this lawless frontier steps Texas Ranger Sonny Hawke, ready and willing to dispense his own brand of justice. It’s an all-out war with the thinnest line separating the good from the bad. Sonny knows the only way out is to aim straight and stand your ground . . . “There’s a term we use in the west, the genuine article, and those words fit Reavis Z. Wortham to a Texas T.” —Craig Johnson “A masterful and entertaining storyteller.” —Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
Confident when handling moonshiners, drunks, and domestic disputes, Ned is out of his element when animal atrocities turn to murder. After a dizzying series of twists, Judge O.C. Rains is forced to contact the FBI. Worse yet, sinister warnings that Neds family has been targeted by the killer lead the old lawman to become judge and jury to end the murder spree.
Judge. Jury. Executioner. One man is taking the law into his own hands. His targets are criminals who slipped through the justice system. From California to Texas, this relentless avenger hunts down the unpunished and sentences them to death.But now he's on Sonny Hawke's turf. A Texas Ranger committed to his job, Hawke will not abide vigilante justice--especially when innocents are also in the line of fire. The trail of bodies stretches across the Lone Star State to the most savage clan East Texas has ever seen. And Hawke is the only one who can stop them . . .
When Texas Ranger Sonny Hawke investigates a sniper ambushing four hikers in West Texas's Big Bend National Park, he gets caught in the same sniper's crosshairs.