Reavis Z. Wortham
Published by Poisoned Pen Press
http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/
The Red River series
The Rock Hole
represented by agent Jeanie Pantelakis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdiFbAwpTRo video trailer
Burrows
Desperado
Reavis Z. Wortham is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for a number of newspapers and magazines. His work has appeared in American Cowboy, Texas Sporting Journal, Texas Sportsman Magazine, Frisco Style, Texas Hunting Directory, Vintage Truck, and Western Outdoors. He is listed as Humor Editor for Texas Fish and Game Magazine and pens their monthly Open Season column, as well as a number of sporting articles. He has won over thirty state and national awards for his outdoor writing.
He is the author of Doreen’s 24 Hour Eat Gas Now Café. He lives in Frisco, Texas, with his wife, Shana. He was born in Paris, Texas, the location for Center Springs, Texas. After a 34-year career in public education, Reavis retired in 2011 and now devotes his full time and efforts to writing.
Reavis Wortham’s 114,000 word novel The Rock Hole takes you back to a time when kids could just be, men had to be, and evil was…
It is a story of boy named Top who is being raised by grandparents after his mom and dad die. But this is no ordinary situation. His grandfather, Ned Parker, is a full-time farmer and the part-time constable of Center Springs, Texas in the early 60’s. To say the least, it is never boring. Top is learning to hunt, the true meaning of right and wrong, and what honor and integrity actually mean during a time of civil and racial unrest.
When mutilated animals and then humans are found, this mostly quiet Texas town suddenly finds itself fearing every person, neighbor or stranger, and the once trustworthy countryside.
The Rock Hole is based on stories from Reavis Wortham’s grandfather who was a true constable in Lamar County, Texas during those years. While reading this book you will be taken back to that time, to the point where you can feel the dry, hot Texas heat, see the dust and haze, and sense your heart beating in terror of the unknown killer in your midst.
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Burrows takes you into the mind of a killer who’s demented version of Hide n’ Seek makes the VC tunnels in ‘Nam seem like a county fair’s fun house. The stench of death hangs in the musty, moldy air as Cody tries to uncover its source, and in the process gets more than he expected.
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Desperado is the journey of Sonny Bonner, from broken and disillusioned architect back to the man he was meant to be through remembrances of his fundamental roots. Planted 30 years before by the Old Man, morals and values of a small Texas town will be the knot he holds onto for his climb back to what really matters.