Laying Bones, Reavis Z. Wortham
Laying Bones, Reavis Z. Wortham
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Laying Bones

Author: Reavis Z. Wortham

Series: Texas Red River Mysteries

Narrator: James D. Sasser

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/07/2026

Synopsis

The stakes don't get much higher than murder . . .It's January 1969 in the small rural community of Center Springs, Texas. Constable Ned Parker suspects a larger mystery behind the seemingly accidental death of his nephew, R .B., who was found in his overturned pickup near Sanders Creek bridge. It appears that R. B. drowned in the shallow water, but something doesn't add up for Ned, who begins turning over stones in search of what really happened the night R. B. died.The mystery leads Ned 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. His investigations there uncover suspicious characters, drugs, and gambling, but even more troubling are a series of murders that seem designed to eliminate anyone who might know what really happened to R. B. on that cold January night.As he works his way through the cover-up, Ned lands himself in a high-stakes game of consequences with no good end in sight. Are the good citizens of Center Springs conspiring against Constable Parker in his search for the truth?

About Reavis Z. Wortham

Reavis Z. Wortham is the critically acclaimed author of the Red River Mysteries, which are set in rural Northeast Texas. As a boy, he hunted and fished the river bottoms near Chicota. He teaches writing at a variety of venues including local libraries and writers' conferences. He has been a newspaper columnist and magazine writer since 1988, as well as the Humor Editor for Texas Fish and Game Magazine for over twenty years. For more information, visit ReavisZWortham.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Zoe on January 13, 2021

Suspenseful, pacey, and unpredictable! Laying Bones is an engrossing, gritty novel that takes us to Center Springs, Texas in 1969, where Constable Ned Parker suddenly finds himself mixed up in a complex investigation involving drug smuggling, illegal gambling, corruption, and multiple murder when the......more

Goodreads review by Wrenn on April 30, 2021

This is the first book I've read in the series, but it worked fine as a stand alone. 1969 in Central Springs, Texas, a rustic country town where everyone knows each other. Constable Ned Parker's nephew R.B. is found dead in the wreckage of his rolled truck. The investigation leads to the disreputable S......more

Goodreads review by Abibliofob on December 15, 2020

I have enjoyed Laying Bones a Texas Red River mystery by Reavis Z. Wortham. Remember that name. If you by some chance have missed him and his books? Shame on you. He is one of the best authors right now. He has a way with the written word like no one else except James Lee Burke. His stories are funn......more

Goodreads review by Lori on July 08, 2021

Southern dialogue and euphemism overkill. The plot included too many tangents. This was a police procedural mystery but half of the book focuses on a group of teens which really doesn't add to the storyline.......more

Goodreads review by Mike on November 24, 2020

Laying Bones (by Reavis Wortham) is the eighth book in The Red River Mystery Series, a series of books set in rural Northwest Texas in the 1960s. This is the first one in this series that I've read and it works fine as a standalone although it seems more like one complete, self-contained chapter of......more

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