Mr Bill And Miss Julie

It was the mid 1970's when the African-American couple, Mr. Bill and Miss Julie looked over the neighborhood, decided there were enough ten year old boys for a Little League Baseball team, and with the help of their friend Mr. Pensfeld, recruited enough boys for a team. As the story unfolds, Mr. Bill coaches with the help of his friend Mr. Pensfeld and his wife becomes the self appointed cheer leader. As each reader progresses through this book, the integrity, honesty and love exhibited by Mr. BIll and Miss Julie will be indelibly imprinted upon their memory. Readers will enjoy the little nuances of coaching that are incorporated into the story and which improve the player's skills as the Little League season progresses. Mr. Bill, prior to coaching this team, has had a stroke and his left side doesn't work very well. The bond between the boys and their coach increases as they take turns helping him move around or bring him a folding chair to sit on while they practice. Although the team loses at first, under Mr. Bills tutelage and Miss Julie's encouragement they eventually win more than just games. The story near the end evokes extreme emotion, but ultimately demonstrates the love between Mr. Bill, Miss Julie and the boys. Although based upon the personalities of an actual African-American couple, the story line of the book is fiction. Whether you are nine or ninety, the book MR. BILL AND MISS JULIE will be an inspiring, fun read!

THE LAST CALL starts with a protagonist on the edge of an impending midlife crisis. Add a blond and an old friend with a fetish for high explosives, and you have the kickoff of a first rate crime novel. George Wier writes with wit, verve, and a gut-bucket 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.