When Death Row inmate Norman Howell drops a tidbit about how he and his father once helped the current Texas Governor get rid of competing Vietnamese fisherman with the use of high-powered explosives, Bill Travis has to decide whether to kick (and awaken) this particular sleeping dog, or whether to let it go. But then   the Governor's men come calling for him, and all hell breaks loose. 

Capitol Offense is the second novel in the Bill Travis Mysteries. 

George Wier is the author of The Bill Travis Mysteries, and numerous other books. He lives in Austin, Texas with his lovely wife, Sallie, two dogs and two cats.