https://travistougaw.com/bio daily 0.75 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/a9582b17-e46e-4711-b5b8-66771ad64063/DSC_1288.jpg Bio Travis Tougaw is an award-winning writer and editor from Colorado. He holds degrees in English from Angelo State University in Texas and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The Marcotte/Collins Investigative Thrillers books are his first published novels; he looks forward to sharing additional stories with his readers. Travis lives in Denver with his wife and two sons. https://travistougaw.com/deathgrip daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/d012357b-401c-421b-a70b-f34253e3f668/image0.jpg Death Grip - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://travistougaw.com/home daily 1.0 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/6664078d-873a-4079-abe7-0b77f0de519e/DEATH+GRIP.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1747754687212-N4MP8DUFJ6V7O3V8I4D5/359827704_9523049664436816_4064550574881954030_n.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1747754677423-J7LC43AOBU02H2SYG8IL/tempImageObGslF.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1747754849042-JV26RQGVCY06VK8A6N40/Last+Call+eimage.jpg Home https://travistougaw.com/extras daily 0.75 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/a63181de-0a56-44a8-ae3b-84382e2558e3/image0.jpeg Extras - Reckless Happy Holidays! There’s no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with a thriller. Click the image to read “Reckless,” a short story about two missing boys and a struggle for survival in the mountains on Christmas Eve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/10c62468-026e-465b-8c03-730c358ebac3/image0.jpeg Extras - Pepper Maybridge’s Gift Merry Christmas! Pepper Maybridge is an ordinary guy, except when he has visions of the future. This short story experiments with magical realism and the meaning of gifts and giving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/c4126781-5da9-4e77-bc20-d12652ffdb52/image0.jpeg Extras - Last Call Last Call was released on Nov. 7, 2024. You can download the first chapter and read it now, and you can purchase the book here. If you’re new to the series, feel free to catch up on all the action with Foxholes and Captives while you wait! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/3f4944ef-ed5e-4488-aed5-6cc6677d3d0c/image0.jpeg Extras - Out of the Ooze Ever wonder how a book gets from a writer’s head and into your hands? There are more forces at play than you might think! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/afc6efc1-2036-46ff-8412-3703eae4e2b7/image0.jpeg Extras - Secrets Curious about what Vince and Hadley have been up to since Foxholes? Join them in “Secrets,” a mini-mystery where a routine case turns into a high-stakes hunt in the corporate world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/f0b8c842-c75b-4b30-b943-5b74978bacc8/image0.jpeg Extras - Unspoken “Unspoken,” my first published essay, is based on my deployment to Afghanistan in 2007 when I was in the Air Force. In honor of Veterans Day, I’m making it available here for all my readers. https://travistougaw.com/interviews daily 0.75 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/8215c383-30a5-4b59-9509-ec7c75258ae6/image1.png Interviews & Awards - Literary Titan Gold Award Winner for Foxholes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/9f4b5614-b9a8-40ed-b179-c01a0057ec69/image0.jpeg Interviews & Awards - Firebird Book Award Winner in New Fiction-First Time Published and Political Thriller for Foxholes https://travistougaw.com/novels daily 0.75 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1747754849042-JV26RQGVCY06VK8A6N40/Last+Call+eimage.jpg Novels - Last Call All it took was one drunken night for Dennis Hearn to lose everything. Now, Vince and Hadley must prove there was more to the story. The investigation summons old dangers and leads the detectives into a life-and-death struggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1747754677423-J7LC43AOBU02H2SYG8IL/tempImageObGslF.jpg Novels - Captives A child disappears, leaving behind a broken and grieving family. With no witnesses, no motives, and no evidence, Hadley, Vince, and Eddie must delve deep into the past to piece together what really happened, unaware of the powerful enemies they’re about to make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/9918cd99-95bd-4ffb-946d-2036f47ad842/image0.jpg Novels - Death Grip What starts as a test of athletic skills turns into a race against death, where an unknown evil lurks around every turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1747754687212-N4MP8DUFJ6V7O3V8I4D5/359827704_9523049664436816_4064550574881954030_n.jpg Novels - Foxholes Suspicious deaths and political ambition collide in Foxholes. Follow Vince Marcotte and Hadley Collins as they join forces to solve a pair of murders before they become the next victims. https://travistougaw.com/last-call daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/4ce64db9-6c6c-496a-8a9e-350803e9e4a3/Last+Call+eimage.jpg Last Call - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://travistougaw.com/captives daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/0306c0d0-3de3-47c7-9061-b13725d69f51/tempImageObGslF.jpg Captives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://travistougaw.com/foxholes daily 0.75 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1709755664088-XDXDWQGAZGG4ECYKGUNJ/359827704_9523049664436816_4064550574881954030_n.jpg Foxholes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://travistougaw.com/author-services daily 0.75 2024-07-10 https://travistougaw.com/author-services/read-critique monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1720642038843-SGLNM1H0G0OMH5UL08K0/glasses-1052023_1280.jpg Author Services - Read & Critique https://travistougaw.com/author-services/read-review monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59e6871a2aeba5fd99dddd95/1720642016329-83KNAXET4M2PQT8SXFBC/book-1283865_1280.jpg Author Services - Read & Review