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He has one shot at justice…

For sixteen years, Texas State Trooper David Harper has buried the truth—that his father was convicted of murdering his mother. Having fled his old life and changed his name, David has earned the respect of his colleagues and built a promising future with his new wife. No one knows his shameful past, and he intends to keep it that way.

But when DNA evidence overturns his father's conviction, David's carefully constructed life begins ...
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The quiet campus harbored secrets. Now it harbors a killer.

When a wave of car thefts disturbs the tranquil university campus where Assistant Police Chief CJ Harper maintains order, she considers it a manageable crisis. But when one of her campus officers is brazenly murdered and her boss is suddenly hospitalized, CJ finds herself thrust into a leadership role she never wanted—hunting a killer who's always one step ahead.

As evidence mounts and leads emerge, C ...
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A deadly drug. A campus in crisis. Her nightmare come to life.

Assistant Chief of Police CJ Harper thought she'd seen the worst her university campus had to offer—until students started dying.

A lethal new drug is spreading through the student body faster than CJ and her team can track it. Each overdose brings another grieving family, another failure on her watch. When the evidence points to a notorious drug lord from her past, the name that’s haunted her drea ...
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A killer is out for revenge… and now she’s the target.

On maternity leave from Agape University, Assistant Chief CJ Harper should be focused on her new baby, not murder cases. But when a local judge is brutally slain, she doesn’t hesitate to join the hunt.

As she digs deeper, a sniper's bullet proves she's not just hunting this killer—she's next on his list. With the killer always one step ahead, CJ is in a race against time to uncover the deadly connection be ...
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Ten days to solve a murder. A lifetime of reputation at stake.

Rumor has it Newman County Sheriff Fen Maguire has lost his edge. Still grieving his wife's death and counting down his final ten days as sheriff, he's in no frame of mind to work a murder case. But when a hunter is found shot in the back twenty feet up in his deer stand, Fen can't walk away.

As evidence points to Fen's own ranch manager, the county that once respected him now questions his every m ...
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A floating corpse. A small-town cover-up. A race to expose the truth.

When Fen Maguire handed over his badge nine months ago, Newman County was clean and safe—a legacy he thought would endure. The drug dealer's corpse drifting down the Brazos tells a different story.

With the victim's house torched and evidence pointing to the new sheriff's father, Fen can't walk away. A hidden drug cache and a coded notebook reveal cryptic clues to a conspiracy that runs deep ...
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There’s more to this game than dodging paintballs… a killer is on the loose.

Newly licensed private investigator Fen Maguire gets his next case — to investigate an extortion ring putting the squeeze on loggers in the piney woods of East Texas. Working undercover at a local university, Fen traces the clues to a neighboring county's championship paintball team. To prove it, he must first gain the trust of the tight-lipped community.

Before he can make ...
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Two murders, mirror image victims… one trail to the killer.

Private Investigator Fen Maguire is called in to assist a new police chief in solving a woman’s murder on the Guadalupe River. All evidence points to a long-time homeless person, prompting a quick arrest—but Fen has a feeling they missed something.

When a second body washes up, Fen’s suspicions are confirmed, and the case takes a complex turn. Not only is the latest victim a prominent socialite, she’s ...
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Seven million reasons to kill. One determined detective.

When artist-turned-investigator Fen Maguire takes a temporary teaching position in Wichita, he's drawn into a cold case that's anything but academic. Seven years ago, a cunning real estate broker vanished with millions in stolen funds, leaving a wake of ruined lives behind. Now, the victims want answers—and their money back.

The case takes a deadly turn when the journalist who championed the fraud victim ...
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A fortune in Texas land… and a ruthless killer who wants it.

When a wealthy rancher dies in a house fire, his son refuses to accept the official ruling of accidental death. PI Fen Maguire is called in to investigate, and he's nearly ready to side with the authorities—until the rancher's body turns up in a shallow grave along the San Gabriel River.

Suddenly, what looked like a tragic accident becomes cold-blooded murder.

With a fortune in ranch land up ...
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One body in the river. A flood of suspects on shore.

Artist and part-time private investigator Fen Maguire's peaceful location scouting takes a dark turn when kayakers pull a corpse from the Colorado River. The grisly discovery sets off a chain of events that plunge Fen into a web of small-town intrigue.

Weeks later, with the wrong man behind bars and threatening a lawsuit against the city, Fen is recruited to find the real killer. Under the guise of teaching ...
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A dead millionaire. A divided lake. A tenacious detective.

When a tech millionaire's body surfaces in a Texas lake that straddles two counties, jurisdictional chaos erupts. Private investigator Fen Maguire is called in to untangle the mess and lead the investigation. 

While two lawmen chase competing theories, Fen sees beyond their obvious suspects. Rich but reviled, the victim had a talent for turning everyone against him—employees, family, acquaintances ...
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One PI. Two murders. Secrets that run deeper than the river.

As private investigator Fen Maguire rushes to finish a riverside sketch before the next downpour, he spots something caught in the massive cypress roots below—a human body. The former sheriff's instincts kick in immediately; twenty years in law enforcement won't let him just walk away.

When a bullet wound is discovered, what appears to be a tragic drowning becomes something far more sinister. With ra ...
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One ship. Two suspects. And a killer everyone missed.

Private investigator Fen Maguire boards an Alaskan cruise with a cover identity and a cold case: solve a two-month-old murder that's turned into a jurisdictional nightmare. A woman's body was pulled from the Leon River, but no one knows where she actually died. Two sheriffs are locked in a turf war, each convinced the other arrested the wrong suspect. Both prime suspects are onboard. And Fen's job is to figure out ...
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He thought his detecting days were over—until murder surfaced.

When Steve Smiley's friend is found dead at the bottom of his exercise pool, police quickly rule it an accident. But something doesn't add up, and Smiley's instincts are screaming murder.

There are a lot of things a blind man can do, but solve a murder alone isn’t one of them. He needs a partner… one who knows their way around a crime scene. Enter Heather McBlythe, a rookie homicide detective with ...
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'Tis the season for miracles... and murder.

A rifle crack shatters the holiday bustle. Christmas shoppers scatter as a renowned big-game hunter drops to the sidewalk. Blind detective Steve Smiley and his partner Heather McBlythe rush to the scene—and to the teen who'd been locked in a heated argument with her adoptive father moments before.

The teen's first plea isn't to find the killer—it's to find her birth parents. What begins as a straightforward adoption ...
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Steve isn’t celebrating Christmas… he’s trying to survive it.

For blind PI Steve Smiley, Christmas means painful memories, not celebration. When his partner scores them a teaching gig at a Miami mystery writers' conference, the early December getaway seems like the perfect escape. Until it turns into a tidal wave of mysteries to solve.

The conference is a battlefield, with rival factions of writers locked in a vicious power struggle. When the organization's pr ...
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An inheritance worth millions. A killer with a list… and Smiley’s on it.

Blind PI Steve Smiley inherits an unwanted headache when he's named executor of a sprawling Texas ranch. The owner's death—ruled suspicious and under investigation by the local sheriff—has his four children at each other's throats.

When the ranch foreman is murdered, any illusion of a simple estate settlement is shattered. Hired by the victim's family to investigate, Smiley finds himself ...
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A detective’s perfect vacation: sun, sand, surf… and murder.

When blind PI Steve Smiley visits his friend and writing mentor, Kate Bridges, he anticipates an idyllic South Padre Island getaway. The island's tranquil spell shatters when Kate's abusive ex-husband appears with violent threats. Two days later, his body is discovered half-buried in the windswept dunes, and Kate becomes the prime suspect.

As local authorities rush to close the case and arrest Kate, ...
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The name game has a new player… a detective who refuses to lose.

For blind PI Steve Smiley, the tedium between cases is worse than the danger within them. When an insurance investigator enlists his help to track down a vanished millionaire, Smiley eagerly joins the hunt.

The trail leads to multiple passports and false identities, convincing Smiley the millionaire staged his own disappearance. Suddenly the case heats up when a man’s body is discovered in a burn ...
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