Fen Maguire Mystery Series

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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Volume 1 of the Fen Maguire Mysteries collects the series prequel plus books one and two, following Fen Maguire's transition from Texas county sheriff to private investigator. This traditional, clean whodunit series finds Fen investigating murders along the rivers of Texas, relying on twenty years of law enforcement experience to close cases no one else can crack.

He gave up the badge, but he never gave up on justice.

When his final case as sheriff implicates ...
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Volume 2 of the Fen Maguire Mysteries collects books three through five in this traditional, clean whodunit series. Private investigator Fen Maguire works multiple-suspect cases along the rivers of Texas, built for readers who love a fair-play detective mystery.

Murder doesn't stop at the county line, and neither does Fen Maguire.

This former Texas sheriff turned private investigator tackles three river-town cases where nothing is what it seems: a pair of vict ...
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Volume 3 of the Fen Maguire Mysteries collects books six through eight in this traditional, clean whodunit series. Former Texas sheriff turned landscape artist Fen Maguire investigates murders along the rivers he paints, applying twenty years of law enforcement instinct to cases that stump the local police.

He traded his badge for a paintbrush, but murder still finds him on the riverbank.

When a wrongful arrest sends him undercover as an art instructor, a mill ...
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