Three Texas river murders. One former sheriff seeking justice. Clean mysteries in the classic tradition.This collection includes the prequel plus books 1-2, following Fen Maguire's transition from Newman County Sheriff to private investigator as he solves his most challenging cases along Texas waterways.Murder On Shinbone CreekWith ten days left as sheriff, Fen Maguire faces an impossible murder: a hunter shot throu...

Some cases never close. Some debts never die.When his former homicide partner reaches out, blind PI Steve Smiley knows it's bad. Leo's been handed an eighty-year-old murder—no living witnesses, no fresh evidence, no leads—solve it or face forced retirement. For a cop who's given everything to the job, it's a death sentence.Smiley builds the case the only way he knows how: working sources, cross-checking old testimony, and trusting instincts sharpened on Hou...

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 p...

A blind detective. A mysterious drowning. A tangled web of secrets.When the body of an oil magnate's son is found in the reflecting pool at a famous Texas monument, the police are quick to call it an accident or suicide. But blind former homicide detective Steve Smiley senses something more sinister at play.Despite his blindness, Smiley hasn't lost his investigative instincts. As he delves into the case, he uncovers a dangerous web of deception where politi...

Three murders. One blind detective who sees what others miss. One rookie partner who becomes his eyes in the field. Smiley and McBlythe crack impossible cases in this professional PI mystery collection.Exercise Is MurderWhen Steve Smiley's friend drowns in his exercise pool, police call it an accident—but Smiley's instincts scream murder. Teaming up with rookie detective Heather McBlythe, the blind former homicide detective pieces together ...

Three complete mysteries featuring blind private investigator Steve Smiley and his partner Heather McBlythe. Books 9-11 in the popular classic mystery series.A Beach To Die ForParadise isn't perfect when murder crashes the party.Blind PI Smiley trades relaxation for investigation when murder disrupts a destination wedding. With every guest harboring secrets about the valuable resort property, he must find the killer before the bride...

Three complete mysteries featuring blind private investigator Steve Smiley and his partner Heather McBlythe. Books 3-5 in the popular classic mystery series.Five Card MurderAn inheritance worth millions. A killer with a list.Blind PI Smiley's only job is to execute a Texas rancher's estate... until the ranch foreman turns up dead.In his search for the killer, Smiley unearths a long-buried family secret that ...

Three complete mysteries featuring private investigator Fen Maguire. Books 3-5 in the popular Texas river mystery series.Murder on the GuadalupeWhen two bodies surface bearing an eerie resemblance, Fen suspects the wrong man was arrested. With media pressure mounting and tourist season approaching, he races to uncover what links these mirror-image victims.Murder on the WichitaA seven-year-old financial scam ...

A blind detective. A masked killer. One deadly Christmas.Blind private investigator Steve Smiley expects a quiet Christmas—until Branson entertainer Candy Caine arrives with an unusual problem. Someone claiming to be Krampus, the demonic folklore figure who punishes the wicked, is demanding money.What started as threatening letters dismissed as a sick joke has escalated to a deadly promise: pay up for her sin of greed, or face the consequences. When Candy i...

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—each...

Tinsel, treachery and toxins… the perfect Christmas cocktail.Acclaimed for success in a career where sight is considered essential for detection, blind private investigator Steve Smiley has always relied on his extraordinarily heightened senses and razor-sharp intellect. His sighted business partner is usually at hand to offer her penetrating insights, but when she becomes consumed with a high-stakes real estate development, Smiley finds himself at loose ends – unt...

In The Economics of Higher Education in the United States, editors Thomas Adam and A. Burcu Bayram have assembled five essays, adapted from the fifty-second annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series, that focus on the increasing cost of college—a topic that causes great anxiety among students, parents, faculty, administrators, legislators, and taxpayers. Essays focus on the funding of colleges, the funding of professional schools, and the provision of scholarships and st...