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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 magic spell is shattered when Kate is accosted by her abusive ex-husband. Two days later, his body is found in the dunes, and she becomes the prime suspect. As the authorities rush to put a final stamp on the case by arresting Kate, Steve sets...
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It was the perfect murder… until the truth refused to stay buried. With no active murder case to solve, private investigator Steve Smiley is enjoying a week of peace and quiet. Meanwhile, his partner is preoccupied with her latest real estate project. However, their tranquility is short-lived when a dead body is unearthed at the construction site. Suspicion falls on a young construction worker and brings the project to a standstill. When the boy's...
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He has no badge and no authority, in a county full of corruption, drugs and murder. When Fen Maguire left office as sheriff nine months ago Newman County was clean and safe. But the dead drug dealer found floating down the river says things may be changing… and not for the better. Fire engulfs the dead man's home, and all evidence points to the new sheriff's father. Fen, however, knows there's more to this case than a drug deal gone bad. When he...
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Exercise Is Murder introduces you to blind former homicide detective, Steve Smiley and his new partner in this classic private detective mystery series readers describe as "a multi-layered whodunit" and "briskly paced with lots of clues and suspects." Accidental drowning… or murder?It's up to the blind detective to find out. Found at the bottom of his exercise pool, police believe the death of Steve Smiley's friend is an accident. Smiley doesn't...
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Fraud, deception, murder… what else awaits this detective along the banks of the muddy Wichita? Substituting for an art professor on medical leave, artist and private detective Fen Maguire is asked to investigate a long-standing cold case. Seven years ago, a real estate broker swindled local residents out of millions, then disappeared without a trace. Her victims want their money and they want justice. When the reporter who wrote exposé articles...
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Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells…Rifle Shells? Blind private investigator Steve Smiley and his partner hear a rifle shot. Hordes of Christmas shoppers scatter. A famous big-game hunter drops to the sidewalk. They grab the beautiful teen who was arguing with the man and flee to safety. The girl, the victim's adopted daughter, has one passionate request: find her birth parents. Smiley and McBlythe's search intertwines with the murder investigation again...
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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...
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Steve isn't celebrating Christmas…he's trying to survive it. Blind PI Steve Smiley loathes Christmas-too many memories. When his partner secures an invitation for them to teach at a mystery writers' conference in Miami, what promises to be a welcome early December escape turns into a tidal wave of mysteries to solve. Steve and Heather walk into the midst of a raging civil war between two factions of the writers' group. When they agree to locate...
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An island paradise… and a killer on the loose. Warm Caribbean sunshine and the whisper of waves upon the shore beckon blind PI Steve Smiley. He's come for the wedding of his friend, Bella, at her parents' island resort, but the tide turns on the joyous occasion when the man slated to purchase the resort is found dead. When a guest claims someone is framing her for the murder and pleads for Smiley's help, he's no longer on vacation. With the help...