Murder On The Colorado
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4.7 • 17 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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 an art class, he's tasked with uncovering the truth and preventing a costly legal battle.
As Fen delves deeper, he finds the victim had no shortage of enemies. Long-standing feuds and small-town politics muddy the waters, making potential suspects as numerous as the trees lining the river. Can Fen navigate the currents of deceit to expose the real killer?
Join Fen Maguire in this gripping whodunit as he sketches out the clues and paints a picture of deadly secrets. The twists and turns in this Texas small-town mystery will keep you turning the pages long into the night. With no graphic violence, strong language, or explicit scenes, you can recommend the Fen Maguire mysteries to anyone, from a teen to your grandma!
Customer Reviews
One of Fen's better adventures!
Fen Maguire has the good fortune to rent a B&B for his week-long painting class instructing local artists (of varying levels of talent). It's also a thinly disguised cover for his investigation of a murder a few months earlier, because everyone seems to know he isn't just teaching art. They know about his dual reputations as an accomplished painter, and a former sheriff/part time investigator.
Things get more complicated with his "merry band" living in one house, and Thelma, his resident cook and housekeeper and her figurative shotgun (a handgun and an iron skillet).
This is book 6 in the series, and Fen is starting to "wake up to a world around him" (after the death of his wife), and notice a certain woman that's part of the case. Is she involved in the crime, or just as the district attorney?
It's one of the better installments of Fen's adventures, with more about the people, and the feelings portrayed by art, than hour by hour activities. And there's still plenty of country charm in Texas.
Thanks to Jubilee Publishing and Book Sirens for the temporary digital preview; any review is voluntary and my own opinion.
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