Murder On The Wichita
Publisher Description
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 on the fraud victims is found dead, the police have a new crime to solve. With the senior detective no longer interested in solving the fraud case, Fen gets no help from the police. The waters get even murkier when he discovers the paths of the missing broker and the dead journalist intersect.
Digging deep into the past, he finds a long list of people with reason to kill both the reporter and the real estate broker. When the senior police detective refuses to believe there's a connection, Fen is left on his own to follow the trail to the money… and the killer.
Join PI Fen Maguire as he investigates a cold fraud case and gets a murder thrown in to boot! Suspects swirl around him like the snowflakes he puts on canvas. Murder On The Wichita, delivers a twisting, turning Christmas mystery with no foul language, violence, gore or sexual scenes.
Customer Reviews
Clean mystery
Another clean, suspense filled book by Bruce Hammack.
Fen and his friends are on the hunt again. This time the murder also involves a financial scheme and a missing person. Bailey and her boyfriend, J.W., are on the local police’s suspect list and Fen has been warned to stay away from the murder investigation.
There are some very interesting twists and turns in this one. Good luck figuring out the guilty party.
*I received this book as an ARC reader and am leaving my unbiased review.
A good easy read
Interesting characters and plot, the author uses his characters to highlight police brutality, manipulation, coercion by the wealthy and powerful and freedom of the press. Combined it all makes for an interesting read.