Murder On The San Gabriel: A Fen Maguire Mystery

Bruce Hammack

Apr 2024 · Fen Maguire Mystery Book 5 · Bruce Hammack

About this ebook

One fire. One grave. Every heir a suspect.

When fire destroys a wealthy rancher's home and leaves only charred bone fragments behind, his death is ruled an accident. His son refuses to accept it and hires former Texas sheriff turned private investigator Fen Maguire to find the truth. Fen is nearly ready to side with the authorities until the rancher's body turns up in a shallow grave along the banks of the San Gabriel River.

What looked like a tragic accident is now cold-blooded murder.

With a fortune in ranch land at stake, every member of this fractured family had reason to want the patriarch dead. Fen's prime suspect is the son and primary heir, the very man who hired him. Then the son narrowly survives an attempt on his life.

Now Fen is hunting a killer determined to eliminate both father and son. To stop them, he must untangle decades of family jealousy, greed, and buried grudges, and expose who stands to inherit it all before the killer strikes again.

Murder On The San Gabriel is a clean, traditional whodunit with a closed circle of suspects and a killer hiding in plain sight. With no graphic violence, strong language, or explicit scenes, you can recommend the Fen Maguire mysteries to anyone, from a teen to your grandma!

Ratings and reviews

find these stories delightful, easy to read. Intriguing plots to the end. I recommend this book as well as the series I have enjoyed. Given arc for my voluntary review.

Murder On The San Gabriel Fen Maguire Mystery: Book 5 Wow, this is my first book from Bruce Hammack and I am sold. He did an excellent job in making this real. You can see everything and everyone, and really feel the story. Great character development and how they interact with each other. Now I will have to check out the other mysteries he has written. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The Fen Maguire Mystery Series: Murder on the San Gabriel, #5 - Another well written, interesting and entertaining read with a good variety of characters and good story lines. I figured out Whodunit rather easily. Ren is a lovable, enjoyable new character. Source: BookSirens. 5* Murder On Shinbone Creek, prequel - My first read by this author and I enjoyed it. I like what the Sheriff did for the Sheriff-elect. Interesting story lines with good characters combined with a good writing style made this a one sitting read. 4* Murder On The Brazos, #1 - Takes place about nine months after MOSC ends. Enjoyable story that held my interest and attention until I finished the last page, in one sitting. One person I missed because I did not pay attention; yes, I was snookered by the smoke. Love that the author knows a bit about Texas and Texans. Source: BookSirens. 4* Murder On The Angelina, #2 - Picks up where MOTB ends. Interesting with good story lines and believable characters. Chicken Oil

About the author

Drawing from his extensive background in criminal justice, Bruce Hammack writes contemporary, clean read detective and crime mysteries. He is the author of the Fen Maguire Mystery series, the Smiley and McBlythe Mystery series and the Star of Justice series. Having lived in eighteen cities around the world, he now lives in the Texas hill country with his wife of thirty-plus years and an aging gray cat with a sketchy attitude. 

Learn more at brucehammack.com.