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Winner of the 2022 Independent Press Award for Best Mystery, The Fixer''s Daughter pits father against daughter in a twisted tale of murder, deadly secrets and family loyalty.

Three years ago, Callie McFee accidentally caused her father''s political downfall. Once the most influential man in Texas, Buddy McFee resigned from office and became a "fixer", a person who makes big problems go away.

When a prominent CEO is caught trying to bury a raped and murdered girl, it looks like an open-and-shut case. But then Buddy steps in. Soon the wealthy suspect develops an alibi and evidence starts disappearing. Callie, an investigative reporter, used to adore her father. He was brilliant but honorable. Now she thinks he may be helping a cold-blooded killer escape justice.

And then Callie discovers something even more troubling. The great Buddy McFee, the man protecting all the scandals in the state, is in the early stages of dementia. If this ever goes public, it would destroy his spirit, end his career and probably get him killed.

Can Callie go up against her father and expose a ruthless killer? Can she do this and still keep his secret from the world? Or, as she inches closer to the truth, will she wind up getting both of them murdered?

Book a ticket with this all-new mystery series featuring Amy and Fanny Abel, a spunky mother-and-daughter duo of travel agents who find their mystery tour becoming all too real…

While Fanny takes care of the business end of Amy’s Travel in New York City, Amy is traipsing around Monte Carlo, managing their first mystery-themed excursion, a road rally in which guests compete to solve a fictional murder along the way. Amy still has reservations about partnering up with her mother. But both women, having lost the men in their lives, need a fresh beginning.

The trip starts off without a hitch. Clues quickly mount, the competition is lively, and just when the suspense is peaking, the writer they hired to script their made-up mystery is found murdered in his New York apartment. Suddenly, on top of running a new venture together, mother and daughter must solve a real-life case of foul play, while trying not to drive each other bonkers. But Amy and Fanny are ready, willing, and Abel to track down a clever killer with some serious emotional baggage, one who will go to any lengths to keep dark secrets from seeing the light of day…

Sins of the Family follows the story of Callie McFee, an investigative reporter and the daughter of one of the most influential men in Texas. When her father, Buddy McFee, botches an easy legal case -- the DUI arrest of Trevor Birdsong ,a young lifestyle marketer -- Trevor loses millions in stock options and hangs himself. Buddy worries that the suicide will tarnish his reputation and expose his secret, that he is suffering through the early stages of dementia. His world would be destroyed by this revelation, unless Callie can prove that this apparent suicide was in reality a very clever murder - defying all the evidence to the contrary.

Callie enters the world of hip, holistic healthcare, convinced that Trevor''s death was somehow connected to a scandal within his company. But her investigation unleashes another revelation, one from deep in Buddy''s past, that may just send him to prison - and get Callie killed in the process.