LIVE WIRE
(Maggie, Book One)
A What Doesn’t Kill You
World Romantic Mystery
A hook-up turned lethal. A spurned, angry cowboy. Can rebel Maggie turn the tables before a killer adds her to the list of lost causes?
Washed-up alt-country rocker-turned-junker Maggie Killian is pulled to Wyoming by an irresistible force . . . former bull rider Hank Sibley, the man who broke her heart fifteen years before. When she unexpectedly meets his Sunday school-teaching girlfriend at a saloon, Maggie seeks liquor-fueled oblivion between the sheets of a younger man’s bed. But after her beloved vintage truck breaks down and leaves her stranded in the Cowboy State, she learns her hook-up died minutes after leaving their rendezvous. Suddenly surrounded by men with questionable motives, Maggie searches for the murderer while fighting the electricity between herself and her old beau, and her new penchant for local whiskey.
When the police zero in on Maggie despite a disturbing series of break-ins at her guest cabin, she realizes she’s got no one to rely on but herself. To keep herself happily in bars instead of behind them, she must stop the killer before the cops realize the man she really suspects is a jealous, angry Hank.
Live Wire is the first standalone book in a trilogy featuring sharp-tongued protagonist Maggie Killian from the addictive What Doesn’t Kill You romantic mystery series. If you like nerve-racking suspense, electric characters and relationships, and juicy plot twists, then you’ll love USA Today best seller Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ Silver Falchion award-winning series.
A sign of a great first book in a trilogy is when the reader gets to the end and shouts, “You can’t end it like this!” Good thing book two is just around the corner.
It is clear from the very first page that Maggie Killian, a faded music sensation, is broken and insecure yet filled to the brim with more than her fair share of bravado and determination. While Maggie lives in Texas, she spends all her time in this first book in Wyoming, desperately chasing the one man she truly loves, even though she has probably royally ruined her chances (more than once, if we’re being honest) of ever winning him back.
The action in Live Wire goes from zero to sixty in less than a hot minute, so hang on!
As the main character, Maggie is easy to like, even with all her many faults. She certainly does nothing half way, including swearing, drinking, flirting (and oh so much more), and rubbing people the wrong way. But she has redeemable traits, too. Maggie is a mess, but she has a good heart (mostly), and she’s vulnerable, even though she’ll probably call you a liar if you tell that to her face.
Maggie’s magnetism draws both people and animals to her like honey bees, and her off-the-chart charisma is the virtual heartbeat of Live Wire. The characters; plot; and action-packed conflict, including murder and a whole lot of mayhem, all revolve around Maggie Killian and drive the story forward at a supersonic speed.
Pamela Fagan Hutchins is a fantastic storyteller. Her characters jump off the page with an abundance of attitude and personality, and the plot is witty, interesting, and full of both tension and several sweet moments. The overall mystery is intriguing and hard to guess because more than one person has a motive for murder and is sending off guilty vibes. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself charging through Live Wire like a house on fire because it is that engaging and that absorbing.
When you finish Live Wire and want more (and you will want more), check out the other books in the What Doesn’t Kill You series, featuring Maggie Killian and other memorable characters.
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Great review and THAT ENDING!!
May have commented twice with this one — got all excited after reading your review. I just finished the book and THAT ENDING! Book 2 can’t get here soon enough.
Lol. Me too. My heart sank like I stone when I read the last line. I want more now!
Thanks Ruthie 🙂
You’re quite welcome. And thank YOU!