Virtual Book Tour & Giveaway: Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel (Longhorn Trucking Mystery, #1) by Katherine H. Brown

Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel (Longhorn Trucking Mysteries)
by Katherine H. Brown

About Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel

Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel (Longhorn Trucking Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Texas
Independently Published: (March 27, 2024)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CVV3D972

Margaret (Maggie) Cumberland lives to shop; her father died with debts.

Before she can get her inheritance, Maggie finds out the will comes with certain stipulations. She has to get a job.
Not just any job, though. Nope. Dear old dad put in the will that she had to make three deliveries for the family business.

Sounds simple. Should be simple.
It’s anything but simple.

Maggie suddenly finds her pink convertible repossessed, her condo being foreclosed on, and her every minute spent studying for a CDL to pass a test that will allow her to drive an eighteen-wheeler truck across the state. Oh wait, not to mention that someone is apparently out to get something from her father’s trucking company, even if they have to go through her first.

Can Maggie steer clear of danger long enough to make her first delivery deadline or will there be more roadblocks than she can handle?

Review

5 stars!

This short but action-packed fish-out-of-water cozy mystery delivers as promised!

Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel is the first book in author Katherine H. Brown’s new cozy Longhorn Trucking Mystery series, and introduces readers to the daughter of the recently deceased owner of the aforementioned freight company. Never close to her father, Maggie is still surprised when his will stipulates that she must go to work for his company and fulfill a series of specific tasks before gaining her inheritance.

Since leaving school, twenty-something Margaret “Maggie” Cumberland has lived a life of leisure and luxury; all her bills paid by a father she keeps at arm’s distance. To her credit, she takes on the stipulations of the will with admirable determination and begins to reflect on the shallowness of her former life as she discovers things about her father she never knew.

In a letter from her father, mailed to her upon his death, he reveals that someone is out to get him and destroy his business, and considering the unusual circumstances surrounding his death, Maggie becomes convinced he was murdered. There is one incident after another targeting the company and an exciting and terrifying showdown on the road between 18-wheelers that will make readers sit up, take notice, and flip pages that much quicker.

The author’s writing style is easy to read and as engaging as her main characters. This first book ends with a big question left unanswered, but rather than being frustrated by this, my appetite was whetted for more of Maggie’s adventures.

I recommend MAGPIE MAGGIE TAKES THE WHEEL to cozy mystery readers, especially those who enjoy a fish-out-of-water storyline.

About Katherine H. Brown

Katherine H. Brown is a Texas author, mom, wife, lover of Jesus, devourer of books, and writer of stories. She loves words and revels in weaving them together to create a fun adventure and characters that make you smile. She loves the color blue, the splendor of the ocean, and the quiet of naptime with a toddler in the house. It is her hope that with each story she writes, more readers will find the joy, adventure, and escape that draws her to book after book as a reader as well.

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