A murdered ranch hand. An erratic lover. If she doesnât uncover the killer, Maggieâs body may be next on the dead pile.
"Hutchinsâ Maggie is an irresistible train wreckâyou canât help but turn the page to see what trouble sheâll get herself into next." Robert Dugoni, #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of My Sister's Grave
After Maggie Killianâs junker business goes into the shitter in Texas, the former alt-country rocker packs up her vintage truck and rescue mutt for Wyoming and a sexy reunion with her ex, Hank Sibley. When she discovers Hankâs foreman unceremoniously dumped on the ranchâs dead pileâthe repository for deceased livestockâdeputies look no further than the ranch for suspects, especially the young Amish hand, Andy, who received a battlefield promotion of sorts. Because the two have bonded over his guitar lessons, Maggie worries about Andy, even as she is struggling to resolve her suddenly resurrecting musical past, the demolished business in her present, and the complexity of a future with a lover who has suffered from traumatic brain injury since his bull riding days, his disapproving sister, and his Alzheimerâs-stricken mother.
When Andy is arrested and charged, Maggie refuses to believe he can be guilty. Sheâs willing to put it all on the line to defend him, until the evidence she digs up mounts against the one person she canât afford to lose faith in.
Dead Pile is the third standalone book in a trilogy featuring sharp-tongued protagonist Maggie Killian from the addictive What Doesnât Kill You romantic mystery series. If you like nerve-racking suspense, electric characters and relationships, and juicy plot twists, then youâll love USA Today best seller Pamela Fagan Hutchinsâ Silver Falchion award-winning series.