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 : 181 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?
Dollycas’s Thoughts
Maggie Cumberland didn’t have a care in the world. Her father paid for her pink convertible, her condo, and her shopping sprees, a girl can never have enough shoes or purses. Now her father is dead and died with a lot of debts. So her car is repossessed, she is evicted from her condo, and the only shoes in her future are going to be a tough pair of work boots. You see, according to her dad’s will Maggie will only inherit his trucking business if she goes to work, doing a real job for the business. She must make three deliveries.
Maggie thought it would be a piece of cake until she learned driving a semi is nothing like driving her pretty pink convertible. She needs a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) which entails several hours of study before taking a test. She also has to learn to actually drive the truck. On top of that, she learns her father was being threatened prior to his death. The threats have continued making her question everything about his death. Could he have been murdered?
Can Maggie handle everything that has been thrown at her? Will she make her first delivery? Or will she be squeezed right out of the trucking business?
Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel is the first Longhorn Trucking Mystery. My father-in-law was a long-haul truck driver so I know a thing or two about the profession. I jumped at the chance to review this book.
Yes, Maggie was a selfish young lady and she wasn’t close to her father at all but she got an awakening when she learned several things about him from his employees. She didn’t have any idea about truck driving but when she realized she didn’t have a choice she put everything she had into it. I know the written test isn’t easy and driving an 18-wheeler takes practice and patience. I had to suspend reality a little bit because Maggie took to it way too fast, especially backing up the huge truck and trailer. Even experienced drivers have trouble. She was tested when out on the highway too, and while stressful she handled it.
Ms. Brown packs these pages with a lot of action and excitement. Sabotage, threatening notes, a break-in, a Molotov cocktail, clues found in strange places, slashed tires and one heck of a highway incident had me absolutely clued to these pages.
In addition to all the action, the author has filled this story with plenty of humor and introduced some interesting characters, dispatcher Jace Kimble, accountant Bryant Skipton, and her oldest friends, Sheila and Trudy. While we have a pretty good bead on one person, but the other three should continue into the next book where I hope we get to know them even better.
Everything was not wrapped up at the end of this story and the author apologizes for that 🙂 I just wish I had Book 2, Magpie Maggie Takes the Heat was already out and on my Kindle. It is set to be released on April 19, 2024. Thank you, Ms. Brown, for not making us wait too long.
Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel was a quick entertaining read with a determined protagonist. I can’t wait for her adventures to continue especially with the impulse purchase she made at the end of the book. Breaker Breaker! I give Ms. Brown a big 10-4 (message received) we will 10-12 (stand by) but we have a 10-33 (emergency). We need Book 2 ASAP!
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About Katherine H. Brown
Katherine H. Brown is a Texas author, mom, wife, lover of Jesus, devourer or 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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