The Next Chapter Podcast With Pamela Fagan Hutchins

Knockout, Ava Butler #3, from the What Doesn't Kill You super series of romantic mysteries by Pamela Fagan Hutchins.A controversial tourist resort. An unsolved beachside murder. Does she have the pipes to blow the whistle on a deadly conspiracy? Everyone wants a piece of Ava’s skyrocketing star power… including her serious boyfriend and her deadbeat baby daddy. But when she visits the future site of a controversial resort and stumbles upon a dead body, Ava thinks she’s finally found a worthy cause for her newfound celebrity. Determined to catch the killer and stop the construction of the eco-unfriendly tourist trap, she plans to put her sex symbol status to good use. Infiltrating the resort chain gala’s celebrity guest list, she teams up with a heavyweight boxer to dig up dirt on the investors. But her investigation takes a critical hit when her ex sues for full custody. Faced with the possibility of losing her daughter, she may have to give up the flirty persona she’s put to good use in wheeling out secrets from under the noses of corrupt investors. To solve the murder and save her career, Ava must find a new way to take down the multi-million-dollar nest of corruption before her dead body joins the construction heap.Knockout is the third book in Ava’s trilogy within the What Doesn’t Kill You romantic mystery saga. If you like strong single mothers, glamorous celebrity lifestyles, and hard-hitting whodunits, then you’ll love Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ award-winning series. Buy Knockout to step into the spotlight for a star-studded mystery today! See why Pamela’s novels have won contest after contest.2017 WINNER Silver Falchion for Best Adult Mystery2016 WINNER Best Book Awards Cross-Genre Fiction2015 WINNER Best Book Awards Cross-Genre Fiction2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Romance, Quarter-finalistOnce Upon A Romance calls Hutchins an ""up-and-coming powerhouse writer.""If you like Sandra Brown or Janet Evanovich, you will love Pamela Fagan Hutchins. A former attorney who splits her time between Nowheresville, Texas and the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming, Pamela lived in the U.S. Virgin Islands for nearly ten years. She refuses to admit to taking notes for this series during that time.The Ava reviews are in, and they're good. Very, very good.""Just when I think I couldn't love another Pamela Fagan Hutchins novel more, along comes Ava. She's smart and sassy, with a story full of juicy plot twists. I enjoyed it from cover to cover!"" — Marcy McKay, author of Pennies from Burger Heaven""To finally get a whole book of Ava's beautiful voice and attitude was so much fun. And then to see that her outer armor was mixed with the very real insecurities and struggles that we can all relate to was magical. She personifies bombshell in every sense of word."" — Tara Scheyer, Grammy-nominated musician, Long-Distance Sisters Book Club""Entertaining, complex, and thought-provoking. Each book gets better and better and better (with a) more intricate and complex storyline. "" — Ginger Copeland, power readerCatch more adventures with Ava and her friends in the What Doesn't Kill You world.Grab your copy of Knockout today! http://pamelafaganhutchins.com/publications/fiction-2/

Stunner (Ava Butler 2) in the What Doesn't Kill You super series of romantic mysteries by Pamela Fagan Hutchins.A nationwide tour. A popstar in the crosshairs. Touring with the band just got deadly. After battling breast cancer, island pop singer and single mom Ava thought she could handle anything her concert tour threw her way. But when tragedy strikes her album launch party, she realizes she may have underestimated the price she’ll have to pay for fame. And the cost skyrockets when someone attempts to murder her headlining act.Still shaken by the alarming attack, Ava has little time to process the traumatic event before she’s caught up in a scandal worthy of the tabloids. Someone in her staff is leaking secrets to the paparazzi, and the fallout is wreaking havoc on her love life. When a second pop singer is targeted, Ava doubles down on her search for clues. But with music careers and multi-million-dollar contracts on the line, she could pack a stadium with potential suspects.Knowing her future hinges on staying in the spotlight, Ava must track down the murderous stalker before the final curtain drops.Stunner is the second book in Ava’s trilogy within the What Doesn’t Kill You series of romantic mysteries. If you like sexy pop stars, backstage scandals, and edge-of-your-seat mysteries, then you’ll love Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ award-winning series.Buy Stunner to go on the road with a show-stopping murder mystery today!See why Pamela’s novels have won contest after contest.2017 WINNER Silver Falchion for Best Adult Mystery2016 WINNER Best Book Awards Cross-Genre Fiction2015 WINNER Best Book Awards Cross-Genre Fiction2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Romance, Quarter-finalistOnce Upon A Romance calls Hutchins an ""up-and-coming powerhouse writer.""If you like Sandra Brown or Janet Evanovich, you will love Pamela Fagan Hutchins. A former attorney who splits her time between Nowheresville, Texas and the frozen north of Snowheresville, Wyoming, Pamela lived in the U.S. Virgin Islands for nearly ten years. She refuses to admit to taking notes for this series during that time.The Ava reviews are in, and they're good. Very, very good.""Just when I think I couldn't love another Pamela Fagan Hutchins novel more, along comes Ava. She's smart and sassy, with a story full of juicy plot twists. I enjoyed Bombshell from cover to cover!"" — Marcy McKay, author of Pennies from Burger Heaven""To finally get a whole book of Ava's beautiful voice and attitude was so much fun. And then to see that her outer armor was mixed with the very real insecurities and struggles that we can all relate to was magical. She personifies bombshell in every sense of word and I can't wait to have her voice in my head again."" — Tara Scheyer, Grammy-nominated musician, Long-Distance Sisters Book Club""Entertaining, complex, and thought-provoking. Each book gets better and better and better (with a) more intricate and complex storyline."" — Ginger Copeland, power readerCatch more adventures with Ava and her friends in the What Doesn't Kill You world.Grab your copy of Stunner today. http://pamelafaganhutchins.com/publications/fiction-2/

Leaving Annalise, the 2nd Katie Connell mystery and book 2 in the What Doesn’t Kill You super series: One unexpected and hotly fought-over little boy, two dead bodies, and a series of home vandalisms throw Texas attorney turned island chanteuse Katie Connell into a tizzy. Juggling all of this, Bloody Mary cravings, baggage, and the bad guys too, she wavers between the jumbie house that brought her back from the brink and the man she believes is the love of her life.

Featuring the muse for Patrick Flint (my adventurous, hard core dad, Dr. Peter Fagan) talking about the new release (March 17th!!!), SNAGGLE TOOTH and "Patrickisms."Our question will be:“SNAGGLE TOOTH originated with the author’s love for Black Tooth Mountain on the skyline view from her hometown of Big Horn, Wyoming. It was originally intended to include rock climbing, but that’s another story for another day. The opening scene (minus the murder, of course) is a pretty true-to-life event shared by her and father, so, of course, the role of airplanes in the family’s Wyoming life was another inspiration for the book. From there, it became about incorporating family, creating continuity with previous books/characters/bad guys, and showcasing the all-powerful and gorgeous Wyoming wilderness and weather. It should have been easy. But it was her fifth book to write in one year, and, so, it wasn’t. Of all the Patrick Flint books, this one is the one she likens most to “giving birth,” literally. (Luckily, it wasn’t the first one, or there might not be five with a sixth in the works!!) Yet, it turned out great (better than some of her kids), according to reviewers. This could be a Patrick Flintism. You know Patrick well now if you’ve read books 1-5. His traits. His statements. What would he tell the author about the labor in this book? And what would he tell you he learned in SNAGGLE TOOTH?”

The book discussion questions continue with SCAPEGOAT and a conversation IRL with "Susanne" (she is so cute!!)Here's the question of the week: Susanne Flint holds back and lets Patrick have his way at the beginning of SCAPEGOAT. At what point do you see her moxie and gumption take over?Be sure to stick with me when Susanne goes offline due to technical issues--she comes back in a flash. 🙂

Saving Grace, the 1st Katie Connell mystery and book 1 in the What Doesn’t Kill You super series:

2010 Winner of the Writers League of Texas's Romance Manuscript contest2012 Winner of the Houston Writers Guild's Ghost Story contest "A lively romantic mystery that will likely leave readers eagerly awaiting a sequel." Kirkus ReviewsKatie Connell is a high-strung attorney whose sloppy drinking habits and stunted love life collide hilariously in a doomed celebrity case in Dallas. When she flees Texas for the Caribbean, Katie escapes professional humiliation, a broken heart, and a wicked Bloody Mary habit, but she trades one set of problems for another when she begins to investigate the suspicious deaths of her parents on the island of St. Marcos. She's bewitched by the voodoo spirit of an abandoned house in the rainforest and discovers that she's as much a danger to herself as the island's bad guys are. As the worst of her worlds collide, Katie drags herself back to the courthouse to defend her new friend Ava, an island local accused of stabbing the senator she's been sleeping with. Pamela Fagan Hutchins, a former attorney and native Texan, lived in the U.S. Virgin Islands for nearly ten years. She refuses to admit to taking notes for this novel during that time.

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SAWBONES Discussion Question: HeroismPart 3 in the Patrick Flint Series Discussion Questions!An Interview with Perry IRL, talking SAWBONES and Heroism. It's no secret that the characters in the Patrick Flint series are real people--my family. Today I talk to the grown-up version of Perry about SAWBONES:“Perry witnesses a crime, and this fact puts his whole family at risk. But in the end, it is him who saves his mother and sister from a burning truck. In real life, Perry (named Paul) became a hero, a Colonel in the Marines. Do you believe people are capable of physical feats beyond what others would believe of them? Do you know people in your life like Perry? Are you?”

Snake Oil Discussion Questions and Snowheresville Kitchen "Tour"Part 2 in the Patrick Flint Series Discussion Questions Videos!Today you'll get to see our kitchen/wood burning stove, a bonus visit from our Belgian Malinois Georgia and her new skijoring harness, and hear a little bit about Snake Oil as I answer this question:"Patrick Flint chooses to volunteer at an Indian Health Services Clinic when family company is due to arrive for Christmas. Noble, selfish, or somewhere in between?"

Join Pamela Fagan Hutchins with B.R. Spangler in discussion about his 8th Detective Casey White crime thriller, THEIR RESTING PLACE... and more! B.R. Spangler is a USA TODAY Bestselling Author of Mysteries and Crime Thrillers.A resident of Virginia with a wonderful family, including five cats, two birds and a lizard. During the day, the hours are filled with engineering work. Off hours, time is spent writing, editing, and thinking up the next great story.

With too many stories to write, books are split across pen names, writing crime thrillers, science fiction, horrors, paranormal and contemporary fiction.About THEIR RESTING PLACEOut in the field the tall stalks sway in the breeze, hiding a girl lying on the ground as if asleep. But she doesn’t stir when rain falls from the gray sky and lands on her soft cheeks. Her beautiful dark eyes stare up, unseeing, as her blood mingles with the rich brown earth.When a member of Detective Casey White’s team turns up at her door begging for help, Casey races to find the broken body of twenty-year-old Charlie Robson abandoned in a sunflower field. Yellow petals and broken stalks scatter the ground—and Casey immediately recognizes the red markings all over Charlie’s body as arrow wounds. Heartbroken, Casey vows to find the monster who would hunt Charlie down like this.Interviewing Charlie’s distraught mother, Casey’s blood turns to ice when she learns about a tightknit group of Charlie’s best friends who once called themselves The Sunflower Girls. They met in archery club and have drifted apart since high school. Casey knows the killer is sending a message with arrows… could the other girls be next?But as Casey instructs her colleagues to track down the five remaining friends, another girl’s body is found, shot with arrows in her own home. Clutched in her hand is a broken sunflower petal. Turning the house upside down Casey finds a bone-chilling, one-word note: Guilty.Someone is picking off The Sunflower Girls one by one. But why? Interviewing the four remaining girls, Casey is certain they are hiding a dark secret that stretches back to their school days. Trusting no-one, Casey will have to risk everything to track down a deadly killer… but with her own team keeping secrets too, could the real danger be much closer to home?An unbelievably twisty rollercoaster ride that will have fans of Robert Dugoni, Kendra Elliot and Lisa Regan totally hooked until the last explosive page!

Join me for this fun chat (with a few tears!) with Mary Helen Sheriff, Author about her poignant debut novel.Mary Helen Sheriff is the author of Boop and Eve's Road Trip, which won the American Fiction Award for Coming-of-Age books in 2020. She's a former teacher, mother of two middle-schoolers, and an avid traveller. Mary lives just outside of Richmond, VA.***Eve Prince is done—with college, with her mom, with guys, and with her dream of fashion design. But when her best friend goes MIA, Eve must gather together the broken threads of her life in order to search for her.When Eve’s grandmother, Boop, a retiree dripping with Southern charm, finds out about the trip, she—desperate to see her sister, and also hoping to alleviate Eve’s growing depression—hijacks her granddaughter’s road trip. Boop knows from experience that healing Eve will require more than flirting lessons and a Garlic Festival makeover. Nevertheless, Boop is frustrated when her feeble efforts yield the same failure that her sulfur-laced sip from the Fountain of Youth wrought on her age. She knows that sharing the secret that’s haunted her for sixty years might be the one thing that will lessen Eve’s growing depression—but she also fears that if she reveals it, she’ll lose her family and her own hard-won happiness.Boop and Eve’s journey through the heart of Dixie is an unforgettable love story between a grandmother and her granddaughter.***For more information about Mary Helen Sheriff, visit http://maryhelensheriff.com. For more about Pamela, her books, and the show, visit http://pamelafaganhutchins.com.Wine Women & Writing is a solely owned and copyrighted production of Authors on the Air Global Radio Network.