Hotwire

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2011
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On a crisp Autumn evening in western Nebraska, what started as a group of kids filming their drug-fuelled party ends in an explosive light show, leaving the victims apparently electrocuted, with odd scorch marks being the only evidence. While Maggie tries to make sense of the different stories, sifting through what is real and what is hallucination, she realises that the surviving teens are being targeted and systematically eliminated. Meanwhile on the East Coast, Army colonel Benjamin Platt is at the scene of a deadly outbreak, desperate to identify the pathogen that has infected children at a Virginia elementary school. Despite the miles that separate them, the two cases collide as Maggie and Platt uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden...

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On a crisp Autumn evening in western Nebraska, what started as a group of kids filming their drug-fuelled party ends in an explosive light show, leaving the victims apparently electrocuted, with odd scorch marks being the only evidence. While Maggie tries to make sense of the different stories, sifting through what is real and what is hallucination, she realises that the surviving teens are being targeted and systematically eliminated. Meanwhile on the East Coast, Army colonel Benjamin Platt is at the scene of a deadly outbreak, desperate to identify the pathogen that has infected children at a Virginia elementary school. Despite the miles that separate them, the two cases collide as Maggie and Platt uncover secrets that were meant to stay hidden...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Sphere
Published: 21 Jul 2011
ISBN 10: 1847443508
ISBN 13: 9781847443502
Book Overview: In New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava's new thriller, Special Agent Maggie O'Dell investigates the death of three teenagers, only to find herself in the middle of a government conspiracy...

Media Reviews

EARLY PRAISE FOR HOTWIRE
O'Dell could be Reacher's long-lost twin.
-- Lee Child
Outstanding . . . A sizzling plot, achingly real characters, and government officials working their backsides off to save their backsides, all strike as lethally as lightning.
-- Publishers Weekly, starred review
Kava spins a plot with significant political ramifications, combining nonstop action and lethal danger with developing the personal relationahip between Maggie and Ben. The seventh in the Maggie O'Dell series is a strong entry that's just plausible enough to leave readers wondering about the line between truth and fiction.
-- Booklist
The question of how such wildly disparate outrages might be connected is ingenious.
-- Kirkus Reviews
Twisted plots, shocking characters, breakneck pacing. Guaranteed to keep you up all night!
--Lisa Gardner, author of Love You More

Hotwire has it all: solid storytelling that propel

Twisted plots, shocking characters, breakneck pacing. Guaranteed to keep you up all night! --Lisa Gardner, author of Love You More

O'Dell could be Reacher's long-lost twin. --Lee Child

Outstanding. . . . A sizzling plot, achingly real characters, and government officials working their backsides off to save their backsides, all strike as lethally as lightning. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Alex Kava is a master. Her heroine, Special Agent Maggie O'Dell, is one of the classic characters of the thriller genre. --Steve Berry

Kava seems to get better with every book. -- The Omaha World-Herald

Hotwire has it all: solid storytelling that propels you right along, intriguing mysteries, memorable and believable characters, and ripped-from-the-news storylines. Oh, and some romance as well. . . . A perfect book. --Bookreporter.com

Builds toward an electric ending. -- Lincoln Journal-Star

Ingenious. -- Kirkus Reviews

Kava spins a plot with significant political ramifications, combining nonstop action and lethal danger. . . . Leave[s] readers wondering about the line between truth and fiction. -- Booklist

Author Bio

Alex Kava is the author of ten previous novels, eight of which feature her series heroine Maggie O'Dell. A former PR director, Alex dedicated herself to writing full-time in 1996.