For fans of Emily Giffin, Liane Moriarty, and Harlan Coben — a Houston romantic mystery with a triathlete heroine training toward the hardest race of her life and the truth about her husband's death. Michele Lopez Hanson is a Houston attorney and journalist who trained for triathlons with her husband Adrian. Then Adrian was killed in a hit-and-run while cycling in Houston, and Michele committed on live television to finishing the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii in his honor. She has a knee injury. She is going to Kona. She also has a stalker. Adrian mentioned a white Ford Taurus in the days before he died — a car that keeps appearing near her house, on her training roads, at the funeral. The police aren't interested. Her sixteen-year-old son Sam has a suspicious hole in his alibi. And Michele is an attorney who is also her son's counsel, training alone in the dark before dawn because it's the only time she can still feel Adrian near her. When she swims, his hands guide her through the water. On the Kona lava fields, when her chain snaps at mile 62, a woman with green eyes materializes from the race crowd with exactly the right part and 'RIP AH' written on her leg. She fixes the chain, tells Michele to fly strong, and vanishes. This will not be the last time Michele sees her. Pamela Fagan Hutchins lived for many years in Houston and Burton, Texas — exactly where this series is set — and competed enthusiastically (if not quickly) in real triathlons with her husband, who is alive and well. The training details, the Houston roads, the Kona heat: she earned them. Going for Kona is the first Michele Lopez Hanson novel. She trained in the dark so she could hear him. She raced so she could keep him. She finished the Ironman because that is what a clawed butterfly does. Praise from readers: "Unputdownable." “Fair warning: clear your calendar before you pick it up because you won't be able to put it down.” “Hutchins is a master of tension.” “Intriguing mystery . . . captivating romance.” “Everything shines: the plot, the characters and the writing. Readers are in for a real treat.” “Immediately hooked." "Spellbinding." "Fast-paced mystery." "Can't put it down." “Entertaining, complex, and thought-provoking." “Murder has never been so much fun!” "You’re guaranteed to love the ride!" Buy Going for Kona today for a pulse-pounding mystery! "Immediately hooked." -- Terry Sykes-Bradshaw, author of Sibling Revelry "Spellbinding." -- Jo Bryan, Dry Creek Book Club "Fast-paced mystery." -- Deb Krenzer, Book Reviewer "Can't put it down." -- Cathy Bader, Reader About Pamela: 2020 Amazon Top 15 Best Seller 2020 Amazon Top 100 Author 2018 USA Today Best Seller 2017 Silver Falchion Award, Best Mystery 2016 USA Best Book Award, Cross-Genre Fiction 2015 USA Best Book Award, Cross-Genre Fiction 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-finalist, Romance Praise for Pamela's other books: What Doesn't Kill You: Katie Connell Texas-to-Caribbean Romantic Mysteries "An exciting tale . . . twisting investigative and legal subplots . . . a character seeking redemption . . . an exhilarating mystery with a touch of voodoo." -- Midwest Book Review Bookwatch "A lively romantic mystery." -- Kirkus Reviews "A riveting drama . . . exciting read, highly recommended." -- Small Press Bookwatch" "Katie is the first character I have absolutely fallen in love with since Stephanie Plum!" -- Stephanie Swindell, Bookstore Owner What Doesn't Kill You: Emily Bernal Texas-to-New Mexico Romantic Mysteries "You won't be able to put it down." -- Ken Oder, author of Old Wounds to the Heart "Full of heart, humor, vivid characters, and suspense." -- Gay Yellen, author of The Body Business "Hutchins is a master of tension." -- R.L. Nolen, author of Deadly Thyme "Intriguing mystery . . . captivating romance." -- Patricia Flaherty Pagan, author of Trail Ways Pilgrim "Everything about it shines: the plot, the characters, and the writing." -- Marcy McKay, author of Pennies from Burger Heaven What Doesn't Kill You: Maggie Killian Texas-to-Wyoming Romantic Mysteries "Maggie's gonna break your heart-one way or another." Tara Scheyer, Grammy-nominated musician, Long-Distance Sisters Book Club "Nails that Wyoming scenery and captures the atmosphere of the people there." -- Ken Oder, author of Old Wounds to the Heart "I thought I had it all figured out a time or two, but she kept me wondering right to the end." -- Ginger Copeland, power reader What Doesn't Kill You: Ava Butler Caribbean Romantic Mysteries "Just when I think I couldn't love another Pamela Fagan Hutchins novel more, along comes Ava." -- Marcy McKay, author of Stars Among the Dead "Ava personifies bombshell in every sense of word. -- Tara Scheyer, Grammy-nominated musician, Long-Distance Sisters Book Club "Entertaining, complex, and thought-provoking." -- Ginger Copeland, power reader The Patrick Flint Series Transports readers deep into the mountains of Wyomin