Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And Then She Was Gone | 1999 | Susan McBride | Buy |
| 2 | Overkill | 2001 | Susan McBride | Buy |
The Maggie Ryan series was Susan McBride’s first published work. And Then She Was Gone appeared in 1999, followed by Overkill in 2001. Both are suspense novels that predate McBride’s better-known cozy mystery series.
These early books have a grittier feel than the Debutante Dropout novels that would later make McBride’s name. They show a writer still finding her voice, with plots built around young women in danger and the kind of propulsive pacing that would carry over into all of McBride’s subsequent work.