Marilyn & Bob wrote:

It's not necessarily the first dead outlet on the circuit that is the
problem. The break (disconnected wire) could easily be in the last live
outlet in the chain (power comes in to the outlet, but wire leading out to
the first dead one is disconnected. Turn off the breaker that serves the
non working outlets.


Chuckle.

Finding the breaker that serves the non working (dead) outlets could be fun.


Then check in the boxes of the other outlets that go
off with that breaker off. Good chance you'll find a disconnected wire
there.