Max Sawyer Mystery Thriller Series

In February of 2002, Max Sawyer, a reporter at the Memphis Post, is assigned an easy story to cover. He has to attend a fundraiser at the Jansen Natural History Museum and write an article for the society page. While society isn’t Max’s normal beat, he figures he can handle an evening of wining and dining with the Memphis social elite until one...

Murder Interrupts a Perfectly Good Hangover

Max Sawyer is a man who never wants to go home.

He isn’t consumed with the future.

Only bourbon and blues.

Until a friend is in trouble.

Now Max finds himself in his hometown, facing demons from his past and dangers from all directions.

Get to know Max Sawyer. He’s part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a...

A murdered girl in the last place Max expected - a church Family is difficult enough for Max. When a teenaged girl is found brutally murdered, things get even harder. Max is pulled into the secrets and intrigue lying under the surface of this community.

A string of missing women - only one is the woman he loves
Max Sawyer’s girlfriend, a reporter, has disappeared while investigating a rash of missing persons. Max rushes to the last place he heard from her, a small town in southern Arkansas. He arrives only to discover that the small, idyllic town is hiding a dark secret - one that may destroy...

When Max meets an alluring, young woman at a club one night, he finds himself intrigued by her. After leaving the club together, they are attacked, leaving Max unconscious in an alley and the young woman dead. Now Max is left trying to find out who the girl was and why someone wanted her dead. He finds the answers in Florence, Alabama where he...

Stranded in the wild, Max is being hunted.

It always starts with a girl. She shows up asking Max to help her find her missing brother. Chad Monroe was traveling down the Mississippi River in his boat when he goes missing. Max offers his help to Chad’s sister, Jess, and the two travel along the river looking for signs of Chad. When the two make...

The police are at Max’s door, and not for any of the reasons he would have thought.

When a college friend is murdered, Max is pulled into the investigation as police flounder to find the real killer. However, when Max discovers his friend died while searching for his missing daughter, Naomi, he realizes something more sinister is afoot.

Max picks...