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Max Harmon Mystery
Series · 3 books · 2021-2022

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#1

When in Rohm

2021

Ever wonder what that creepy department store clerk does when he goes home? When Max Harmon took the detective job in Rohm, he figured it was a nice little all-American town and a great place to spend his days until retirement. Boy, was he wrong! The department is riddled with antiquated, sexist, misogynistic, good old boy ideas and favors. His partner is as close to worthless as he can be, his predecessor killed himself, and the Chief of police is a yes many for the mayor and city council. What could go wrong? The one saving grace is Max makes the acquaintance of the retired Chief of Police. Max is faced with a case of two high school kids that have disappeared without a trace and a sexual assault that the Chief would just as soon sweep under the carpet. All on his first day! Never short on opinions or wise counsel. Will Max stick around, or will he fall into the When in Rohm… mindset. If you love an exhilarating mystery thriller, this is the perfect series for you! Grab a copy of the first book in The Max Harmon Mystery Series today!
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#2

Rohm Around the Dial

2021

"You're listening to the heart of Classic Rock here on KRHM..." These are the last words Jeff Davis would ever speak before he gets strangled on air. When a second disk jockey meets the same suffocating end, it gives dead air a whole new meaning. A serial killer is on the loose in Rohm. The rules have changed suddenly, and Max Harmon is on a high-stakes race against time to solve a spine-chilling mystery—one that might break him. If you love fast-paced, clean detective mysteries, then you would love Micheal Maxwell's latest addition to the nail-biting Max Harmon Mystery series.
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While Rohm Burns

2022

“But, but, I read it on the Internet. It must be true! Right?” Do the crazies on the internet push people to violence and the edge of madness? With countless conspiracy theories at every turn, the web is a veritable smorgasbord of reasons for anyone with prejudice and envy to strike out at the focus of these insane ideas why the world is against them. In the dead of night, a soybean silo erupts into a violent fireball—and starts Detective Max Harmon’s next case off with a bang. Any hope Max has of catching up on sleep flies out the window when the deceptively sleepy Midwestern town of Rohm becomes haunted by an arsonist. The firebug starts with the silo, but quickly graduates to targeting Free Masons and Synagogues. With the city on edge, Max takes heat from all sides. Most of all, Rohm’s powerful elite lay on the pressure. But their concern isn’t the citizens of Rohm, they are worried about the security of their latest money-making scheme. Leaning on his small, but trustworthy network of allies, Max Harmon faces off against Rohm’s biggest threat yet. But the arsonist isn’t his only case. A body is found in a freezer. Is it connected to a feral killer with a taste for human flesh? Max and company have their work cut out for them, and things are heating up. Hate crimes, killers, local corruption, and coffee at Chip’s Diner. Just another day in the life of Max Harmon, Detective. Come along as Max Harmon fights the good fight While Rohm Burns!

Author

Michael Maxwell
Michael Maxwell
Author · 25 books

Micheal Maxwell has traveled the globe on the lookout for strange sights, sounds, and people. His adventures have taken him from the Jungles of Ecuador and the Philippines to the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge, and from the cave dwellings of Native Americans to The Kehlsteinhaus, Hitler’s Eagles Nest! He’s always looking for a story to tell and interesting people to meet. Micheal Maxwell was taught the beauty and majesty of the English language by Bob Dylan, Robertson Davies, Charles Dickens, and Leonard Cohen. Mr. Maxwell has traveled the globe, dined with politicians, rock stars, and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a part of themselves that will live again in the pages of his books. Micheal Maxwell has found a niche in the mystery, suspense, genre with The Cole Sage Series that gives readers an everyman hero, short on vices, long on compassion, and a sense of fair play, and the willingness to risk everything to right wrongs. The Cole Sage Series departs from the usual, heavily sexual, profanity-laced norm and gives readers character-driven stories, with twists, turns, and page-turning plot lines. Micheal Maxwell writes from a life of love, music, film, and literature. Along with his lovely wife and travel partner, Janet, he lives in a small town in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.

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