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 of the curators is found murdered in his office. Now, Max's mundane society story has turned into something he can get his teeth into. The race is on to find the murderer in time to make the morning edition.

When Max Sawyer found his parents brutally murdered two weeks before he graduated from high school, he decided to leave Hellenston, Arkansas and planned to never return. However, when he receives an early morning call that his old high school girlfriend was arrested for murder and needed his help, Max answered the plea and returned after more than a decade away. He becomes embroiled in intrigue and revenge as he faces demons both real and imagined. In time, the small town streets of Hellenston become more dangerous than Max expected.

Max Sawyer travels to Georgia to visit his grandparents and attend his cousin's wedding. The first night of his visit, Max goes with his family to his grandfather's church. He is soon drawn into intrigue when a teenage girl is found murdered in the churches baptistry. Max is drawn into the case when a young boy enlists his help to find the girls killer.

Max Sawyer's longtime girlfriend, journalist Lisa Day, has disappeared while investigating a rash of missing persons. Max rushes to the last place he heard from her, a small town Arkansas. He arrives only to discover that the small, idyllic town is hiding a dark secret - one that may destroy everything he cares about. As Max confronts the most dangerous case of his life, he wonders - will he find Lisa before he loses everything? Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is just a man with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon.

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 confronts a monster who is committing atrocities that Max won't allow to continue.

Want a free book? Sign up at douglas-pratt.com It always starts with a girl. She shows up asking Max to help her find her brother who has gone missing on the river. Now Max is lost on an isolated section of the Mississippi River called the Kentucky Bend, and he is being hunted by a small army of drug dealers. Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is the latest crime-fighter with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon.

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 up the trail where his friend left off, tracking Naomi through an underbelly of sex, prostitutes, and human slavery. Deadly foes litter the trail in front of him on his desperate search, and this time, he's not sure he'll reach his target before they stop him. Permanently. Buy Blood and Roses today.