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The Graves (Max Strong #8)

It’s a thin line between survival and madness.

A pair of missing hikers. A dangerous obsession. And a wilderness that doesn’t forgive.

When a chance encounter in a sleepy West Virginia town thrusts Max Strong into a desperate search for two missing hikers, he’s pulled into a world where reality bends and legends come alive. Max isn’t new to danger, but nothing could prepare him for what he finds in the depths of the Monongahela National Forest.

Jake Cotter and his girlfriend Sarah vanished without a trace, chasing an obsession with a place whispered about in hushed tones by locals—Grave’s End. As Max and Sarah’s sister Riley dig deeper, they realize this isn’t just a simple search-and-rescue. There’s something darker lurking in these woods.

With a ragtag team of unlikely allies, Max finds himself in a race against time and the elements. And maybe against each other. Strange things are happening and it becomes clear that someone…or something…is willing to do anything to stop them from going any farther. The more Max uncovers, the more he’s forced to confront the chilling possibility that Jake’s disappearance is only the beginning.

The forest is hiding secrets—and it may not let Max escape with the truth.

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The Salt House (Max Strong #7)

Max Strong has found a place big enough to let him disappear: Texas. He’s free of the bloodshed and the ghosts that chase him. But when two locals draw him into their dilemmas, he can’t resist the action.

Alex Blackburn is the richest rancher in this small border town and he wants Max to find his missing wife. She vanished five years ago leaving behind only a pool of blood and a lot of questions. Everyone in town, including the police, believes that Blackburn killed her. So why is he trying so hard to find her now?

As Max starts asking questions, two things become very clear. Someone is lying and someone is hiding a terrible secret.As secrets leak out, and the body count rises, one thing is for sure. Max might just be the right guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Not everyone wants to be found.

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Crooked Prayers (Max Strong #6)

Ex-con, current fugitive Max Strong is a drifter. Hunted by his past, he lives a life in the shadows. He was just passing through Chepstow, Vermont, but a few days turned into a few months. He’s thinking about settling in when he receives a phone call he never expected from a woman he can barely remember: his mother.

It’s his touchstone in a life full of lies. His parents died in a car crash. That’s what he was always told. It turns out the truth is a little more complicated.

Thirty years ago, a gang of four thieves walked off with over two million dollars. The plan was simple. The information was solid. And it worked. Then the trouble started. By the end of the night, one of them was dead, one was missing, one was in jail, and one got away.

Now, his mother needs help. After years of hiding and a lifetime of secrets, someone has found her and is looking to settle the score. With no one to turn to and no safe place to hide, Max is her only option. Will he put his own freedom, and possibly his life, on the line for a woman he never really knew?

Sometimes secret exist for a reason.

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Burn the Night (Max Strong #5)

Every road out takes him right back in.

His past still haunts him, but Max keeps hoping a more peaceful future. He’s moved on again, this time to Philadelphia where he has a job driving nights for a car service. He lives alone, on the fringes, preferring to lay low.

But a late-night pickup, a mysterious box and a woman in a bloody wedding dress conspire to draw him into a dangerous vendetta with a story longer than his own rap sheet. Soon Max finds himself under siege on all sides by cops looking for answers and rival gangs looking for blood. As secrets and agendas collide, the body count rises, and Max is once again forced from the shadows.

Sometimes the only way out is to burn it all down.

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Trouble Will Find Me (Max Strong #4)

Max has finally put some of his ghosts to bed, but that doesn’t mean he can rest easy. He’s still a fugitive on the run from his past. He’s made his way to Prince Creek, a small town on the far eastern edge of Canada, where he’s found some peace working a fishing boat.

When Topher Arnsfeld, the richest man in town, and his wife are brutally murdered in their home, it stirs up long-buried resentments and triggers a list of suspects spanning across the small community. Disturbing rumors emerge as Max is drawn deeper into the case. In the midst of it all, one thing becomes clear: Someone’s going to get revenge, no matter who’s in the way.

Max might be the right guy in the wrong place all over again.

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Hollow City (Max Strong #3)

They know he’s coming but can they stop him?

Max Strong tried to lead a quiet life. He tried to do things the right way. He turned himself in. He tried to use the courts to get justice for his family. He went to prison. He did his time and tried to move on. It didn’t work.

Carter came after him before and Max knows he will keep coming. He will never stop. Max will find no peace unless he makes it himself. It’s time to go home and face his demons.

Some debts can only be paid one way…

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Bottom of the World (Max Strong #2)

Max is a wanted man. Again. Only this time he’s innocent. Mostly. Refusing to be the fall guy for the bloody events in Essex, he ran.

Mr. Smith is a man that specializes in discretely taking care of problems. Kate Sanders is a PI that’s going broke and trying to get her dead father’s voice out of her head. Alexei Yushkin is alive but walks with a limp and carries a deep grudge. Carter is just a psycho. Danny is the idiot that crossed Carter.

They all want to find Max.

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Shaking the Tree (Max Strong #1)

Out of prison, but still on parole, Max just wants to go to work and get through each day. He doesn’t even care that the program stuck him in Essex – a nice, but nowhere small town. With his head already full of painful memories, he’d like it just fine if his past and future stayed nice and quiet. Too bad the present just got really messy.

A body in a tree. A missing briefcase. A Russian hit man. A DEA agent bent on revenge. Not to mention a sheriff with dangerous ambition and some pissed off bikers. Things are suddenly very busy in sleepy Essex county. Bodies are turning up. Secrets are coming out. Questions are being asked.

It’s not good being the new guy in a small town.

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The Devil’s Angel (A Max Strong Prequel Novella)

This is Max on the precipice. In 2007, Max is still Michael Sullivan, a young man in Boston working construction. But Michael is no ordinary young man. He has a talent. He can get you anything. He can steal anything. It’s a talent that has brought him to the attention of dangerous people and pushed him deeper into a life of crime.

Growing up on the streets, he never knew another way. You did what you had to do to survive. But now he finally can see a different future. He’s married and will soon be a father. He wants a life for his family far from the dangerous and paranoid Boston underworld. But that world isn’t about to let those special skills go. Not without a fight.

One last job. One chance to escape. One desperate gamble.

It’s not a sin to cheat the devil.

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Sleeping Dogs (A Max Strong Prequel Novella)

This is Max at the very beginning. Before he was on the run. Before he lost everything. Before he wanted revenge. This is Max when he was just a young man growing up in Boston as Michael Sullivan. His sister is sick. His brother is a screw up. His mom drinks too much. It’s an ordinary life. Most of the time. But not all the time.

Michael Sullivan has a secret and some special skills. It’s those skills that bring him to the attention of Carter, a dangerous man in the Boston underworld with even more dangerous ambitions. Carter has a proposal for the young thief. But Michael has his own plans.

Maybe they can help each other?

But at what price?

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