Midnight Guardians (Max Freeman Mysteries) - Hardcover

King, Jonathon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727881051 ISBN 13: 9780727881052

Publisher: Severn House, 2012

Synopsis

The thrilling new Max Freeman mystery - When private eye Max Freeman is hired to investigate a conspiracy involving fake claims to Medicare, he quickly realizes the scheme is much more dangerous than anyone assumed. And when the Brown Man, a former drug kingpin who once helped Max catch a serial killer, reappears in a slick new guise, Max must reclaim his street instincts, to protect not just the citizens of South Florida, but also his girlfriend, Detective Sherry Richards . . .

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathon King is the author of five critically acclaimed, award-winning novels, including The Blue Edge of Midnight, an Edgar Award winner, and Eye of Vengeance. His novels have been published all over the world, including the UK, Germany, France, Finland, Japan, Portugal, and the Netherlands. He lives in Florida.

Review:

In Edgar-winner King’s captivating sixth Max Freeman thriller (after 2007’s Acts of Nature), the Florida PI, formerly a Philadelphia street cop, agrees to help nurse Luz Carmen, a whistle-blower in a case concerning the theft of Medicare and Medicaid patient numbers. Luz fears more for the life of her brother, who’s delivering the numbers to the crooks in the fraud scheme, than for her own. Max also has to worry about protecting his detective girlfriend, Sherry Richards, to whom a troubled deputy has given the names of some shady associates. Max and Luz wind up hiding in the Everglades, where Max finds solace (“the leaving of noise and machinery and stops signs and unnatural lighting... calms even the most turbulent soul”). Sharp characterization and the vivid picture of South Florida’s dwindling natural treasures more than compensate for a standard plot involving police treachery.

(Publishers Weekly)

About this edition

• Publisher: Severn House
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0727881051
• ISBN 13: 9780727881052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224