Max Dexter Mysteries Series (1-2, 4) by Chris Laing
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Overview: Chris Laing is a native of Hamilton, Ontario. He worked in private business for twenty years before joining the Federal Public Service, where he served in the Department of the Secretary of State and National Museums of Canada until his retirement.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery /Thriller
#1 – A Private Man
A Private Man
"July, 1947. And hotter than hell in Hamilton."
So begins Chris Laing’s intriguing novel about the exploits of Max Dexter, former RCMP officer. Max, recently discharged and limping from a serious war injury, returns to his hometown to run his own private detective agency. But he gets more than he bargained for when takes on a missing person case for a wealthy client. Soon more than the weather is making things hot for Max and his new assistant, Isabel O’Brien. They become involved with arson, art theft, murder and money laundering. The trail leads through the mansions of high society and along the gritty streets of Hamilton to a rip-roaring climax in Niagara Falls.
#2 – A Deadly Venture
A Deadly Venture
Max Dexter and his easy-on-the-eyes assistant, Isabel O’Brien, are back in the second book of this post-WWII historical mystery series set in Hamilton, Ontario. When Max’s artist friend, Roger Bruce, is arrested for murdering one of his clients, Max and Isabel attempt to track down the real killer but Hamilton mobsters attempt to discourage them.
As in A Private Man, the city itself continues to be a vital part of the action. And readers wondering if Max and Isabel might be get together romantically, will be watching closely as the pair high-step their way through this quick-paced tale.
#4 – A Devious Dame
A Devious Dame
It’s early spring in 1948 when private eye, Max Dexter, attempts to help a young boy abandoned by his mother. Her name is Ida Lucas and she’s a doozy: sleek and ambitious, Ida is a hostess at the classy Royal Connaught Hotel where she’s often seen in the company of Hamilton’s well-to-do gents who are anxious to show their appreciation for her attention.
After Ida’s abrupt disappearance, Max and his partner, Isabel O’Brien, make arrangements for Ida’s neglected young son to live with friends while they attempt to find his mother. At the same time they’re investigating a divorce case involving a prominent Hamilton, Ontario businessman and race-horse owner whom they learn is leading a secret, after-hours life that brings them all into contact with the city’s new mob boss, Vincenzo Belcastro.
Post-war Hamilton is in the grip of Spring Fever while Max and Isabel are on the case of this Devious Dame.
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