by Max Byrd (Author)
Re-released for the first time in years, the hit action-packed thriller features the unforgettable, original P.I. Mike Haller.
P.I. Mike Haller is on the case to find a newsman who suddenly went missing in Sacramento Valley. A tearful, boozy wife has paid him to find her husband, but someone else is attempting to dissuade him--using a .38 with Haller's name and address on it.
Packed with crime-stopping action, romance, and suspenseful twists and turns, California Thriller is an exhilarating journey full of snowballing leads and Mike Haller in a race to save thousands of lives.
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P.I. Mike Haller is on the case to find a newsman who suddenly went missing in Sacramento Valley. A tearful, boozy wife has paid him to find her husband, but someone else is attempting to dissuade him--using a .38 with Haller's name and address on it. Packed with crime-stopping action, romance, and suspenseful twists and turns, "California Thriller "is an exhilarating journey full of snowballing leads and Mike Haller in a race to save thousands of lives.
Author Biography
Max Byrd is the award-winning author of fourteen books, including four bestselling historical novels and California Thriller, for which he received the Shamus Award. He was educated at Harvard and King's College Cambridge, England, and has taught at Yale, Stanford, and the University of California. Byrd is a Contributing Editor of The Wilson Quarterly and writes regularly for the New York Times Book Review. He lives in California.