Shaking the Tree by Mike Donohue

Max is starting over. Fresh out of prison, he just wants to keep his head down, go to work, and maybe grab a cold beer at the end of his shift. He doesn’t even care that the program stuck him in a nice, but nowhere small town. With his head already full of bloody memories, he’d like it just fine if his 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 interesting in this sleepy small town. Bodies are turning up. Secrets are coming out. Questions are being asked.

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

Read the first addictive thriller in the Max Strong series today.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

Max is a wanted man. Again. Only this time he’s innocent. Mostly.

Refusing to be the fall guy, he fled Essex, witness protection, and some sticky questions about dead bodies and a missing suitcase. Now, he’s a fugitive just trying to piece together a life as best he can.

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 still alive but walks with a limp and carries a deep grudge. Mike Duffy is a small town reporter in danger of cracking a case too wide open.

Carter is just a psycho. Danny is the idiot that crossed Carter.

They all want to find Max.

After a brutal beating reopens old wounds in Essex, the pressure mounts for Max to stop hiding and come back.

Nobody can run forever.