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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1981
  • Latest Book:
    July 2020
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Full Series List in Order

Mike Haller

1 - California Thriller (1981)
2 - Fly Away, Jill (Dec-1981)
3 - Finders Weepers (Oct-1985)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • 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 ...



  • This adrenaline-packed page-turner from bestselling author Max Byrd brings back the unstoppable P.I. Mike Haller, this time in the streets of London.Lighting a cigarette in the gray night, P.I. Mike Haller is uneasy about the job that has brought him...



  • From bestselling author Max Byrd comes the exciting re-release of this captivating suspense novel, featuring the well-loved P.I. Mike Haller who is on the case again, this time helping an alluring hooker stay alive so she can inherit her fortune.Priv...



  • Bestselling author Max Byrd delivers a brilliant, revenge-filled tale of a WWII Police Inspector, who trails his vengeful sister-in-law after her husband s death. On a relaxing vacation at Lake Tahoe, San Francisco Police Inspector Gilman and his bro...



  • As he did with Presidents Jackson and Grant in those magnificent novels, Max Byrd now reveals Thomas Jefferson as we’ve never seen before. Byrd transports us to 1784, as Jefferson, the newly appointed American ambassador to the court of Louis XVI a...



  • In this sweeping, marvelously written novel, Max Byrd, the celebrated author of Jefferson and Grant, presents a superb portrait of Andrew Jackson, a President remembered for his strong will and tempestuous nature -- and regarded as “the most danger...



  • Max Byrd, the renowned author of Jackson and Jefferson, brings history to life in this stunning novel set in America’s Gilded Age. Grant is an unforgettable portrait of a colorful era -- and the flawed, iron-willed, mysterious giant at its center. ...



  • Charles Babbage was an English genius of legendary eccentricity. He invented the cowcatcher, the ophthalmoscope, and the "penny post." He was an expert lock picker, he wrote a ballet, he pursued a vendetta against London organ-grinders that made him ...



  • From bestselling historical novelist Max Byrd comes a new novel set against the dramatic backdrop of Paris in the Jazz Age -- a fascinating suspense tale interwoven with rich historical detail.Paris, 1926. Newspaper reporter Toby Keats, a veteran ...






  • The author of Shooting the Sun blends a spy story with a love story in this tale of the secret mission to find the conspirators in Lincoln’s assassination.The assassination of Abraham Lincoln set off a hysterical burst of international conspiracy t...



  • From bestselling writer Max Byrd comes an unforgettable evocation and portrait of Paris at the end of the second World War.The splendidly gifted (and faintly scandalous) writer Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway’s famously unhappy third wife, is the...



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    Infused with sly wit and chilling dialogue, this exciting re-release is an action-packed tale of explosions, violence, and sex from acclaimed novelist Max Byrd.Los Angeles is being rocked by a blast wave of terror. Six bombs have exploded unlike any ...


Award-Winning Books by Max Byrd

California Thriller
1981 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Max Byrd has published 12 books.

Max Byrd does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Pont Neuf, was published in July 2020.

The first book by Max Byrd, California Thriller, was published in January 1981.

Yes. Max Byrd has 1 series.