Finding Max

Five-year-old Max is abducted from a playground on a hot summer day while his brother, Gary, has his back turned. Seventeen years later, Max returns to Gary’s life in a serendipitous twist with a disturbing tale to tell. As they learn to love and trust each other, they must outwit and outrun the nefarious Quinn, who seeks to re-abduct Max for his own evil purposes. Killing Gary and his new girlfriend, Jean, to get them out of his way is just part of his plan. Will they escape? And when all is said and done, will Max and Gary ever truly be freed from the shackles of guilt and pain from the past?Amid the gritty, harsh landscape of New York City, Finding Max explores those areas of society we seldom like to look at-homelessness, hunger and sexual abuse-with profound delicacy, brutal honesty and compassion. This thrilling novel will keep you reading long into the night.