★★★★★ A gripping crime novel I couldn’t put down!
★★★★★ The best book I’ve read in ages.
★★★★★ Read it—worth every minute and every penny.
For fans of John D. MacDonald, Harlan Coben, and Robert B. Parker, Stray Cat Blues is a knockout debut. Set against a richly atmospheric San Francisco, Robert Bucchianeri introduces Max Plank in a mystery that’s a straight-up home run.
A missing big sister.
A twelve-year-old girl on her own.
And time is running out.
When Frankie steps onto Max Plank’s boat, he has no idea the skateboarding kid is about to blow his life apart. What starts as a simple favor spirals into a dangerous web of secrets and lies—small-time hoods, crooked politicians, paranoid hippies, and, worst of all, Max’s longtime nemesis: a twisted casino operator pulling strings at the heart of the city’s criminal underworld.
As Max races to find Frankie’s sister, the bodies pile up and the stakes turn deadly. In the end, he realizes the only way to uncover the truth is to risk his own life—but for Max Plank, that’s just the price of doing business.
Grab this page-turning thriller and prowl the mean streets of San Francisco with Max and his motley crew.
Stray Cat Blues is the first novel in the Max Plank Mystery Series. Book two, The Ties That Bind, is available now, with more adventures to come.
