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Max Byrd


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Max Byrd was born in Atlanta, Georgia and now lives in northern California.

He was educated at Harvard and at King's College, Cambridge, England. He has taught English at Yale and the University of California, Davis, though he left academia some time ago to become a full-time writer. During his teaching years he published a number of scholarly books and articles about 18th-century literature, which now rest in moldy obscurity in a few stately libraries.
 

Genres: Mystery, Historical
 
Series
Mike Haller
   Fly Away Jill (1981)
   Finders Weepers (1983)
   California Thriller (1984)
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Novels
   Target of Opportunity (1988)
   Fuse Time (1991)
   Jefferson (1993)
   Jackson (1997)
   Grant (2000)
   Shooting the Sun (2003)
   The Paris Deadline (2012)
   The Sixth Conspirator (2019)
   Pont Neuf (2020)
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Max Byrd recommends
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The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington (2018)
Charles Rosenberg
"Wonderful! From the very first page a thrilling, beautifully imagined ‘what if’ story—I read it straight through at a gallop!"

Awards
Shamus Awards Best Paperback original winner (1982) : California Thriller


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