title: A Murder for Max: A Maxine Benson Mystery (Rapid Reads)
author: John Lawrence Reynolds
description: "[A] neat little mystery Reynolds and his intrepid heroine wrap up within a single day." (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> 2016-07-20)<br /><br />"<i>A Murder for Max</i> is strong...readers will hope that there will be a long line of Maxine Benson mysteries. Recommended." (<i>CM Reviews</i> 2017-01-23)
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  Room 553
  
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  “She felt no remorse for drawing blood. In the context of their lovemaking, it
  had its place.”
  
  
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  For Max and Laurel, nothing is off limits when they meet in room 553. Their
  illicit affair is exhilarating, passionate—and dangerous.
  
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  Driven as much by compulsion as pleasure, Max can't stop. His mistress is
  Jesus on the streets, and Satan in the sack. But when things take a sharp and
  sudden turn for the worse, he finds himself ensnared in a trap of his own
  making.
  
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  Under heavy scrutiny by the police and the media, Max is hailed as a cold and
  evasive womanizer. He made mistakes, to be sure. But does that make him a
  killer?
  
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  Unnerving and addictive, Room 553 is a vivid and sensual psycholo