A Deadly Venture Max Dexter and his easy-on-the-eyes assistant, Isabel O'Brien, are back in the second book of this post-WWII historical mystery series set in Hamilton, Ontario. When Max's artist friend, Roger Bruce, is arrested for murdering one of his clients, Max and Isabel attempt to track down the real killer but Hamilton mobsters attempt to discourage them. As in A Private Man, the city itself continues to be a vital part of the action. And readers wondering if Max and Isabel might be get together romantically, will be watching closely as the pair high-step their way through this quick-paced tale. A Deadly Venture was the winner of The Kerry Schooley Award in 2015 presented by the Hamilton Arts Council. The Max Dexter Mystery Series includes: A Private Man (2012), A Deadly Venture (2014), A Family...

A Family Matter "The last person I wanted to see again was my mother. But she turned up anyway" In this, the third book in the Max Dexter Mystery series, Max's mother returns to Hamilton after an absence of twenty-some years. Max is not anxious to meet with her — why should he after she'd abandoned him as a child? To make matters worse, Max and his assistant, Isabel O'Brien, are still in the cross-hairs of crime boss, Dominic Tedesco, who's looking to even the score. But a bigger question looms. Is his mother involved in an internal Mob war now heating up and about to explode? Now, a week before Christmas in 1947, Max and Isabel are feeling the heat from those dark forces who don't believe in "Peace on Earth". "Chris Laing's latest book, A Family Matter, is the third in his series on Hamilton private eye Max Dexter. From the first page it picks you up and drops you down into the...