Max Bravo Mystery
2 primary works
Book 1
Max Bravo, a mid-rung opera singer, is summoned to Berkeley to comfort his distressed friend Claudia, who has just been dumped by her husband. While walking Claudia's dog, Max discovers a dog park and its decidedly motley crew of dog walkers. Then one of them disappears. Determined to find their friend, the members of The Dog Park Club engage in an increasingly elaborate and hilarious campaign of stalking, spying, and misadventure.
Book 2
Max Bravo is ready for some rest and relaxation. But when an old friend takes a leap off the Golden Gate Bridge, Max realizes that rest and relaxation simply aren't in the cards. The jumper, Frank Kelly, was a failed writer and an accomplished hothead. Max acquires Frank's journal and is soon following the dead man through a foggy landscape of artistic manias and romantic intrigues. Along the way, he encounters a motley crew of crackpots, bohemians, and wily ghosts that refuse to be buried in San Francisco's Barbary Coast past. Fans of quirky, literary mysteries will love this second dose of Max Bravo and his outrageous adventures.