Daily Archives: February 9, 2015

“Compulsion” is the second full length novel in the new Max (Maxine) Revere mysteries by Allison Brennan. There is also a short novella prequel, “Maximum Exposure” which focuses on how Max gets her television show about solving cold cases regarding people who have gone missing. Max is an investigative reporter who specializes in this type of cold case. She started her career by reporting on the disappearance of her college roommate and has now written four books on various cases and has a monthly cable television show with a similar focus.

In this book, Max is trying to solve the missing persons case of an older couple who have disappeared more than a year ago after a visit to New York City. While that mystery is being worked, complex stories of other cases which may or may not be related are woven into the story. Max’s relationships are picked apart – beginning with that of her missing wild-child mother through others to her new romantic relationship with Nick Santini (introduced in “Notorious”).

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