Books by Max Byrd and Complete Book Reviews

Max Byrd, Author . Bantam $23.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-553-80208-5
In this languidly paced historical set in 1840, Selena Cott is a young astronomer on a mission: to be the first scientist, man or woman, to photograph (or rather daguerreotype) a total solar eclipse. She joins an expedition setting out along the...
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Max Byrd, Author Crimeline $4.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-28816-2
This is the ultimate thriller for bomb aficionados. In Chapter One, the first explosion takes place, interrupting a gentleman's hot date as his ``skull flew apart like eggshell under a hammer,'' and numerous explosions follow in various Los Angeles...
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Max Byrd, Author Bantam Books $17.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-553-05295-4
Sensibly told crime fiction and the drama of OSS intelligence operations during World War II come together in this latest novel by Byrd ( California Thriller ). San Francisco Police Inspector Gilman (his first name is never mentioned) and his...
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Max Byrd, Author Bantam Books $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-09470-1
Thomas Jefferson remains annoyingly distant from the reader in this disappointing novelization of his years in turbulent, pre-revolutionary France as ambassador of the fledgling U.S.A. Set mostly in Paris between 1785 and 1789, the novel centers on...
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Max Byrd, Author Bantam Books $23.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-553-09632-3
Adultery, murder, conspiracy and land fraud are the scandals laid at the feet of Andrew Jackson in 1828 as he runs for president against John Quincy Adams. Byrd's second historical novel (after Jefferson) presents the adult life of Old Hickory as...
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Max Byrd, Author Bantam Books $23.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-553-09633-0
The third installment in Byrd's series of political/historical novels (Jefferson; Jackson) is informative and entertaining historical fiction. Although it's touted as similar to Gore Vidal's sensational American chronicle series, Byrd's literary...
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Max Byrd. Turner (www.turnerpublishing.com), $27.95 (324p) ISBN 978-1-61858-012-2
Byrd's standalone blends humor and suspense well. It's Paris, 1926 and Toby Keats, a master tunneler for the US Army during WWI, is now a reporter for the Chicago Tribune; his prosaic existence becomes anything but when he's assigned to help the...
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