The Modern-Day Chronicles of Max Creed: Book 1
Publication Date: April 8, 2025
Max Creed is a fictional person created to bring justice to those wronged by the ultra-wealthy in a world where the law overwhelmingly favors those with money and power. He is bound only by the laws of humanity and not those of the legal system.
When Sevyn Knight hires Max Creed and his disciples to right the wrongs done to her father at the hands of billionaire playboy Rupert Hastings, the game is afoot. Creed must enmesh himself in the world of the immoral tycoon in order to destroy him, but the temptations of sin and the allure of the pleasures of the rich and famous tease the very fabric of his being.
Aided by his business manager, John Little, the former assassin, Scarlett, the tech wizard, Scads, the attorney, Marian, and the financial guru, Tucker, Creed races against time to stop Hastings from becoming all-powerful as murky figures appear on the darkest edges of his fiefdom.
A breathless thrill ride that will keep your heart pounding long after the last page is turned.
Based on the events leading up to his 40th birthday, no one would fault Max Creed for moving to a deserted island with zero chance of seeing anyone other than his dog.
Everything, including his identity and his fiancée, has been taken away in spite of efforts to put the perpetrator behind bars. As a result, he creates a new identity and focuses his efforts on bringing down the rich and powerful—vigilante style.
Author Matt Cost serves up The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed, packed with his signature flair of rough-and-tumble characters. In this case, Max leverages a team of other experts to handle a report from a woman about the inner workings of a business tycoon and the negative impact on her father.
Max and his team walk a morally gray line, enmeshing themselves into the corrupt world just long enough to take care of business. In a world where the rich often get a slap on the wrist, Max is there to ensure they face consequences.
The Not So Merry Adventures of Max Creed introduces what should be an entertaining series full of adventure and a side dish of humor.
Matt Cost (aka Matthew Langdon Cost) is the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of the Mainely Mystery series. The first book, Mainely Power, was selected as the Maine Humanities Council Read ME Fiction Book of 2020. Cost is also the author of the Clay Wolfe/Port Essex Mysteries. I Am Cuba: was his first traditionally published novel. His love of history and mystery is combined in his 1920s Brooklyn 8 Ballo series starting with Velma Gone Awry (April 2023) and continuing with City Gone Askew (July 2024). Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014, he was released and he began writing. And that’s what he does: he writes histories and mysteries. Cost now lives in Brunswick, Maine, with his wife, Harper. There are four grown children: Brittany, Pearson, Miranda, and Ryan. A chocolate Lab and a basset hound round out the mix. He now spends his days at the computer, writing.
