Max Sawyer

A murdered girl in the last place Max Sawyer expected—a church.

What begins as a brutal crime leads him beneath the respectable surface of a community filled with secrets and intrigue.

Some sins are confessed.

Others have to be dragged into the light.

Max Sawyer is not a polished detective.

He carries old wounds, complicated family ties, and a habit of stepping into trouble even when he knows better.

But when a teenage girl is murdered, walking away is not something he can live with.

A teenage girl is murdered in a church.

The community closes ranks.

Max Sawyer begins asking questions.

Which would make you more suspicious—the person who lies, or the person who refuses to say anything at all?

The church stood silent beneath the dark sky.

Inside, a girl was dead.

Outside, an entire community waited for someone else to tell the truth.

Max Sawyer had seen silence before. He knew it was rarely innocent.

Family is difficult enough for Max Sawyer.

Then a murdered girl pulls him into a community where everyone seems to know something—and no one wants to speak first.

The truth is buried beneath loyalty, fear, and the kind of secrets people carry into church on Sunday morning.

A church should be a place of refuge.

But when a teenage girl is found murdered inside one, Max Sawyer discovers that stained glass can hide more than shadows.

Baptism of Blood
Book 2 in the Max Sawyer Mystery Thriller series.

Max could have stayed in New Orleans.
He could have ignored the call.
But some people don’t get to “move on” until they settle what’s still bleeding underneath.

If you like thrillers with:
✅ a flawed hero
✅ a friend in trouble
✅ a case with too many convenient facts
✅ and a small town with long memory…
Meet Max Sawyer in Blood Remembered.

Max follows a lead to a backwoods shop called Herbs and More.
It’s not the kind of place you go for parsley.
And it’s not the kind of place you leave without questions.