DUVAL DEAD Max Simms, Key West Mystery. Early reviews: "Laugh out loud funny." "Hardboiled Humor" "Mystery with a laugh" "Max Simms sets the bar high for a fun read." Right out of the Best Selling Jack Marsh Key West Series comes the bigger than life character, Max Simms, Jack's best friend (in his own mind). He's loveable, obnoxious, charming, cowardly, a braggart, con artist, snitch, and a weasel that will change his mind and loyalty if there's a buck in it. Max is a Key West cab driver that taking an On-Line P.I. course and is out to make a reputation as the best gumshoe on Duval Street. Duval dead is loaded with oddball characters, crooks, shysters, goons, and dames. Max is left holding a baby and a suitcase loaded with drugs and money at the Key West airport. A rolling gunfight, a kidnapped woman, and a stolen container of drugs tax Max's detecting skillset to the limits.