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John Reisinger is a former Coast Guard officer and engineer, who writes on historic incidents and themes. He is the author of Master Detective, the true story of detective Ellis Parker and his controversial involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation. Max Allan Collins called Master Detective "Fascinating reading for true crime buffs and mystery fans alike." John also writes the Max Hurlock Roaring 20s Mysteries, a series of books based on real crimes of that era. Tidewater Times reviewer Anne Stinson said of the series "Mark me down as a super-fan of John Reisinger. I predict that every lover of an exciting tale told well will agree." He has recently completed The Secrets Behind the Structures: The little known stories behind some of the world's most well-known landmarks. John lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore and has appeared in a segment on the TV series Mysteries at the Museum. His website is http://www.johnreisinger.com
Reviewed by Patricia Reding for Readers' Favorite
Those who want to take a peek into the 1920s, when flappers danced about, the stock market roared (notwithstanding the lack of regulations relating to it), and Prohibition was in place, need look no further than John Reisinger’s Death Across the Chesapeake. In this installment of the Max and Allison Hurlock mysteries, a series based on real-life crimes of the era, readers will once again follow the couple when they are called upon to assist the police in solving an unusual crime. It seems the (crooked?) stockbroker, Charles Leroux, may have stumbled across some information that resulted in his murder. At the outset, the mystery presents itself: who could have done the deed, and how did they manage to leave Leroux’s body behind a locked door?
Following Max and Allison Hurlock, an unlikely pair of sleuths, as their day jobs are in providing advice to engineers and writing, respectively, readers meet an interesting cast of characters in John Reisinger’s Death Across the Chesapeake. Those personalities include, among others, an international art dealer, a wealthy, eccentric couple, and a variety of reporters. I quite enjoyed my visit to the mid-1920s. It was a time when news traveled more slowly than today, there were no cell phones, and one could not simply run a quick online search for information. The pace of life was quite different from our own. Even so, Reisinger keeps things moving along as he magically presents those times within the pages of Death Across the Chesapeake, leaving readers eager for the other books in this murder mystery series.
