When Max Sawyer found his parents brutally murdered two weeks before he graduated from high school, he left Hellenston, Arkansas and planned to never return. However, when he receives an early morning call that an old friend was arrested for murder and needed his help, Max answered the plea and returned after more than a decade away. He becomes embroiled in intrigue and revenge, and in no time, the small town streets of Hellenston become more dangerous than Max expected. Get to know Max Sawyer. He's part Travis McGee, part Nick Charles with a wandering spirit like Jack Reacher. He is the latest crime-fighter with an unquenchable thirst for justice as well as an unquenchable thirst for bourbon. **About the Author Douglas Pratt was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He has been writing since the third grade. During high school, Douglas dabbled in short stories and poems. Douglas graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in Journalism. He lives in Mason, Tennessee with his wife, kids, and a slew of goats, horses, pigs, and cats. "Blood Remembered" is his first novel. 

Max meets Lauren, a beautiful and mysterious girl, at a night club in Memphis. An hour later, he has been beaten and left in an alley, and Lauren is found dead a few blocks away. Max pursues Lauren's killers to Alabama where he finds something so much worse than simple murder.

Max meets Lauren, a beautiful and mysterious girl, at a night club in Memphis. An hour later, he has been beaten and left in an alley, and Lauren is found dead a few blocks away. Max pursues Lauren's killers to Alabama where he finds something so much worse than simple murder.