Giant Kill

Max Roper #4

by Kin Platt

The giant kill [Jan 01, 1974] Platt, Kin

166 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Pseudonyms: Kirby Carr, Guy West, Alan West, Guy York & Wesley Simon York

Kin Platt (1911–2003) was the author of the perennially popular I Can Read Book Big Max, as well as several outstanding young-adult novels and the Max Roper mystery series for adults. Mr. Platt was also a noted cartoonist.

For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin_Platt

Reviews

[Dave]

In his Max Roper series, Platt takes the classic hardboiled detective and moves him into the seventies in sunny Southern California. Each of the books in this series revolve a bit around a sport and here that
sport is basketball. Shaving points is generally frowned upon but when the star of the Lakers is told to take a powder or die, things get a little dicey.

Platt manages to throw in a bit of seventies nostalgia into this mystery including the swinging singles scene in the Marina, celebrity parties, new age theories, and more. But there's plenty of murder, mayhem, conspiracy, and nights in Nuevo Laredo.

Platt's novels are not necessarily unique but they are always good solid reading and a lot of fun.