Micheal Maxwell

The Time Pedaler by Micheal Maxwell
Like style of writing with this author so didn't even go into seeing what it was about.
It's a time travel and it's in hippie years in CA. Love the old house they buy and the all the hidden rooms and treasures they find.
Chant is now in public schools so different than his last commune school. He adjusts and sets out to find out more about a letter he found. Librarian is so helpful.
He understands with the journal what the machine is all about. You peddle it, set coordinates and you're on your way. He discovers he can spend hours at a new location but really only be gone a minute from present day.
Love the research he does to decide where he wants to go.... His sister has no problem adjusting to the new life, she makes friends easier than Chant..
Love the store his parents set up, they live upstairs from that. Especially liek the people he meets and the difference they make in the world.
Very descriptive scenes and making sense of things.
Great read, have read so many time travel it's not one of my favorite genres any longer but this book has so much more to offer the reader.
Terrifying moments when he's not at home and the saga continues in the next book...… (meer)

Cole Shoot by Michael Maxwell
This story follows Cole and his friend Kelly attend the dragon parade. Love that they have a picnic there as the floats go by.
Problem is there is gunfire among the gang members...
Story also follows Marco and Mei, both downs syndrome kids and something goes wrong at the school they attend one day and they run away.
Love how they navigate and survive and how Marco had first seen Cole, the small things that matter.
Story also follows Anthony who's an intern, who Cole knows from previous years, and he's on the story of the parade shooting, he gets kidnapped....
Like how Cole knows he can't do the job himself and calls in reinforcements, with bats.
Love how all these events play into one meeting at the end. Action, fast paced, scary situations and so many more emotions.
love the secretary problem and how a PI had confronted him about missing kids....
His time with family and friends and longtime lyrics of songs I know. Love how the whole thing comes together, never saw it happening. Things to do in the city and the areas, I’m learning more about, have known of them but author really brings them to life in front of your eyes.
Mix of real life people on the street Next book is the series is excerpted at the end.… (meer)

Helix of Cole by Michael Maxwell
In this story we find Cole traveling to DC to receive an award from the president and when he lands he is taken to a secure phone where he finds out he'll be traveling to Chicago to his old newspaper company.
There is a threat that only he can help with. FBI are escorting him and then back to CA once that's done.
Story is also following Jason or goes by many names and I like the travel through Red Rock, NV as we have traveled there. He was involved in the 60's when there were groups of others who followed one leader for the movement to better the earth, rid it of all its evils.
It's just now past 911 here and this story is so close to what's still happening in our world.
More threats follow Cole back home and it gets real creepy when Jason/James knows where Cole lives. Love how Cole protects his family...enjoy the chats on the phone with Kelly, she’s so understanding and knows he does need to vent.
City is another story, the government does not want to shut the city down and Cole has other ideas...he does met with the man and jots down notes of what to print…
Lots of mysteries surround this story, love the song lyrics and songwriters and travels. Love how he stays in contact with others from his past.
Lots of new words to me to find out about and new travel locations.
REALLY enjoying this series.… (meer)

Cellar Full of Cole by Michael Maxwell
This story was a bit scary for me, not my typical genre but really like all the things going on, the things that are important to Cole.
His boss is leaving due to cancer returning but he still goes into the office. Cole visits his daughter and family in CA and he is offered a job there if he wants it, at The Sentinel.
Things go smoothly til they don't. His friend has family troubles and he talks to the family and even the brother who wants them to turn over their half of the land their mother had left them both.
Story also follows Philip who's a child molester- this was the hardest part for me to read about. Cole wants to shed light on the subject and even does research by attending a meeting of survivors.
He's on the lead of the culprit when a woman who's HR mentions about the man's lovely hands and that is a clue he is able to comprehend as the little girl had said the same thing...
Just when you think the story is over as he's apprehended Cole addresses his friends brother again... things don't quite go well...
Love how he keeps his mind about things by recalling alphabetically songs and the lyrics, so many of which I also know from my favorite singers. Rat scene was not as bad as the molester.
He gets amped up when he hears the hot water and investigates it and the pipes and a plan forms...
Others are worried about him and his rental car and they do all they can to find him....
Scary moments for me as he recalls a memory from the war and others are killed...
It’s a toss up as to who will win this battle and come out of it.
Excerpt of the next book is included at the end.
Love mysteries, travel, caring of family and very close friends, learning new words and things: survivor meeting, tech he knows of hot water heater and gas combining and how close he gets to freedom..
This book really took me away from my own problems, another treasure of people he mentions in song or lyrics or name only.
About the author and his other works are listed at the very end.… (meer)