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Pub Date: February 9, 2027
Author: RL LIttle
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MAX POWER: A Maxwell Powers Mystery follows a fallen former NBA superstar with an extraordinary ability to read elusive people and patterns. Maxwell Powers is pulled into a murder investigation when his best friend Bobby, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback, wakes up beside a dead woman in a hotel. Bobby claims to have no memory of how she died, but is nevertheless the prime suspect. To prove Boby’s innocence, Maxwell must navigate the worlds of professional sports, celebrity media, and the Las Vegas underground while confronting the mistakes and the loves he thought he had left behind.
“This book will not only empower but also inspire individuals from all walks of life. MAX POWER is a game changer.” —Caron Butler, NBA Champion, best-selling author of Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA
“MAX POWER takes everything we love about sports, fame, pressure, money, ego and competition, and turns it into a compelling murder mystery.” —Reeta Hubbard, 105.7 The Fan, Baltimore
“It reads like the wildest sports headline you’ve ever seen, except there’s a mystery underneath it that keeps getting bigger.” —Daniel Bell, 107.7 The Franchise, Oklahoma City
“Las Vegas isn’t just the backdrop of MAX POWER, it’s practically a character itself. Money, gambling, athletes, temptation and danger all collide in a mystery made for Sin City.” —Rebecca Lewis, Las Vegas news executive and journalist
“The best series build a world you want to return to. MAX POWER does that through the relationships between Maxwell Powers, Alexis Rabbit, Detective Nights, Dana Religion and Bobby Smalls.” —Khaled Abdallah, The Prime of London
“I kept changing my suspect until I finally stopped trying to outsmart Maxwell and just enjoyed the ride.” —Marcus Mac, Assistant Sports Director WRMN 1410AM Fox Sports in Chicago
RL Little is the pen name of Robert Littal, an award-winning journalist, media entrepreneur, and founder of BlackSportsOnline, which he has led for more than two decades. A graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in journalism, Littal has built a career covering sports, entertainment, and culture while appearing across television, radio, podcasts, and digital media.
Drawing on his years inside the sports world and his lifelong love of mystery and suspense, he created Maxwell Powers—a former basketball superstar whose extraordinary instincts prove just as powerful off the court.
MAX POWER: A Maxwell Powers Mystery is his debut novel and the first book in the Maxwell Powers series.
