The Kids' File: A Max Cantu Novel

Max Cantu is a teacher turned private detective in the beautiful city of Newport Beach, California. He and his wife, Bryn, just welcomed their newborn baby daughter home. Brooke is everything a daddy could hope for. Max would be content sitting around, rocking her in her crib, and staring at her all day. Of course, work has other ideas.

He returns to his office one morning to find three frantic calls from a Ms. Ella Frou. Ms. Frou soon shows up on his doorstep, and she has a serious complaint: her beloved dog, Casey, has been stolen.. So begins several disparate cases that will take Max away from his cozy home and newborn girl.

Max comes upon a variety of clients. He interacts with a cross section of characters in order to solve his cases.