Featured Interview With Max Bridges
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland. After studies in London and New York, opportunity brought me to the West Coast, where I now live in beautiful Orange County, CA, with my wife Susan, two daughters and a dog. Next to writing, I have been creative in the fields of architecture, design, and photography.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I started writing three years ago after reading a thriller so terrible, I knew I could do better. ‘The Second List’ started as a project to prove myself right.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
As a visually driven person, I am more influenced by movies and directors than authors and books: Godard, Fellini, Lang, Leone, Bergman, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Hitchcock, to name a few. This may be the reason why so many reviewers state that ‘The Second List’ would make a great movie.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
‘The Second List’ is my debut novel, and it took a bit more over two years to write it. I started with only the prologue in mind, not knowing where the journey would take me. Gradually, the story began to emerge, page after page, not only taking the characters, but also myself on a ride that I would not miss for anything. Setting only highest standards for myself, ‘The Second List’ is a book I am truly proud of, and the readers seem to enjoy the thriller as much as I had writing it.
Patrick Rooper, an investigative journalist and ex-Navy SEAL, is looking forward to his upcoming wedding when a rich socialite walks into his office and offers a lucrative assignment. To retrieve a document from the Swiss Alps seems easy enough for someone with Patrick’s accolades, but unbeknownst to him, the undertaking poses an existential threat to someone
powerful—someone desperate to stop him at any cost.
The socialite’s granddaughter, Susan, gets pulled into the unfolding events and narrowly escapes a deadly assassin. When chance unites her with Patrick, the duo must solve the mystery around the document if they want to survive. But with every revelation, the seemingly impossible effort to save their lives draws them even deeper into danger. After a chase halfway around the world, the pair makes a fateful discovery.
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