The Amsterdam Connection (chapter1-4)

Summary (Chapter1-4)
The main character,Kate,is a news reporter,who used to work for Max Carson but now works on the Daily Echo for Dave Balzano. Although Max is Kate's ex-boss, they still keep in touch well. One day,they met at a club ,having some beer and chatting what life have been recently,and everything was as usual. But who knows that the next time Kate saw Max was no longer to talk to him but to face a cold dead body lying on the ground. Kate was absolutely being shocked and feeling upset, but she started to find out why Max would be killed, although the police said that it's nothing than a mugger, she still doubted about it. Then when her colleague, Rick came to talk to her, she brought out that Max had once save her life , saying that she had once wrote a news about Johnny, one of the most dangerous criminals, but totally outraged the bad man and forced him to put a great deal of money for reward to anyone who could kill Kate. Fortunately, Max put his own life in danger to save her life by coming to an arrangement. After telling Rick about this secret, Kate decided to find out the main reason to Max's death. She then connected to her friend,Elly, a Dutch police. They discussed on the case and Elly gave Kate a card which found in Max's pocket. There's a name and an address on it ,'Jos van Essen,Oude Schans 141.' Kate then went to this address and paid Jos van Essen,a greatest footballers,a visit. The man treated Kate in his room and add a cup of coffee to her.  After talking for a while , Kate then got new information about Max -- he has a heart disease.
Reflection: After reading these chapters, I feel very shocked about why a well-being man like Max Carson would be killed and how brave Kate was to find out the reason for Max's death. Also, I think this reminds me of people's weakness and how fragile lives are,so we should seize every opportunity when we have chances to make a decision or to have a public speech. Kate kept Max's kindness of helping her in mind and kept go on to search for the mystery. What will happen the next ? Let's discuss on the next chapters.