From the grave: a mac mckenzie novel - david housewright

Once a police detective in St.

Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie became an unlikely millionaire and an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends.

But this time, he finds himself in dire need of working on his own behalf.

His dear friend and first love Shelby Dunston attends a public reading by a psychic medium with the hope of connecting with her grandfather one final time.

Instead, she hears McKenzies name spoken by the psychic in connection with a huge sum of stolen-and missing-money.

Caught in a world of psychic mediums, with a man from his past with a stake in the future, and more than one party willing to go to great and deadly lengths to get involved, McKenzie must figure out just how much hes willing to believe-like his life depends on it-before everything takes a much darker turn.

Praise for From the Grave Fun, fast-moving.

A psychic medium channels a dark presence who calls for McKenzies death before it will reveal the location of a large sum of money.

McKenzie is soon caught up in the world of psychics, not so reality TV, and very real physical threats by those seeking the lost treasure.

The appealing McKenzie and his cohorts engage in amusing banter as they attempt to locate the pilfered cash before someone sends Mac off to the great beyond.

Housewright leaves it tantalizingly ambiguous whether Lelands spirit is real.

Readers will be entertained either way.

-Publishers Weekly This witty and wonderful St.

Paul author has been entertaining readers with the Rushmore Mac McKenzie crime-solving series since 2004.

Yet after 17 episodes, we still cant get enough of this St.

Paul cop-turned-private eye and the rich characters that surround him.

Readers will delight in the antics and dialogue in this crime mystery.

Housewright stays above grisly details that other writers thrive on, making him a relaxing and thoroughly entertaining read without the heaviness of a dark plot.

If youre a Housewright first-timer, you can pick up nearly any installment in the series and feel right at home.

-Minneapolis Star Tribune The colorful characters follow the unpredictable plot in a chilly Minnesota setting thats so evocative we can practically see our breath in the air.

Another of Housewrights strengths is how vividly he paints the picture of St.

Paul, making it just as compelling and murky a locale as New York City or L.

If youve never met McKenzie before, From the Grave is a stellar starting point in the series.