Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the cops were kidding.
His characters are rich.
Housewright\'s attention to the various Twin Cities locals is spot on and tremendous fun for those of us who live here.
Dead Boyfriends is a fun ride with twists enough to surprise everyone.
No risk, no reward...
And he\'s always willing to put himself in harm\'s way to accomplish his goals.
He\'s the guy in the white hat, seeking to preserve justice for all.
I really like McKenzie\'s character and enjoy his determination and sense of loyalty.
I\'d read a cereal box if he wrote it. --Kirkus Reviews David Housewright is one of my favorite mystery authors.
Paul\'s Saint George scatters the dragons who menace a damsel in distress. --Booklist Once again, St.
Housewright is terrific--funny, wry, and dead-on--which, along with some unexpected plot twists, gives this the sort of appeal that will have readers asking for the next book as well as ones that can fill in McKenzie\'s history.
When he stops to help a woman he sees at the side of the road, he has no idea he\'ll be calling on all these character traits to unravel the truth about the woman, a grisly murder, a string of Dead boyfriends, and a secret in her past...
Praise for Dead BOYFRIENDS: Former cop Rushmore McKenzie certainly won\'t run from a fight, but he also has a softer side: he is a firm believer in loyalty and love, and he is a sucker for the underdog.
Soon McKenzie realizes that the truth of this sordid crime may be as hard to find--and as hard to live with--as the justice he seeks.
Then there are the unidentified thugs who kill a witness and rough up him and his female lawyer ally.
More disconcerting, as he investigates, McKenzie finds himself fighting the influence of a shadowy figure who controls more of what goes on in the Twin Cities than a rational voter would believe.
Only what appears to be a straightforward case of a cheating boyfriend, his alcoholic girlfriend, and an opportune baseball bat proves far more complicated than the police are willing to accept.
If that means sticking his nose into an ongoing murder investigation, well, he\'s done it before.
But the next thing he knows, he\'s in jail, missing an important date with his girlfriend, and reliving nightmares he thought he had left far behind him--and vowing payback for all of it.
After all, he did them a favor by stopping a rookie cop from roughing up a distraught woman at a murder scene.
Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie thought the cops were kidding
