During one of the first heavy snows of the winter, on the interstate outside the Twin Cities, Rushmore McKenzie is trapped behind an erratically-driven truck.
During one of the first heavy snows of the w.
A solid choice for fans of Steve Hamilton, Dennis Lehane, or James Lee Burke. -Booklist Take a well-written noir and mix it with humor and readers will anticipate this 12th series outing (after The Devil May Care), especially if they appreciate mysteries with a strong sense of place and an appealing sleuth who is still figuring out what to do with himself after leaving the police force.
A strong addition to an always-reliable series, and a crime novel that will appeal both to readers looking for complex characters and satisfying style and to those interested mainly in story.
Rushmore is an amiable series lead...
Westlake\'s: smoothly flowing, graceful, but never calling attention to itself.
Paul Pioneer Press Housewright\'s prose style is reminiscent of Donald E. -St.
And with a 12th book in a series, that\'s a fine thing.
It\'s as though Housewright got a surge of energy that lets us into Mac\'s mind so we know him even more intimately.
All previous McKenzie thrillers earned high praise from critics, including several starred reviews, but in Unidentified Woman #15 McKenzie comes alive as never before.
Praise for Unidentified Woman #15: Housewright, winner of the prestigious national Edgar Award and three Minnesota Book Awards, strikes a perfect balance between fast-paced excitement as McKenzie chases the bad guys and his commitment to bar-owner Nina as they try to work out the nuances of their relationship since moving in together.
Not that a favor is required, because when you dump a person in front of McKenzie\'s moving car, he tends to take that personally.
With few leads, the detective in charge, McKenzie\'s former partner and old friend Bobby Dunston, turns to McKenzie for a favor.
The injured Woman awakens with no memories-not of the accident, not of anything-and is now referred to by the police as Unidentified Woman #15.
By the time the police arrive, and the EMTs and ambulances have taken care of the immediate injuries, the truck is long gone.
McKenzie avoids hitting the body, a bound Woman who is barely alive, but his sudden braking in the middle of the highway starts a chain of accidents, resulting in a thirty-seven car pile-up.
Then a figure appears on the truck bed and a body is rolled out onto the road, right in front of McKenzie\'s car.
During one of the first heavy snows of the winter, on the interstate outside the Twin Cities, Rushmore McKenzie is trapped behind an erratically-driven truck
