Unidentified Woman #15 (Mckenzie)

DAVID HOUSEWRIGHT has won the Edgar Award and is the three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for his crime fiction. He is the current president of the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA). He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

“McKenzie has a voice that is very much like that of Boston private eye Spenser; readers will have a good time just listening to McKenzie sizing up people and situations.” ―Booklist (starred review) on The Devil May Care

“Exceptional...McKenzie is a thoughtful, compassionate judge of the confused and wayward people in his path. Wry humor helps balance the tension in this tale of misguided love and obsession.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Devil May Care

“Housewright's... books may be lighter in tone than John Sandford's, but are just as suspenseful and satisfying.” ―Star Tribune (Minneapolis) on Curse of the Jade Lily

“Outstanding ingenuity and empathy mark Edgar-winner Housewright's 10th mystery featuring... Rushmore McKenzie... Quirkily sympathetic characters make this more than a clever caper novel; Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport no longer have northern Minnesota all to themselves.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Last Kind Word

“If you took a modern-day noir and mixed it with a light comedy, you'd get something very much like a McKenzie novel: a serious, occasionally dark story told by an entertaining, often bemused narrator... An excellent series.” ―Booklist on The Last Kind Word

“If you haven't discovered Housewright, you're in for a real treat--this is a real gem from one of America's best crime novelists.” ―Lansing State Journal on Jelly's Gold

“It's clear that Housewright is a Minnesotan in his bones, so his depiction of everything from beekeeping to the byways of Hilltop embeds us in a location where quiet indiscretions and desires highlight daily life.” ―Washington Post on Tin City