The Devil May Care, David Housewright
The Devil May Care, David Housewright
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The Devil May Care

Author: David Housewright

Narrator: Brent Hinkley

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2021


Synopsis

Riley Brodin is the granddaughter of Walter Muehlenhaus—a man as rich, powerful, and connected as anyone since the days of J. P. Morgan. Despite her family’s connections, it’s McKenzie she reaches out to when her relatively new boyfriend goes missing. Despite his reservations about getting involved with the Muehlenhaus family—again—Mac McKenzie agrees to look for one Juan Carlos Navarre. What he finds, though, is a man who appears to be a ghost.The house—mansion, really—he told Riley he owned is actually a rental, barely lived in and practically devoid of personal effects. The restaurant he claimed to own is owned by another and Navarre merely an investor. He apparently has no friends, no traceable past, and McKenzie isn’t the only one looking for him. Whoever Juan Carlos Navarre is and wherever he’s gone, the one thing that’s clear is that he’s trouble, and is perhaps someone—as Riley’s family makes clear—better out of the picture. Unfortunately for everyone, McKenzie likes trouble and trouble likes him.

About David Housewright

David Housewright is the author of mystery and detective novels, including the Holland Taylor series and the PI McKenzie mysteries. He has won the Edgar Award and is the three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for his crime fiction. He is a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America.

About Brent Hinkley

Brent Hinkley was born on April 12, 1962 in East Boston, Massachusetts. He is an actor, known for The Silence of the Lambs, Ed Wood, and Falling Down.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan

I really enjoy this series! In this book #11, David Housewright pays tribute to Jim Butcher with a short quote, "But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." I am also a big Dresden Files fan and with Mr. Housewright including this quote in hi......more

"I had no doubt, though, that the cops were thinking I should be cited for DWHUA-driving with head up ass" (138). "Flying used to be fun, at least for me. Now it was one long exercise in personal humiliation and tedium…" (203) "I felt like a kite baffled by the changing winds" (223).......more

Goodreads review by Sherri

well this is a delightful book for many reasons. Great author with great characters but since it is set around Lake Minnetonka it was just a TRIP to see all the references. Loved it !!!......more


Quotes

“Exceptional…Wry humor helps balance the tension in this tale of misguided love and obsession.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Readers will have a good time just listening to McKenzie sizing up people and situations…Housewright not only delivers steadily growing suspense but also provides a canny tour of the high and low life in and around the Twin Cities…Housewright may be the best Minnesota Noir writer going.” Booklist (starred review)

“McKenzie…seems to be channeling the Lew Archer of The Barbarous Coast and Black Money." Kirkus Reviews