The Devil May Care: 11 (A McKenzie Novel)

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 familys connections its McKenzie she reaches out to when her relatively new boyfriend goes missing. Despite his reservations about getting involved with the Muehlenhaus family-again-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 a rental barely lived in and practically devoid of personal effects. The restaurant he claimed to own is owned by another and Navarre is merely an investor. He apparently has no friends no traceable past and McKenzie isnt the only one looking for him. Whoever Juan Carlos Navarre is and wherever hes gone the one thing that is clear is that hes trouble and is perhaps someone-as Rileys family makes clear-better out of the picture. Unfortunately for everyone McKenzie likes trouble and trouble likes him.Praise for THE DEVIL MAY CARE: In Edgar-winner Housewrights exceptional 11th novel featuring unlicensed Twin Cities PI Rushmore McKenzie Riley Brodin the scion of a wealthy Minnesota family hires McKenzie to find her new boyfriend Juan Carlos Navarre who has gone missing... Capable of extreme violence when provoked 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 reviewHousewrights Minnesota private eye doesnt have a license and doesnt need to work both of which amp up his cleverness at sleuthing and the fun he has doing it. Rushmore McKenzie is a former St. Paul cop independently wealthy from a reward for finding an embezzler. He has lots of contacts including those who frequent his girlfriends high-end bar. And he 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... In this eleventh installment in the series 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 including an unforgettable tour of the posh Lake Minnetonka. Housewright may be the best Minnesota Noir writer going. -Booklist starred review