The Last Kind Word, David Housewright
The Last Kind Word, David Housewright
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The Last Kind Word

Author: David Housewright

Narrator: Brent Hinkley

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/13/2021


Synopsis

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, along with his FBI pal Harry, make Rushmore McKenzie an offer he can’t refuse—no matter how hard he tries: take on the identity of a wanted fugitive, escape to the upper reaches of Minnesota, and infiltrate a crew of armed robbers known as “The Iron Range Bandits.” His mission: help retrieve a cache of stolen weapons before they’re used to wreak havoc on the Canadian–US border.But there are a few catches. First, the bandits aren’t the hardcore criminals they seem to be, although the bent sheriff deputies chasing them certainly are. Then there is the stripper and her nefarious manager, the ex-soldier trying to prove he’s a man, the minor-league crime czar who uses blackmail to force McKenzie to rob a highly guarded bank vault, and an enigmatic thug who finds love in all the wrong places. Not to mention the gunrunners who pride themselves on shooting first and asking questions later.And if that’s not enough to make him wonder why he didn’t stay home with his lady love Nina Truhler, McKenzie soon learns that the promises of an ambitious assistant US attorney to the contrary, he is absolutely on his own.

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 Robert

Holy crap, where did you come from David Housewright? I mean, I must have been in a coma for the first 33 years of my life to miss your sweet ass. Being an avid reader is a humbling experience, because every time you open a door, you have six more doors waiting for you. And when I hear someone say, “......more

Goodreads review by Andy

Not Housewright's best work. I love that he's a local author and all the local geographic references he includes. This one involves being "up North" and I love the stuff about The Range and Ely. But the plot is just too absurd, and remaking McKenzie from a former cop turned good deed doer into a mas......more

An intensely interesting plot — very good ending. An entertaining and clear narrator. Scarce Profanity otherwise clean.. ©️2013......more


Quotes

“Outstanding ingenuity and empathy mark Edgar-winner Housewright’s tenth mystery featuring millionaire St. Paul, Minnesota., ex-cop Rushmore McKenzie. Quirkily sympathetic characters make this more than a clever caper novel.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“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 but strangely underappreciated series.” Booklist