Like to Die
A McKenzie Novel
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a friend, takes McKenzie down a dark and twisted path in Like to Die, the next mystery in David Housewright’s award-winning series.
Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie has become an unlikely millionaire and an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends. The favor, this time, is for a friend of a friend—Erin Peterson, a local business person and owner of a growing food company called Salsa Girl. Someone seems to have a beef with her: the outside locks on her factory having been systematically filled with superglue. But for some reason, Erin doesn’t want to report this harassment to the police. As a favor to his poker buddy and hockey teammate Ian, McKenzie agrees to stop by and chat with Erin.
At first Erin denies there's anything going on and then, when the harassment escalates and threatens her business, she also asks for McKenzie's help. The further McKenzie digs into the situation, the more complicated—and deadly—it becomes. And somewhere, in the middle of it all, is Erin, playing all sides against the middle, leading McKenzie to wonder if you ever really know who your friends are.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this intriguing 15th novel featuring former St. Paul, Minn., cop Rushmore McKenzie by Edgar-winner Housewright (after 2017's What the Dead Leave Behind), McKenzie, who's now a millionaire with a penchant for off-the-books investigations, tries to figure out who's sabotaging Salsa Girl, a small food business run by the enigmatic Erin Peterson. When the disruptions move from minor vandalism to the planting of a bomb in the truck she uses for deliveries, McKenzie digs in, even as Erin becomes evasive and reluctant to share any details that might uncover the villains. While the business mystery's solution is telegraphed pretty clearly, another puzzle about a violent antagonist from Erin's murky past, who's on a single-minded quest for revenge, leads to some good action sequences. McKenzie proves an able protector of life, limb, "and the deep dark secrets that... people want hidden" in an entry sure to please old and new fans alike.
