Título: What the Dead Leave Behind: A Mac McKenzie Novel
Autor: David Housewright
Sinopse: Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie has become not only an unlikely millionaire, but an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends and people in need. When his stepdaughter Erica asks him for just such a favor, McKenzie doesn’t have it in him to refuse. Even though it sounds like a very bad idea right from the start.
The father of Malcolm Harris, a college friend of Erica’s, was found murdered a year ago in a park in New Brighton, a town just outside the Twin Cities. With no real clues and all the obvious suspects with concrete alibis, the case has long since gone cold. As McKenzie begins poking around, he soon discovers another unsolved murder that’s tangentially related to this one. And all connections seem to lead back to a group of friends the victim was close with. But all McKenzie has is a series of odd, even suspicious, coincidences until someone decides to make it all that more serious and personal.
Praise for What the Dead Leave Behind:
“Unlicensed PI Rushmore ‘Mac’ McKenzie tackles perhaps his most complex case yet in Edgar-winner Housewright’s witty 14th Minnesota-based mystery...Housewright is such a pro at plot and character development that it’s nearly impossible to put this entry down.” —Publishers Weekly
“It’s a distinct pleasure to follow McKenzie as he uncovers layer upon layer of corporate corruption, from sexual harassment to industrial espionage, while every second woman in the cast comes on to him. The hero emerges with his virtue intact and a brace of new heads for his trophy wall. The surprising number of malefactors at the company isn’t a strength of the tale, but they’re all well worth your cathartic scorn.” —Kirkus Reviews
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “What the Dead Leave Behind: A Mac McKenzie Novel”, de David Housewright, publicado pela editora Down & Out Books, em 2023 e com 318 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Down & Out Books
Páginas: 318
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1643963309
ISBN13: 9781643963303
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Down & Out Books costumam envolver tramas policiais ambientadas em cenários urbanos e rurais dos Estados Unidos, com personagens que transitam entre o passado e o presente, muitas vezes ex-policiais ou investigadores não oficiais. A narrativa é marcada por um ritmo ágil e diálogos que misturam tensão e humor, enquanto os protagonistas enfrentam conspirações, sequestros, assassinatos e mistérios envolvendo dinheiro, arte ou vingança. O tom varia do thriller noir a histórias de investigação com elementos de mistério sobrenatural e crime organizado, criando uma atmosfera de suspense que mantém o leitor em alerta.
