2026 Reading Challenge

Mac McKenzie Series

23 primary works • 23 total works
Former police detective turned private eye, Rushmore "Mac" McKenzie takes on tough cases in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, in the hard-boiled, modern noir Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie Novels by Edgar Award-winning author David Housewright.

"His prose is bone hard and beautiful, his story brutally dark, undeniably compelling, and in odd, unpre…

Book 1

A Hard Ticket Home
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3.83 · 1938 Ratings · 186 Reviews · published 2004 · 15 editions
7 hours, 36 minutes

Ex-St. Paul cop Rushmore McKenz…

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    Book 2

    Tin City
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    3.85     · 1143 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 2005 · 13 editions
    Mac McKenzie is rich. So rich that he's left his j…

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    Book 3

    Pretty Girl Gone
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    4.07     · 1127 Ratings · 77 Reviews · published 2006 · 13 editions
    Rushmore "Mac" McKenzie has a lot of old girlfrien…

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    Book 4

    Dead Boyfriends
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    3.97     · 1008 Ratings · 70 Reviews · published 2007 · 14 editions
    Right up until they put him in jail, McKenzie t…

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    Book 5

    Madman on a Drum
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    4.08     · 854 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 2008 · 12 editions
    Homicide cop Bobby Dunston's daughter has been kid…

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    Book 6

    Jelly's Gold
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    3.85     · 789 Ratings · 84 Reviews · published 2009 · 9 editions
    Rushmore McKenzie, a retired St. Paul policeman an…

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    Book 7

    The Taking of Libbie, SD
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    4.12     · 820 Ratings · 69 Reviews · published 2010 · 10 editions
    A grifter cons an entire town using McKenzie’…

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    Book 8

    Highway 61
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    4.01     · 850 Ratings · 62 Reviews · published 2011 · 11 editions
    Mac McKenzie returns with a too-personal case that…

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    Book 9

    Curse of the Jade Lily
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    3.91     · 754 Ratings · 75 Reviews · published 2012 · 9 editions
    A stolen gem with a tragic history, a curse and a …

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    Book 10

    The Last Kind Word
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    3.97     · 702 Ratings · 71 Reviews · published 2013 · 9 editions
    Rushmore McKenzie agrees to go undercover to help …

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    Book 11

    The Devil May Care
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    4.05     · 707 Ratings · 56 Reviews · published 2014 · 13 editions
    Riley Brodin is the granddaughter of Walter Muehle…

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    Book 12

    Unidentified Woman #15
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    3.95     · 727 Ratings · 64 Reviews · published 2015 · 9 editions
    During one of the first heavy snows of the winter,…

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    Book 13

    Stealing the Countess
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    3.91     · 626 Ratings · 68 Reviews · published 2016 · 7 editions
    Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quittin…

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    Book 14

    What the Dead Leave Behind
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    3.92     · 713 Ratings · 75 Reviews · published 2017 · 7 editions
    Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ru…

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    Book 15

    Like to Die
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    4.04     · 615 Ratings · 66 Reviews · published 2018 · 8 editions
    A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor …

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    Book 16

    Dead Man's Mistress
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    3.93     · 681 Ratings · 69 Reviews · published 2019 · 7 editions
    An investigation of missing property takes a darke…

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    Book 17

    From the Grave
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    3.98     · 693 Ratings · 85 Reviews · published 2020 · 7 editions
    A past case comes back to haunt Twin Cities P.I. M…

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    Book 18

    What Doesn't Kill Us
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    4.11     · 682 Ratings · 111 Reviews · published 2021 · 7 editions
    In David Housewright's next novel featuring the be…

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    Book 19

    Something Wicked
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    3.78     · 623 Ratings · 103 Reviews · published 2022 · 3 editions
    In Something Wicked, Rushmore McKenzie, who promis…

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    Book 20

    In a Hard Wind
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    4.21     · 749 Ratings · 82 Reviews · published 2023 · 2 editions
    When asked to investigate a murder in a seemingly …

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    Book 21

    Man in the Water
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    4.00     · 761 Ratings · 109 Reviews · published 2024 · 2 editions

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    Book 22

    Them Bones
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    4.06     · 438 Ratings · 131 Reviews · 2 editions
    A stolen dinosaur skull is at the center of a comp…

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    Book 23

    Fear the Reaper: A McKenzie Novel
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    0.00     · 2 editions
    After taking down a man wielding an AR-15 a small…

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