Rating: 9

David Housewright, where have you been all my life?

Seriously, this book was awesome from start to finish. I’m not a great big fan of the PI novel, but what Housewright has done with the character of Mac McKenzie is top notch.

There’s humor and humility. Emotion and realism. Mac isn’t particularly tough, but he holds his own because he operates by the code that self-survival is of the utmost… he fights when he has to but he’ll avoid a scrape if it’s not necessary. In some ways, this character reminded me of Columbo.

Just a side note… I had an e-mail conversation with my mom today. She said she just read something that made her want to read everything by the author. I had the same experience with this one.

Look out Housewright. I coming after your catalog.