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May Events ______________________________________________________________________
ATTENTION: MINNESOTA MYSTERY FANS Book Signing/Author Event Please join us Wednesday, May 21st at 6:30 p.m. as we welcome Minnesota's own, David Housewright. David will be here to talk about and sign his new book "MADMAN ON A DRUM". A fast and exciting ride through the streets of Minneapolis and St.Paul. A little twist here a little twist there. I really enjoyed this book and I'm sure you will too. Food and drink will be served.
"*Hate, revenge and old-fashioned greed propel Edgar-winner Housewright's stellar fifth mystery to feature former St. Paul, Minn., cop Rushmore McKenzie (after 2007's Dead Boyfriends). When the older grade school-age daughter of McKenzie's old friend, St. Paul homicide chief Bobby Dunston, is kidnapped on her way home from school, the unlicensed PI gets on the case. Soon McKenzie is hurtling headlong through the Twin Cities' meanest streets with a $50,000 price on his head. Housewright's chivalric noir hero never fails to charm, whether mourning a St. Paul that's lost much of its colorful, if shady, past or busting a bestial dogfight entrepreneur out in the chilly countryside. Against a realistic Minnesota backdrop, this homage to Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer raises cutting questions about crime and punishment and today's price of friendship and loyalty. Of course, McKenzie knows it's all about money, but Housewright makes it so fresh and real it hurts." "In the fifth installation of David Housewright’s ongoing mystery series, former cop Rushmore McKenzie has every lowlife in the Twin Cities after him. When his best friend’s daughter is kidnapped, he is called on to produce the ransom—and deliver it. McKenzie gets the girl back, but when a $50,000 contract is put on his life, he finds himself dodging bullets. Housewright, who won an Edgar Allan Poe award for his first novel, Penance, in 1996, leaves no corner of the Twin Cities untouched by the ensuing chase. McKenzie’s subtle humor keeps the tension from boiling over, but don’t expect any breaks in the action." "This guy keeps getting better, and he started out of the chute by winning the Edgar® award for 1st novel, along with a Shamus nomination, for "Penance"... Eventually, Rushmore figures out who did it, the ransom is paid, and the girl is returned safely. The kidnappers suffer a bad fate, and I notice that I'm only about 2/3 done with the book. My first thought is "Oh Boy, there's more!" And is there ever. Buy this book. Read this book. Buy lots of copies for your friends. Throw open your windows and holler 'Buy David Housewright!'"” ______________________________________________________________________ |
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MAY SALE
Spend some of your stimulus
check at J. O’Donoghue Books!
1926 2nd Ave in beautiful Downtown Anoka
For the month of May, 10% off any purchase
over $20,15% off any purchase over $40,
and a whopping 20% off purchases of $50 or
more.
The more you spend, the more you SAVE!
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