McKenzie Novel #22
This is my first experience reading Mr. Housewright and reading this book way into the series was not a challenge but it did pique my curiosity to see what events brought us to this point.
Rushmore McKenzie, the main character, is a former law enforcement that became PI after he was bestowed with a massive amount of wealth. He retains a multitude of formal and informal contacts to help him. He operates out of Minneapolis.
The story in a few words:
It starts with the discovery and theft of a dinosaur skull uncovered at a digging site. This mystery laid at the feet of our PI. Two things McKenzie hates, to turn down a request from a friend and a challenge. The request came from Angela Bjor, a doctoral candidate, who was at the dig site in Montana. When the group she was with was attacked and the skeleton of an Ankylosaurus worth millions was stolen, time to take action and McKenzie was called……and the excitement began sending McKenzie eventually out of state and into Canada.
Is there no honor among thieves? Evidently, not when dinosaur skulls are involved.
My thoughts
After a slow start and a lot of Paleontology talk, the plot finally keeps a decent pace when McKenzie shows up and the narrative becomes active and keeps the story smooth sailing till the end. Yes, McKenzie brought the dinosaur home and we find out who the thefts are…all ends well.
They are multiple characters some from previous stories but the lack of details on them was unnecessary to enjoy the plot, they blended in without a hitch. One hick, omitting references to sport teams and their stadiums which took too much pace and didn’t bring any thing could have been skipped. But well done is how the author is adroit in introducing red herrings to keep us guessing and teasing us to figure out who could be complicit in the theft. I especially loved the vivid sense of place: dusty sites and all.
My thanks to St-Martin Press for this ARC which I received via Netgalley
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