Madman on a Drum: A McKenzie Novel (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie Novels)
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0312370814
Manufacturer: St. Martin’s Minotaur
Release Date: 2008-05-13
Average Customer Review: 
(From 7 total reviews)
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
Homicide cop Bobby Dunston’s daughter has been kidnapped, taken in broad daylight on a city street in the middle of September. The kidnappers demand a million dollars and force Dunston to get the ransom from his friend McKenzie. It soon becomes apparent to the two of them that one of the kidnappers is childhood pal Scottie, a once aspiring drummer now gone astray, and that the kidnapping is payback for “crimes” committed in their past.
McKenzie, former cop and now unlicensed P.I., handles the ransom drop-off and the child is returned safely. But Scottie is found dead - brutally murdered - and someone has taken out an open contract on McKenzie, using his own money to pay for it. Dodging attempts on his life from assassins of all shapes and sizes, McKenzie now has precious little time to uncover the mastermind behind it all if he’s going to survive.
Customer Reviews
Another enjoyable McKenzie novel! by Sandy Kay
This book is a great read but if it is your first exposure to author David Housewright, do yourself a favor and go back to read the first Rushmore McKenzie book and then read the rest in order to get to this one. This book stands on its own — the author gives enough information for you to enjoy it even without reading them all in order. But you will enjoy it even more if you’ve been with the character from the beginning.
I’m a Minnesotan so I appreciated all the Minnesota references and the chase across the Twin Cities to make the ransom drop, but even readers for whom the references will be no more than names on the page will enjoy this book.
In addition to the usual intensity of McKenzie’s investigations, this case is personal. In a way all of McKenzie’s cases are personal because he does “favors” for friends. But this one is a whole different level of personal because it involves the family of Bobby Dunston, McKenzie’s best friend. The personal element is why I recommend that you start at the beginning of the Rushmore McKenzie series. After five prior books in which you see the love McKenzie has for the Dunston family, you hardly need the author to tell you how McKenzie will react to the kidnapping of young Victoria Dunston.
If you can’t wait until you have read the previous books, go ahead and read this one now. But promise yourself that you’ll go back and read the rest. It will be worth it.
Always a delight by Eileen M. Peterson
Delightful–Madman on a Drum is one of Housewright’s best, I think. He handles a serious subject (child abduction) well, and there is wonderful suspense and yet wry humor throughout the book. I’ve read all his books, and they just get better and better.
drum beat’s off by John C. Conway
Quick read. Pretty good, but not as good as previous efforts. A little too sparse, I thought. The book suffered from too few or too short tangental interactions, such as with Shelby, or with either of Bobby and Shelby’s two girls. I think the story could’ve been more full developed with interactions along those threads. The author could’ve also added - as a tension break - a few pages of story line that extends Mac’s relationship with his neighbor across the pond, or with Nina’s daughter. Or with Nina, for that matter.
Another great Rushmore McKenzie mystery ! by S. Shriner
I have to agree with the other reviewer that David Housewright should be much more well known. I ran across him meandering thru Amazon and what a nice find. McKenzie is tough, street smart, dry sense of wit and flawed in human ways. The mystery is there in all of the books and they just keep getting better. The latest is a great ride with McKenzie at the wheel. Long may he and David Housewright rule !!
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