Tin City (Mac McKenzie Mysteries)
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 084395762X
Manufacturer: Leisure Books
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Customer Reviews
Tin City by JarvisO
I just cannot lay down a Housewright novel, Tin City is no exception. A very good read.
Smart & Enjoyable by John Bowes
Except for a few soft-hearted touches, a good read. Less romance and more hardboiled action would put it over the top. I’m for more.
Diverting by David W. Nicholas
Rushmore “Mac” MacKenzie was a police detective. Somehow he found an embezzler no one else could find, and contrived to resign his position on the force so he could collect the reward from the bank the guy embezzled from, so that Mac could then retire with the $3 Million and live the rest of his life having fun doing good deeds for other people, especially his friends. I guess this makes him into a sort of modern-day Robin Hood, except he doesn’t need to rob people.
Mac’s father’s friend, Mr. Mosley, grows honey bees. They’re getting sick (the bees are) and dying of some poison, and Mr. Mosley wants Mac to find out where the poison is coming for so a stop can be put to it. Mac engages various people he knows in this cause, and one of them gets shot at while investigating the possibility of poison on land near Mr. Mosley’s. This sends a series of events spinning out of control, and before it’s over, Mr. Mosley’s dead, a woman’s been raped, and someone tries to run Mac and his girlfriend off the road. Soon, everyone’s looking for Mac: the FBI even has a mysterious warrant out for him, which appears to infer the Feds have a special cell for him down at Guantanamo. So of course he has to go underground and put things right.
This is what detective novels used to be. Tin City is a good solid story, not even 300 pages long, and contains all of the plot twists and action that you’d expect in such a story. The characters are believable, sometimes even likable, and the action moves along at a reasonable pace. The dialogue is reasonably amusing, and Housewright works the plot along at a reasonable pace. There’s the usual fears expressed about the government looking into your library lending habits and so forth, as if such things are usually incriminating. This is, however, a sidebar in an otherwise entertaining story. I will admit I wasn’t that convinced by the romance in the middle of the story: frankly it occurred in circumstances that creeped me out somewhat, and I just didn’t find it that credible, either.
Other than that, this is a good book, and I found it fun and entertaining. It’s not a 600 page mystery (seemingly the style these days); instead it has a plot, characters, and action, and gets along with the story. I enjoyed it.
A great second book. by L. J. Roberts
Mac is one of my favorite characters; he’s likable, loyal, ethical, and conscious of the price of violence, and there is violence. The story is tight, suspenseful, has great dialogue and grabs you from page one. Simply put, Housewright is a excellent writer who has created a great series. Start at the beginning and enjoy.
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