David Housewright
David Housewright is an American author of crime fiction. He writes the Mac McKenzie and Holland Taylor series. He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. In high school, he edited the high school newspaper, but was fired for an editorial against the Vietnam War. He received his degree in Journalism from the University of St. Thomas. Before becoming a novelist, Housewright worked as a copywriter for several advertising agencies in the Twin Cities. He also worked as a journalist reporting for the Minneapolis Tribune, Albert Lea Evening Tribune, Grand Forks Herald and more. He lives with his wife and fellow writer Renee Marie Valois in Roseville, Minnesota.

David Housewright became a published novelist in 1995 with the novel Penance, which introduced his Holland Taylor character and went on to win the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1996 and was shortlisted for a Shamus Award. Below is a list of David Housewright’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Holland Taylor Books

Penance (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Practice to Deceive (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dearly Departed (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Darkness, Sing Me a Song (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
First, Kill the Lawyers (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Mac McKenzie Books

A Hard Ticket Home (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Tin City (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Pretty Girl Gone (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Boyfriends (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Madman on a Drum (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Jelly's Gold (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Taking of Libbie, SD (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Highway 61 (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Curse of the Jade Lily (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Last Kind Word (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Devil May Care (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Unidentified Woman #15 (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Stealing the Countess (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
What the Dead Leave Behind (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Like to Die (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Man's Mistress (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
From the Grave (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
What Doesn't Kill Us (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Something Wicked (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
In a Hard Wind (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Devil and the Diva (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Finders Keepers (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Grifter's Song Books

The Concrete Smile (By: Frank Zafiro) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
People Like Us (By: J.D. Rhoades) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Whale (By: Lawrence Kelter) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Movie Makers (By: Gary Phillips) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Lost in Middle America (By: Colin Conway) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Come the Apocalypse (By: Frank Zafiro) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Losing Streak (By: Jim Wilsky) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Gone Dead on You (By: Eryk Pruitt) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Upgrade (By: Asa Maria Bradley) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Money Block (By: Holly West) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Sound of Breaking Bones (By: Eric Beetner) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Still Life with Suitcase (By: ) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Down Comes the Night (By: Frank Zafiro) (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Reckoner (By: Frank Zafiro) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Rule of Thirds (By: ) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Down and Out (By: ) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Travel Money (By: ) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Rocky Mountain Lie (By: Michael Pool) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Open Up Your Heart (By: Carmen Jaramillo) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Ride Like Hell (By: S.A. Cosby) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Alpha Whisperer (By: Frank Zafiro) (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dracula Wine (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Diamond Dogs (By: Gabriel Valjan) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dusty and Bent (By: Trey R. Barker) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Concrete and Cocaine (By: Vincent Zandri) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Low White Plain (By: ) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dangerous to Know (By: Hilary Davidson) (2022)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Madam Tomahawk (By: ) (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Outfoxed (By: ) (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Somewhere Outside Salvation (By: James D.F. Hannah) (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

Twin Cities Noir(2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Resort to Murder(2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Once Upon a Crime: An Anthology of Murder, Mayhem and Suspense(2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Writes of Spring(2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Note: The Devil and the Diva was co-authored with Renee Valois.

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David Housewright Synopsis: In the standalone novel Finders Keepers by David Housewright, James Richard McNulty is coming off his parents getting a divorce. That’s not all that’s wrong with his life, though. His grades are falling, bullies are coming after him, he may get kicked off the basketball team and his kinda/sorta girlfriend thinks there may be something wrong with him. That is, until he finds a suitcase full of money and there he believes he has found the answer to all of his problems. Or has he?

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