A past President of the Private Eye Writers of America, David Housewright won a prestigious Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America and three Minnesota Book Awards for his Rushmore McKenzie and Holland Taylor private eye novels as well as other tales of murder and mayhem in the Midwest.
"If you haven't discovered Housewright yet, you're in for a real treat - this is one of America's best crime novelists."
—Lansing State Journal
“One of Minnesota's treasured authors.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
What’s Coming!
After taking down a man wielding an AR-15 a small town winery, Rushmore McKenzie has to find out who, if anyone, was the shooter's target before he, or someone else, tries again.
Looks for it on June 23, 2026
What’s Out Now!
A stolen dinosaur skull is at the center of a complex mystery laid at the feet of unofficial P.I. Rushmore McKenzie.
“Housewright never writes the same book twice and this one is just as fresh as all of his earlier novels…”
—Deadly Pleasures
What Came Before
Party girl Henrietta Weller wakes up in a dumpster on a seedy Minneapolis street with no memory of how she got there. She hires private investigator Holland Taylor and his partner Sidney Poitier Fredericks to get answers. And revenge. “So there’s no misunderstanding later – someone threw me away like so much garbage. Someone is going to pay for that.” Only neither the answers nor the payback is easy to come by and learning the truth will place them all in grave danger.
“Despite the awards, Housewright has been crime fiction's best kept secret for years. Girl In a Dumpster is an excellent place to jump into this wonderful series.”
—Rick Ollerman, author of Truth Always Kills
The Rest Of My Books!
All of my novels are available in trade paper from Down and Out Books and are also available as eBooks.
We Have Audiobooks, Too.
Nearly all of the Rushmore McKenzie detective novels are now available in audiobook wherever you buy your audiobooks, as well as the first Holland Taylor novel, Penance, winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America (we hope to bring out the rest soon).