What Doesn't Kill Us--A McKenzie Novel

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by David Housewright


  Later, Nancy asked how she could repay my generosity.

  I told her she already had.

  Still, she insisted that she should do something.

  I told her to “Live well, be useful.”

  She asked me if that was my personal mantra.

  I told her that it was.

  Which brings me back to Nina Truhler.

  We had our ups and downs after I left the hospital. One minute she treated me as if I were the most precious thing she owned. The next she wanted to slap me upside my head. I asked her exactly what she wanted from me.

  “Tell me what to do and I’ll do it,” I said.

  “I want you to say that you’re done. I want you to say that you’ll never do another favor for another friend forever.”

  “I…”

  Nina quickly covered my mouth with her hand. After she was sure I wouldn’t attempt to say anything more, she removed her hand, kissed me hard, and hugged me close, which I happily tolerated despite the pain it caused.

  “You should never make a promise you can’t keep,” she said.

  ALSO BY DAVID HOUSEWRIGHT

  Featuring Holland Taylor

  Penance

  Practice to Deceive

  Dearly Departed

  Darkness, Sing Me a Song

  First, Kill the Lawyers

  Featuring Rushmore McKenzie

  A Hard Ticket Home

  Tin City

  Pretty Girl Gone

  Dead Boyfriends

  Madman on a Drum

  Jelly’s Gold

  The Taking of Libbie, SD

  Highway 61

  Curse of the Jade Lily

  The Last Kind Word

  The Devil May Care

  Unidentified Woman #15

  Stealing the Countess

  What the Dead Leave Behind

  Like to Die

  Dead Man’s Mistress

  From the Grave

  Other Novels

  The Devil and the Diva (with Renée Valois)

  Finders Keepers

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  DAVID HOUSEWRIGHT has won the Edgar Award and is a three-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for his crime fiction. He is a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. You can sign up for email updates here.

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Acknowledgments

  Just So You Know

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  In Case You’re Wondering

  Also by David Housewright

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  First published in the United States by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group

  WHAT DOESN’T KILL US. Copyright © 2021 by David Housewright. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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  Cover design by Rowen Davis

  Cover photograph © Lavin Photography / iStock / Getty Images

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Housewright, David, 1955– author.

  Title: What doesn’t kill us / David Housewright.

  Other titles: What does not kill us

  Description: First Edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2021. | Series: Twin cities P.I. Mac Mckenzie novels; 18

  Identifiers: LCCN 2020053270 | ISBN 9781250756992 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250757005 (ebook)

  Subjects: GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3558.O8668 W47 2021 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053270

  eISBN 9781250757005

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  First Edition: 2021

 

 

 


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