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Jelly’s Gold

By: David Housewright
Narrated by: Brent Hinkley
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Rushmore McKenzie, a retired St. Paul policeman and unexpected millionaire, often works as an unlicensed PI, doing favors as it suits him. When graduate students Ivy Flynn and Josh Berglund show up with a story about $8 million in missing stolen gold from the ’30s, McKenzie is intrigued.

In the early 20th century, St. Paul, Minnesota was an open city - a place where gangsters could come and stay unmolested by the local authorities. Frank “Jelly” Nash was suspected of masterminding a daring robbery of gold bars in 1933, but, before he could unload it, he was killed in the Kansas City Massacre. His gold, they believe, is still somewhere in St. Paul.

But they aren’t the only ones looking. So are a couple of two-bit thugs, a woman named Heavenly, a local bigwig, and others. When Berglund is shot dead outside of Ivy’s apartment, the treasure hunt turns unexpectedly deadly. McKenzie is looking for more than a legendary stash from 75 years ago, he’s looking for a killer and the long-hidden truth behind Jelly’s gold.

©2009 David Housewright (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing Hard-Boiled Mystery Private Investigators
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Dear God: Please let this man write another book soon and please let me be here to listen to it. I can't say something like 'even his worst book is good' because I can't think of anything he's done that is worse than anything else.

Before I post this list I have to say that Sandford, Parker and MacDonald are EXTRA special. And Richard Ferrone as John Sandford's voice is an amazing match. Like George Guidall with Craig Johnson and pretty much anything George reads.

Robert B. Parker lived in this space for me as did John D. MacDonald, Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, John Hart, Craig Johnson, John Lescroart, William Kent Krueger Ridley Pearson ,and Jonathan Kellerman. Some others are really good but these guys have something special. If you are into mystery-thrillers I just gave you a back catalog I wish I could have...but I HAVE had it and it is an incredible treasure. I stopped going to libraries and swap places just so I can encourage these guys by sending them money. Please enjoy.

My "Prayer Review" Happy to add a new guy to it.

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The mystery and the mix of history make for a great read. Keeps you going with the twists and turns and the cast of characters. Being from the Twin Cities, I especially love the history involved in these serious.

Gotta love the history

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Loved the story and the “embedded” history lesson!! But the narrator, like on all the McKenzie books, has a tendency to speed up during the dialogue sections and because he doesn’t change his voice per character, it becomes very hard to understand who said what. If either the narrator used different voices/pitches/accents for the characters or Mr. Housewright added more “He/She said” when the spoken lines switched between the characters, that would make the book perfect!!

Awesome story, narration not so much

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Thank you for a very good story. Could not put it down. Please keep writing.

Good story

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