This is the first time I've read anything by this author, and I chose it for the title.

Twenty+ years ago, former cop, McKenzie blew the head off of a bank robber who was shooting at the police at a road block. The bank-robber had forced his 17 year old son to go with him and the kid was caught and given the prison sentence his father would have gotten had he been prosecuted.

McKenzie's former partner's wife go to a psychic demonstration, that the bank robber's son also attends and medium supposedly called forth the dead bank robber who tells his son that he'll tell him where the money is hidden if he'll kill McKenzie.

When McKenzie is told of this, he begins to investigate the medium, the bank robber's son, and another psychic medium who has had a similar experience with the dead bank robber & his son.

Meanwhile, McKenzie's former partner meets the second medium in his home and she reveals information on his current case, that leads to the discovery of the body of a missing woman and helps him solve the case.

I found the book very interesting with rather accurate descriptions of psychics & phenomenon.

I liked the characters and the author's honesty when explaining the accuracy& abilities of psychics, mediums & other para-normal practitioners. ( )

The past is running to catch up and overpower P.I. McKenzie when a man he killed 20 years ago appears to be after him again. Yes…I said “killed”. Meet psychic Hannah Braaten…a double threat since she can not only see the dead she can hear and speak with them also. During a reading Hannah encounters Leland Hayes…the man that McKenzie killed who wants the $6000.00 that he died for 22 years ago and now he sees no reason that his son shouldn’t be able to get it for him. Obviously that he is dead comes as a big surprise to him. It was a fairly good read but not as good as some of the others in this series. This surprised me since everyone knows how I feel about ghost stories. I found the dialog to be rather stilted and there just wasn’t enough twists to raise it to a 5 star rating. ( )

From the Grave is the seventeenth mystery in the detective series featuring Twin Cities detective Mac McKenzie. It all starts when a friend of Mac’s goes to a psychic reading and a malevolent ghost shows up and promises the secret of a hidden treasure in exchange for murdering Mac.

So Mac begins to investigate and in the course of the investigation, he encounters four good friends, three bad guys, two psychics, and a ghost in a haunted house.

From the Grave is interesting. The mystery itself is fair. I like the characters and always have. However, I did not see Mac McKenzie becoming a ghost hunter. I guess I like my detectives to stay in their lane and he just took an off-ramp.

That does not mean I am not eagerly awaiting book number eighteen

I received an e-galley of From the Grave from the publisher through NetGalley.

From the Grave at St. Martin’s Press | Macmillan

David Housewright author site

https://tonstantweaderreviews.wordpress.com/2020/07/13/9781250212184/ ( )

ex-cop, Minnesota, psychics, psychological****

I felt quite lost for almost half of the book. Guess some series are hard to start with book 17, even if it is in the Twin Cities. Early in his career as a cop, Mac was in a position where he killed a bank robber and the accomplice, who was also his son, was sent to Federal prison. No cop ever fully recovers from such a thing, but after all these years it seems that the dead man wants Mac dead before he will reveal to his son where the loot was stashed. This is attested to by two separate psychic mediums. Interesting premise and Mac's personal life is craftily woven through it. Interesting read.
I requested and received a free ebook copy from St. Martin's Press via NetGalley. ( )