Crimes of Design: A Patrick MacKenna Mystery
Peter H. Green
- To
- save
- his
- beleaguered
- city,
- his
- career,
- his
- family
- and
- his
- very
- life,
Patrick
- MacKenna
- must
- confront
- a
- ruthless
- saboteur
- and
- killerWhen
- architect
- and
- city
- planner
- Patrick
- MacKenna
- discovers
- the
- body
- of
- the
- city
- manager,
- his
- staunchest
- advocate,
- in
- the
- controversial
- new
- city-within-the
- city
- he
- has
- planned
- in
- the
- protected
- floodplain
- of
- the
- Missouri
- River,
- within
- hours
- he’s
- a
- murder
- suspect.
- He
- must
- help
- solve
- the
- crime
- to
- clear
- his
- name.
- But
- his
- judgment
- is
- clouded
- by
- his
- lingering
- guilt
- over
- the
- death
- of
- his
- wife
- in
- an
- accident
- during
- a
- Christmas
- Eve
- ice
- storm,
- blinding
- him
- to
- the
- solution
- of
- the
- case.As
- attacks
- against
- the
- infrastructure
- increase,
- Patrick,
- a
- widower
- with
- an
- eye
- for
- beautiful
- women
- and
- fine
- old
- things,
- must
- outwit
- the
- law
- and
- navigate
- a
- nether
- world
- of
- unseen
- actors,
- questionable
- protectors
- of
- the
- public
- trust.
- He
- is
- aided
- by
- dedicated,
- sexy
- FBI
- Agent
- Bobbi
- Romano
- and
- Meg
- Stewart,
- the
- developer’s
- project
- manager,
- who
- must
- overcome
- her
- own
- troubled
- past
- to
- help
- solve
- the
- mystery
- and
- win
- his
- heart.
- When
- Patrick
- suspects
- that
- the
- plot’s
- masterminds
- are
- people
- he
- once
- trusted,
- he
- learns
- the
- greatest
- threat
- to
- the
- built
- infrastructure
- is
- not
- nature,
- but
- man
- himself.PRAISE
- FOR
- CRIMES
- OF
- DESIGNPeter
- Green’s
- Crimes
- of
- Design—a
- "flood-plain
- noir"
- mystery—weaves
- a
- complex
- tale
- of
- murder,
- eco-terrorism,
- love,
- lust
- and
- betrayal…
- Set
- in
- St.
- Louis
- at
- the
- confluence
- of
- the
- great
- Mississippi
- and
- Missouri
- rivers,
- the
- novel
- dredges
- up
- fascinating
- facts
- about
- the
- rivers'
- pivotal
- roles
- in
- Midwestern
- Americana—
- wetlands
- law,
- floods,
- barge
- traffic,
- levees,
- locks,
- pumping
- stations,
- agricultural
- commodities
- trading,
- corn
- futures,
- and
- how
- they
- all
- interrelate.
- —Rick
- Skwiot,
- Hemingway
- First
- Novel
- Award-winner
- and
- author
- of
- FAILPolitics,
- murder,
- and
- the
- river.
- Green
- knows
- St.
- Louis,
- all
- right.
- Crimes
- of
- Design
- is
- a
- tightly
- plotted
- and
- told
- urban
- mystery
- featuring
- plenty
- of
- action
- and
- twists
- and
- turns.
- Who
- knew
- living
- in
- St.
- Louis
- was
- such
- an
- adventure?
—John
- Lutz,
- Edgar-
- and
- Shamus-Award-winning
- Author
- of
- Serial.Peter
- Green’s
- latest
- techno-thriller
- Crimes
- of
- Design
- weaves
- a
- tale
- of
- murder,
- intrigue,
- romance
- and
- suspense
- …
- The
- geographical
- terrain,
- the
- history
- of
- the
- Midwest
- and
- his
- extensive
- knowledge
- of
- the
- inner
- workings
- of
- the
- federal
- government
- contracting
- system,
- the
- private
- construction
- business
- and
- the
- United
- States
- Army
- Corps
- of
- Engineers…
- achieves
- the
- right
- mixture
- of
- everyday
- life,
- mystery
- and
- technical
- detail.
—Colonel
- (Ret)
- Michael
- R.
- Morrow,
- Former
- District
- Engineer,
- St
- Louis
- District,
- U.
- S.
- Army
- Corps
- of
- Engineers,
- Author
- of
- Kuwait
- Journal,
- an
- illustrated
- diary
- from
- the
- first
- Gulf War.
