Elk River Books presents a book launch event for Twisted Greed, the latest in the Brian & Darcy McKay mystery series by Livingston author Robert D. Hughes on Thursday, Sept. 5.
Following the first two books in the series, Bone Mountain and Dirty Money, the new novel opens with the murder of an elite real estate developer in Montana’s Yellowstone country. Nearby, the ex-wife of a Chicago billionaire is abducted from her cabin on his massive bison ranch, and a T. rex skull is stolen from a dinosaur museum on the same ranch. Brian McKay, ex-FBI agent, now private investigator, is thrust into solving the crimes with the capable help of his niece, Darcy, a graduate student at Montana State University. The McKays fight for survival as they go up against a disgraced former financial executive, a pair of bent and vicious brothers, a corrupt governor, a quirky consultant with a hidden agenda, and a blood-curdling logging machine in attack mode.
Television producer, writer and novelist Elwood Reid called Bone Mountain, “a hella fast-paced high plains thriller.”
Hughes is a novelist as well as author of short stories and magazine feature articles, publishing regularly in print and online since 1992. As a financial executive in Chicago, he investigated white-collar crime, bringing several embezzlers to justice. An active member of the Mystery Writers of America, he’s happily called Livingston home for 25 years.
Elk River Books is located at 122 S. 2nd St. in downtown Livingston. The free event begins at 7 p.m., and a book signing and reception will follow.
