While private detective and former cop Kinsey Millhone ("D" Is for Deadbeat) is investigating a possible case of industrial arson involving a company owned by the family of a former schoolmate, someone tries to make it look as if she's on the take. A mysterious $5000 appears in her bank account. She sets out to clear herself, while two or possibly more cases of murder occur, including one by bombing. A Christmas spent alone and the reappearance of her second ex-husband, Daniel, who had deserted her, add to Kinsey's depression. Grafton has an accurate, wicked eye for California lifestyle and wise-cracking Kinsey is an appealing, nonhackneyed female detective. Particularly illuminating are the descriptions of document searches, which make up much of real detective work today. This fifth entry in the series, however, is not quite up to the standards of its predecessors because the motivation for the crimes seems weak. That caveat notwithstanding, readers will be glad that further letters of the alphabet await Grafton's imagination

Thank you so much for the suprise book in the mail! I'm anxious to read this book as I am loving this series! And I like reading the series in order, so this great! Thanks again!!

I would have to agree that this may not be the best book so far in the series but it was an enjoyable read nonetheless! I will continuing the series!

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I enjoyed this book a lot and hope someone else will as well!

My Women's Fiction Bookbox arrived home after it's North American journey, and this was tucked inside...

Not sure if this fits the box criteria of -No books from a series unless it is the first of a series- but hopefully it is a stand alone.

Going on mount TBR.

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setting it free!