B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, No. 2)

B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, No. 2)
by Sue Grafton

B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, No. 2)
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Author: Sue Grafton
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-29
ISBN: 0312939000
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

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Book Review: B is for Burglar is the second in the alphabet murder mysteries featuring P.I. Kinsey Millhone
Summary: 5 Stars

B is for Burglar is the second in the alphabet murder mysteries featuring PI Kinsey Millhone. Kinsey is in her 30s, twice divorced and living in a small garage apartment. She is an intrepid investigator who proves that women gumshoes can be every bit as interesting as such male detectives as Phillip Marlow or Sam Spade!
The Plot of B is for Burglar: Kinsey lives in the fictional California town of Santa Teresa located about 90 miles north of Los Angeles. She is called on by a woman named Beverly Danzinger. Beverly says her sister Elaine Boldt's signature is needed on a will. Elaine is missing. It is presumed she is on a winter jaunt to Florida but has not been heard of for months. Kinsey is paid to find her. A woman living next door to Elaine named Mary Grice was found dead in her home following a fire. Mary had been murdered with a blunt object.
The book is good because:
a. The characters interviewed by Kinsey are interesting fictional figments of Grafton's imagination
b. There are not too many characters to try and keep straight in your sleuthing mind.
c. Grafton excells in witty similies and metaphors a la Raymond Chandler.
d. Kinsey is an eccentric person who drives an old Volkswagen, dines at Rosie's restaurant and is fond of her 80 year old plus landlord Henry Pitts. She loves to jog; enjoys junk food and is wary of romantic commitments.
The novel may be read in a few hours but it increases your appetite for more Grafton fiction. Her books are like munching potato chips: no one can partake of only one and stop!

Summary of B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, No. 2)

Although business has been slow lately for P.I. Kinsey Millhone, she's reluctant to take on the case of locating Beverly Danziger's sister Elaine Boldt. It's a small matter that Beverly should be able to handle herself. So why is she enlisting Kinsey's services? Beverly claims she needs Elaine's signature on some documents so that she can collect a small inheritance. But the whole affair doesn't sit well with Kinsey. And if there's something she's learned in her line of work, it's to always follow your instincts?

Kinsey's hunch proves true when she begins her inquiries into Elaine's whereabouts and discovers that the attractive widow was last seen in a flashy lynx coat boarding a plane for Boca Raton. But the more Kinsey searches for Elaine the more questions she encounters. Is Elaine's disappearance tied in to the brutal murder several months ago of one of her bridge partners? And what happened to Elaine's Persian cat who seems to have also vanished?

Things take a turn for the worse when a stranger vandalizes the home of one of Elaine's neighbors and another neighbor turns up murdered. With her reputation and career on the line, Kinsey risks all to find a missing woman and a killer who's waiting in the shadows to strike again?

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