L Is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
by Sue Grafton
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Author: Sue GraftonEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-07-31
ISBN: 0449221490
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Reviews of L Is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
Book Review: The funniest
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the most light-hearted of the series. In fact there isn't a murder until - but I mustn't tell. Kinsey's long-lost cousin Tasha makes contact at the beginning and Kinsey chokes her off and says she has no need of family. but then at the end - well I mustn't tell that either.The mystery begins with a search for burial fund entitlement for a WW2 veterans whose records have disappeared. Kinsey gets involved with a family of criminals and finds herself half-wishing to be part of them.
It's interesting to note how Grafton solves the problem of the voice of the first person character. Sometimes Kinnsey Milhone uses a very conversational tone with colloquial phrases and words like "nifty" and "wow." At other times she seamlessly steps back into narrative mode with wonderful descriptions such as:
"The grass was still alive but all the deciduous trees had dropped their leaves. The barren branches created a gray haze as far as the eye could see," which is pretty fancy prose for a Santa Barbara High School dropout.
Summary of L Is for Lawless (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
"THIS IS ONE OF GRAFTON'S MOST FUN-TO-READ BOOKS. . . . One of [Kinsey Millhone's] wildest adventures yet."--San Francisco Examiner
When Kinsey Millhone agrees to do a favor for Henry Pitts, her lovable octogenarian landlord, she literally gets taken for the ride of her life. The family of a recently deceased WWII veteran wants her to find out why the military has no record of his service. All Kinsey has to do, she thinks, is cut through some government red tape. But when the dead man's house is ransacked and his old army buddy is beaten up, she quickly realizes he was not all he seemed. Before long Kinsey is trailing crooks halfway across the country, impersonating a hotel maid, tangling with a baseball bat-wielding grandmother, and running from one very dangerous character. With her money almost gone and her nerves frayed, Kinsey's got to solve a decades-old crime and make it back home in time for Henry's wedding . . . if she can make it back at all. . . .
Both new readers and old fans will welcome this 12th Kinsey Milhone adventure in the "A" is for Alibi series by Sue Grafton. In this case, Kinsey agrees to do a favor for a friend of a friend and gets herself into so much trouble that she promises at the outset never to do such a thing again without careful consideration.
Henry Pitt, her longtime landlord asks her to help a fellow neighbor find evidence that his grandfather served in the military during the Second World War. With such proof, the man can be decently buried, courtesy of the U.S. government. It seems such a simple thing, but with Kinsey, it rarely is. Before long she finds herself entangled with an eccentric and quarrelsome family as well as a long lost buddy who has turned up just in time to get himself beaten up in a robbery attempt of the alleged veteran's apartment. It seems there is a reason the Armed Services have no record of the dead man's service. Kinsey sets out to determine what he might have been doing instead of fighting against the Japanese and why someone might think his shabby apartment worth a burgle.
Typical of the series, the mystery is not the central point of the story, but rather a starting point for Kinsey to become embroiled in a suspenseful (and delightful) search-and-rescue operation, usually against her better judgement. In this case, a gun-toting, arthritic octogenarian and revelations of the inner workings of bargain-rate motels are all part of the adventure. This is an easy and enjoyable read, and a solid addition to Grafton's string of alphabetical hits. --K.A. Crouch
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