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A review by kricketa
J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
3.0
in which kinsey visits mexico on the lookout for wendell jaffe, a ponzi schemer who staged his own suicide before leaving the country.
the thing that struck me yet again is that, for a self-alleged misanthrope, kinsey is really good at getting people to talk to her and trust her. she's constantly showing up unannounced at people's homes demanding information and they all invite her in for coffee and a chat, and allow her to come back even after she pisses them off. i know that this stuff makes the investigations work in the plot (dialogue with people face to face is much more interesting that reading transcripts of phone calls), but it's not that realistic.
not that i'm reading these because they're realistic or anything.
the thing that struck me yet again is that, for a self-alleged misanthrope, kinsey is really good at getting people to talk to her and trust her. she's constantly showing up unannounced at people's homes demanding information and they all invite her in for coffee and a chat, and allow her to come back even after she pisses them off. i know that this stuff makes the investigations work in the plot (dialogue with people face to face is much more interesting that reading transcripts of phone calls), but it's not that realistic.
not that i'm reading these because they're realistic or anything.