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A review by mjocarl
D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
D is for Deadbeat is the 4th book/case in the Kinsey Millhone (Alphabet Series) by Sue Grafton.
Sometimes – Kinsey just doesn’t know when to walk away..
In this case; our PI located in California, Kinsey, is tasked to deliver a $25,000 check on behalf of her client, John Daggett aka Alvin Limardo. The FMC tracked down the recipient only to find out he is a teenager. However, a job is a job. Once Kinsey makes the delivery, she turns around to cash the check for her services from John and it bounces - then shortly after he winds up dead. Does Kinsey stop there and cut her losses? After all, all she had to do was make a delivery.
The answer is no, Kinsey never stops at an opportunity to solve a mystery!
Kinsey is then hired by John’s daughter, Barbara Daggett, to find the murderer. Suspects are plentiful, and all the families interviewed have their own sad story - but the way this one ends… Kinsey (& I) will be thinking about this for a while.
“Some debts of the human soul are so enormous, only life itself is sufficient forfeit.”
Sometimes – Kinsey just doesn’t know when to walk away..
In this case; our PI located in California, Kinsey, is tasked to deliver a $25,000 check on behalf of her client, John Daggett aka Alvin Limardo. The FMC tracked down the recipient only to find out he is a teenager. However, a job is a job. Once Kinsey makes the delivery, she turns around to cash the check for her services from John and it bounces - then shortly after he winds up dead. Does Kinsey stop there and cut her losses? After all, all she had to do was make a delivery.
The answer is no, Kinsey never stops at an opportunity to solve a mystery!
Kinsey is then hired by John’s daughter, Barbara Daggett, to find the murderer. Suspects are plentiful, and all the families interviewed have their own sad story - but the way this one ends… Kinsey (& I) will be thinking about this for a while.
“Some debts of the human soul are so enormous, only life itself is sufficient forfeit.”