A is for Alibi by Sue GraftonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Robicheaux has retired and Ballybucklebo is in my review mirror so it is time to start a new series. Kinsey Millhone it is and I like her alot. A former cop, twice divorced at 32!!. and living in what could pass for a closet, Kinsey is a cool cucumber who doesn't seem to need anyone or anything. That is,until she meets the handsome former partner of a deceased divorce attorney. That guy was murdered by his wife or so it would seem--she was tried and convicted and just got out of prison. She always said she didn't do it and now, money being no object, she's just handed Kinsey $5000 to prove her innocence. But more than that--she wants to know who did kill him.
Fast paced, lots of road running from Santa Teresa. LA and Vegas--the case takes her looking for clues in logical places: first wife, kids, former mistresses, among others. All of them characters with personality and attitude--some you like, some you don't but all seem real and several kind of suspicious. Good ending, too--unexpected--a bit sad.
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