Review: C is for Corpse

C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Getting used to the style of Sue Grafton. Liked this one. A young man who works out at Kinsey's gym approaches her and asks if she will investigate the accident that has left him scarred and disabled. The police do not believe that he was forced off the road by someone who wants him dead. There are marks on his totaled car indicating that some one did indeed hit it from behind and that he was forced off the road on purpose--but they do not believe it was anything more than a road rage situation rather than a planned homicidal act.

A few days later, the young man has an accident again, losing control of his car, hitting a tree and dying. This time, the police feel he was probably drunk and simply lost control of a speeding car. Kinsey feels obligated to delve into the man's background to determine if his first accident was an attempt to kill him. She follows many, many dead ends and never seems to get a handle on anything remotely conclusive, until she gets a break that leads to all kinds of information that will answer his question once and for all.

Interesting characters, situations and relationships that lead to an answer the title hinted at all along. Hmmm, will have to pay more attention to those alphabetical titles--are they all clues??

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