In the beginning, we meet a gambler whose fate is sealed when he fails to pay back some loan sharks.
Next, we see Kinsey Millhone again, talking about how, on her 38th birthday, she met up with a punch in the face and a broken nose. Over the next spell-binding pages of this captivating story, we come to know a lot more about the events leading up to that fist in Kinsey’s face.
Like shoplifters connected to a nefarious ring of gangsters; a woman’s apparent suicide; dirty cops; an unhappy wife; and a few more intriguing characters whose connections to one another gradually come to light.
I’ve been a big fan of all Grafton’s books, and especially enjoy Kinsey, with her quirks, like peanut butter and pickle sandwiches and her fondness for a neighborhood bar that offers very strange cuisine.
But mostly I love watching her work, and how, despite the 1980s style of detecting, she still manages to put the pieces together.
I loved V is for Vengeance (Kinsey Millhone Mystery), for which I’m giving five stars. I can’t wait for the next book.
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