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Loading... B Is for Burglar (1985)by Sue Grafton
  
No current Talk conversations about this book.  polywogg | Feb 16, 2019 |  I enjoyed this book, even though I figured it out pretty early on. Kinsey is trying to come to grips with killing someone, even though it was self defense. Mainly she’s avoiding it. She gets a new case and throws herself into it. I’m not too sure why Jonah was brought into the story (  ) StarKnits | Feb 6, 2019 | I found this an entertaining murder mystery, and honestly did not figure out the whodunit part until the detective herself. Private investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired to locate Elaine Boldt, whose signature is needed on some papers for an inheritance. Elaine supposedly flew from California to Boca Raton for the winter but has disappeared without a trace. Living in Elaine's Florida apartment is a woman named Pat Usher, who claims to be subletting from Elaine. Meanwhile, by coincidence, back in California, a female neighbor of Elaine's (Marty Grice) died in a house fire a week before Elaine disappeared.  )1  danielx | Feb 3, 2019 | B is for Burgler by Sue Grafton; (2 1/2*); bk 2 I like our lady detective and love the relationship between her and her landlord. I also enjoy the rapport with the bar & grill owner, Rosie. But I found this missing person mystery to be rather convoluted and messy, or at least the telling of it to be. This series will have to improve a great deal within the next couple of books if I am going to continue with it. (  ) rainpebble | Apr 9, 2018 | I read this once before, so many years ago that I don't remember the exact date. But it's been a while and I didn't recall all the book details, so when I saw a copy for free in a book exchange location, I decided to read it again, knowing that I'd enjoyed the early Kinsey Millhone books. I did find some typos in this this edition, which surprised me. I don't remember noting those the last time I read the book, though honestly, I found I didn't remember much of the storyline. Kinsey takes on a missing persons case--I did wonder how the estate stuff that brought Beverly to Kinsey would end up being resolved if the person she was looking for turned up dead. That question was never answered, nor do we find out what happened with the Danzigers. ( ) JenniferRobb | Mar 9, 2018 | no reviews | add a review
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(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:20:15 -0400)
California private eye Kinsey Millhone takes on a case where nothing seems to add up--one apartment burgled of worthless papers, another mindlessly ransacked and destroyed, a house destroyed by arson, and a woman brutally slain.
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Stealing someone's identity is one thing, living their life is another
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PLOT OR PREMISE:
A sister hires Kinsey to find her estranged sister who seems to have gone missing
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WHAT I LIKED:
The plot is interesting, as it starts to shape up as quite the mystery. The missing sister, Elaine, supposedly flew to Florida but someone else is staying in her condo there. Everybody has opinions, but no facts as to her whereabouts. And there's a link to a burglary / homicide that occurred before she disappeared. Stolen identities, missing cats, firecracker old ladies, multiple clients and Jonah too?
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WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
A good portion of the novel is kind of muddy, with Kinsey blundering along, showing no real signs of any insight or deduction, just plodding along, with the mystery having to go at her pace too. None of the "drama" from the secondary characters tends to add any real intensity to the story, and many of the people just come off as lame.
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DISCLOSURE:
I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media. (