B Is for Burglar (1985)

looking for missing woman

***This is a project of e-reading Grafton's series -- I started reading these back in the 1980s and would read each release as they came out over the years. To prevent spoilers, I will not attempt to summarize in detail. ***

The motive behind this whodunnit seemed contrived but yet I tore through this one. I forgot how catty (but vivid) Kinsey could be when describing people and their appearances— at least in the earlier books. I'll have to see if she tones down her observations in later books.

This series brings me back to a time and place I‘m very familiar with— California in the 1980s (and where I was living when first reading these). A time when DNA analysis didn‘t exist, and serial crimes were rampant. But hey the weather was usually great! ( )

Second in her series.Kinsey is hired to find the sister of her client. The client has vanished. This leads her to Boca Raton where a series of developments occur. ( )

Suspenseful. ( )

Kinsey is asked to locate Elaine Boldt so she may sign a legal document. Elaine had left for Florida to stay at her condo there but Kinsey soon learns she did not arrive there and there is a very strange woman living in her apartment. Then the case becomes more dangerous as the house of a friend of Elaine's is burned, another apartment burgled, Elaine's fur coat is lost then found plus more strange events including murder. This is another crackling mystery that pushes Kinsey to the edge including her own death. ( )