B is for Burglar

by Sue Grafton

Audiobook

Published Oct. 18, 2005 by Random House Audio.

ISBN:: 978-1-4159-3012-0
Audible ASIN:: B002V8KPTA

A wealthy woman needs to find her sister to settle a will. It looks routine... boring. Still, business is slow and even a private investigator has bills to pay, so Kinsey Millhone takes the case.

But this is not routine and the deeper Kinsey digs the trickier things get. The client tries to call Kinsey off, an accusing husband surfaces and a double murder turns the case sinister. Kinsey feels adrift in a fog of distortion, where nothing - except danger - is quite what it seems.

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Molly Foust reviewed B Is for Burglar by Sue Grafton

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3 stars

This series is turning out to be like a light, cold beer on a hot day, or a cup of diner coffee. Profound? no. Creative, original, genius? No. Formulaic? Yes. But Kinsey is a likable character, the plot was tight and well constructed, and I was kind of surprised at the ending. Grafton is a master craftswoman. So even if she ploddingly describes the physical features of every character we encounter, all of whom are mostly one dimensional and expedient to the plot.

unicorndeburgh reviewed B Is for Burglar by Sue Grafton

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No rating

This follows the standard Grafton formula, and I quite like the standard formula so that's all right. This one was published in 1985, and it's fun to see what's changed, and what hasn't. The teenager with the pink mohawk could fit in now -- amazing how the mohawk has endured. The modest house for $115,000 in Santa Barbara, California -- not so much. One nice change is that most of the characters smoke, and that's not the case today.