Sue Grafton's A Is for Alibi marks the debut of Kinsey Millhone a 32 year old, twice divorced, former cop turned private detective living in Santa Teresa, California. After serving 8 years for the murder of her husband, Nikki Fife is finally free. Instead of simply moving on with her life, she hires Millhone to find the real murderer of her husband. Researching the case, Kinsey discovers that four days after the death of Laurence Fife, an accountant named Libby who handled his business was also murdered by oleander poisoning. As she investigates the possible connections between the two murders, one of her prime suspects is murdered and an attempt is made in her own life as well leaving Kinsey in a race to solve the case before she ends up dead as well.
I found the book to be an entertainingly straight forward P. I. story. Kinsey solves crime with hard work, basic intel gathering, establishing a timeline of events using index cards on a board, and a well developed instinct. I will definitely be continuing with this series. 5 stars.
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