Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Random House Audio (2007), Edition: Abridged
Description
Finding wealthy Elaine Boldt seems like a quickie case to Kinsey Millhone. The flashy widow was last seen wearing a $12,000 lynx coat, leaving her condo in Santa Teresa for her condo in Boca Raton. But somewhere in between, she vanished. Kinsey's case goes from puzzling to sinister when a house is torched, an apartment is burgled of worthless papers, the lynx coat comes back without Elaine, and her bridge partner is found dead. Soon Kinsey's clues begin to form a capital M -- not for missing, but for murder: and plenty of it. Winner of the 1985 Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award and the 1985 Anthony Award for Best Novel. From the Paperback edition.
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B is for Burglar is very easy to figure out but the ride is still enjoyable as watch Kinsey solve the case. I don’t feel like the author hid anything from the readers and that we had just as much information as Kinsey. I don’t like books where I feel the main character has more information than
I liked this case better than the case in A is for Alibi because you got to see just how curious Kinsey can be and get a feel for way of thinking and problem solving. She becomes distracted by a side case but doesn’t let her stop her from doing the job she is hired to do. In the book, you also see Kinsey working for someone who she may not like but understands the need to find the answer whether the client wants her to or not.
I love the portrayal of senior adults in the book. Sue Grafton makes them exceptionally diverse. They are energetic, intelligent, complicated, greedy, sexual, courageous and so much more.
I don’t know if I can listen to another book narrated by Judy Kaye because in my mind there is no other voice for Kinsey. Her other characters are well done but there is something about her Kinsey that makes the character real.
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the reader. I like it when the reader has just as good of a chance to crack the case as the detective does. B is Burglar is that book and you can really see the wheels in Kinsey’s mind turn. I liked this case better than the case in A is for Alibi because you got to see just how curious Kinsey can be and get a feel for way of thinking and problem solving. She becomes distracted by a side case but doesn’t let her stop her from doing the job she is hired to do. In the book, you also see Kinsey working for someone who she may not like but understands the need to find the answer whether the client wants her to or not.
I love the portrayal of senior adults in the book. Sue Grafton makes them exceptionally diverse. They are energetic, intelligent, complicated, greedy, sexual, courageous and so much more.
I don’t know if I can listen to another book narrated by Judy Kaye because in my mind there is no other voice for Kinsey. Her other characters are well done but there is something about her Kinsey that makes the character real.
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0739357352 / 9780739357354