L Is for Lawless: A Kinsey Millhone Novel -- Sue Grafton

from SamSattler

"L Is for Lawless" is the first book in the series that I've read in over four years, and I was a little surprised at my reaction to it. I had forgotten how "tame" this series is in comparison to the harder-core mysteries that are so popular today. Despite and "F-bomb" thrown in every so often, t...

from TVNerd95

A better title for this book should be Kinsey and her misadventures with the Clampetts. Even though this book is one big Murphy's Law event for Kinsey, I still liked it. When main characters can't seem to catch a break in a book until the very end, I usually get very annoyed but not so with L is ...

from polywogg

BOTTOM-LINE: Okay story, not much of a case or mystery. . PLOT OR PREMISE: Henry asks Kinsey to help some neighbours file a benefits claim for a deceased vet...seems simple enough. . WHAT I LIKED: Kinsey tries to help out, and gets sucked into the mystery...was the vet really a vet? Who keeps bre...

from dbhutch

Kinsey finds herself in more trouble then usual in this installment of the series by Sue Grafton. What starts out as a simple favor for her landlord Henry, Kinsey ends up first in Dallas, Texas, then Louisville, Kentucky partially by choice, partially at gunpoint, with no money, clothes, etc. Sta...

from lamour

This might be the best Grafton I have read so far. In this case, Kinsey is asked by her landlord, Henry, to help a family of a recently deceased veteran get through the red tape and find what unit he served in during WW II so they can receive his survivor benefits. Things become suspicious when t...