Book Review: A Is For Alibi

After tackling the moster that was War and Peace, I decided to start a somewhat easier to read series - the alphabet series by Sue Grafton. Each of the books starts with a letter... so the first was "A Is For Alibi".

Synopsis: (from Amazon)

A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments, she’s got a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes.

 

Eight years ago, Nikki Fife was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she’s out on parole and needs Kinsey’s help to find the real killer.

 

If there's one thing that makes Kinsey feel alive, it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse, more suspects, and a new reason to kill, Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer—and sharper—than she imagined.

I really liked this book. Kinsey is a really likeable character and I think Sue Grafton does a good job of portraying what a private detective's life would really be like. Grafton's style of writing draws you in and this book became the book that I started reading with the intention of reading just a few pages and then realized it was an hour later.

 

So far, I'm really enjoying this series and fully intend to read all of the books. I think she's made it through U or V now, so I've got a lot of reading ahead of me! I really like when a series gets you hooked on a character and you're eager to see what sort of trouble they can get into next! "B Is For Burgler", here I come!