A Is for Alibi

by Sue Grafton
Category: "Fiction - Mystery"
Pages:209
Year of Publication:1982
Date Added:09/21/2021
Date Read:03/16/2023
Notes:Kinsey Millhone is hired by Nikki Fife to find out who killed her husband, Laurence, seven years before. Nikki was convicted of the murder and spent the seven years in prison. Kinsey finds out that Libby, a young girl who worked with Laurence was also killed a few weeks later by the same method—poison in medication. As Kinsey interviews people who knew Laurence, she meets his old business partner, Charlie, and has a fling with him. Eventually, Kinsey figures out that Laurence's first wife killed him, but who killed Libby. And then two of the people she talked to also are murdered. Eventually, Kinsey figures out that it was Charlie who killed Libby and the other two. It all ends with a chase on a beach at night and Kinsey has to kill Charlie.
My Rating: 5

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Review - A Is for Alibi

Well written, and it was easier to keep track of who was who than it is in many mystery novels. It's like the author said, "I'm going to write a hard-boiled detective series, except with a woman detective!" Fine. But she didn't make the detective likeable or the plot interesting. I doubt I'll be reading any more in the series.

Reviewed by Roger on 2023-03-16 21:07:41

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