Sunday, August 18, 2013

"D" is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton

Finished on 7/14.

Deadbeat is definitely a keyword in this one. A man who appears to be barely a step up from living on the street asks Kinsey to deliver a check to a young boy. It turns out that the boy was the only member of his family to survive a drunk driving accident. The check is from the drunk driver.

This is not one of her more upbeat stories.

She does manage an affair in this one - with a married cop whose wife makes a habit of disappearing periodically. Wifey returns before the end of the story and they are re-re-re-reconciled, so Kinsey loses again.

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