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by Margaret Wold
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by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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"B" IS FOR BURGLAR (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
by Sue Grafton
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Bantam (1986-09-01)
ISBN: 0553260618
EAN: 9780553260618
Mass Market Paperback
Release Date: 1986-09-01
SKU: mon0000008345
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
A wealthy woman needs to find her sister to settle a will. It looks routine... boring. Still, business is slow and even a private investigator has bills to pay, so Kinsey Millhone takes the case. But this is not routine and the deeper Kinsey digs the trickier things get. The client tries to call Kinsey off, an accusing husband surfaces and a double murder turns the case sinister. Kinsey feels adrift in a fog of distortion, where nothing -- except danger -- is quite what it seems. "Unconventional, unsentimental, Millhone's a fine addition to the ranks of fictional private eyes." (The Houston Chronicle) "B" IS FOR BURGLAR is the second in the series which began with "A" IS FOR ALIBI.
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Customer Reviews
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Another Winner for Grafton
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-05-16
This book was hard to put down once I started reading it. The characters are well developed and the depth of description of locales is amazing. Having visited Santa Barbara, I can almost see the places that Kinsey speaks of when speaking of "Santa Teresa". Very enjoyable reading.
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Burglar On The Loose
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-05-03
It should be an easy case for Kinsey to find the flashy widow. She disappeared on her way to Florida. However the more Kinsey looks into the case the more complicated it becomes. Grafton winds you around the country and through the plot until that last paragraph. It is a fun mystery to read. By Ruth Thompson author of "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez Above The River'
Writing as a Small BusinessQualifying Laps: A Brewster County NovelSins of the Fathers: A Brewster County NovelTravelersThe Bluegrass Dream: A Wilderness Adventure of Early SettlersNatchez Above The River: A Family's Survival In The Civil War
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"B " is for Burglar
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-04-28
Another exciting book by Sue Grafton. This ending really surprised me. She gives you just enough information on each character that I'm constantly trying to guess who the bad guy/woman is. Kinsey is my hero!
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B is not for boring
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-02-24
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Sue Grafton's second Kinsey Milhone book is a terrific mystery. Kinsey is hired by Beverly Danzinger to find her sister, a wealthy widow named Elaine Boldt. Beverly assumes that Elaine will show up at any time; after all, Elaine splits her time between residences in Santa Teresa, California (Kinsey's hometown) and Boca Raton, Florida, and could just be on vacation somewhere. Kinsey, though, begins to understand that what seemed like a routine case will be more challenging than she first thought. After tracking down Elaine's luggage, Kinsey realizes that she needs to work quickly to solve this mystery.
"B is for Burglar" is a well-plotted but straight-forward mystery novel. Published in 1985, the book uses a no-fuss, old-fashioned approach - no CSI-style flash here. That's the appeal of this series, though. Kinsey is fleshed out more here than in the first novel ("A is for Alibi"), and we get some intriguing supporting characters. I just recently started reading Grafton's Alphabet Mystery Series, beginning with "A is for Alibi;" so I cannot compare "B is for Burglar" to the later entries. However, I can say that the novel is most definitely strong enough to make me want to read the next entry.
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Good read!
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-12-25
Nice series for anyone that wants a decent mystery series to read at work or during down times.
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