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It wasn’t my favourite Kinsey Millhone mystery, but I still incorrectly guessed the villain-of-the-piece. The surprise at the end caught me offguard!

RELEASE NOTES:

To be released amongst a pile of other books on the BCUK Table

Taken from the Unconvention, though I have A in Mt TBR, so this may take a while to get to!

Traded with evelyn-r for a Ken McClure book for my neighbour. Will post out when read.

Fabulous, Kinsey Millhone gets better & better & I love these books :) I've been reading them in order, but haven't read F or H.

Taken from amazon.co.uk:

“I is for Innocent” finds our beloved heroine Kinsey Millhone in something of a pickle. Recently fired from her steady job with California Fidelity so not only without work but without an office she’s back doing piece work for lawyer Lonnie Klingsman.

The current case Lonnie wants her to investigate is one concerning a murder that occurred over 6 years ago, that of Isabella Barney who was shot through the peephole in her front door. Rather unfortunately Lonnie regular private investigator, Morely Shine has just dropped dead from a heart attack which is why the work has landed on Kinsey’s desk.

This is a real traditional detective story with Kinsey having to trail back and forth across various locations in Santa Teresa, interviewing all manner of people and asking them for their recollections of what happens all those years ago. Only Kinsey could possibly piece together the various bits of the puzzle although as she delves deeper she finds that Morely was also on the same track and perhaps his death wasn’t the death by natural causes it at first appeared.

There’s a delightful start of a sub-plot concerning Kinsey’s landlord Henry Pitts’ brother William who has come to convalesce for a while. William who is well into his eighties strikes up a relationship with none other than Kinsey’s favourite restaurant owner, the indomitable Rosie. The book also sees a brief appearance of Kinsey’s one time lover, policeman Jonah Robb.

An excellent addition to the superb alphabet series.

PMed evelyn-r & she has bought all of the Grafton books now, so doesn't need this one, so it's available.

Taking to meet tomorrow.