Background
Published in 1986, “C” is for Corpse is the third installment of Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Series. The protagonist is Kinsey Millhone. A no nonsense private investigator who solves crimes while only occasionally bending the rules.
The story starts with Kinsey being hired to investigate a young man being run off the road. She takes the case and afterwards finds out he has a ton of money. Kinsey has to hob nob with high society while she tries to track down who would want to do him harm. Just as she thinks she is getting a handle on the case, her employer dies. Should she continue to work for a dead man to get to the truth?
My Thoughts
Another good novel by Sue Grafton. As always, I enjoyed the 80s references and was saddened that drugs were such an issue even back then. Of course, it was all about cocaine, marijuana Valium and Quaaludes. There were some fun twists and turns in the story and I really didn’t see a lot of it coming.
Recommendation
A good book but I wouldn’t recommend it for the under teenage crowd.