Neighbor has fallen needs special care. His care is taken over by someone who is out to rob him blind as takes on the identity of someone else. Good read

(2007)Very good next in the alphabet for Grafton. Good story about a woman who hires on as a caregiver for an elderly neighbor and proceeds to bleed him dry of finances and resources while keeping him drugged. Kinsey Milhone comes to discover the scam but is up against a skilled con artist. (Bookmarks Magazine) Although Kinsey Millhone has been around for 25 years, critics agree that T Is for Trespass is one of Sue Grafton's finest works to date. About elder abuse and identity theft, among other crimes, the novel devotes pages to both Kinsey's and the villain's perspectives and thus becomes more of a battle of wits between the two women than a real mystery. As Kinsey decides when and how far to get involved in Gus's horrific plight, her other cases (a child molester is on the loose, for example) kept critics turning the pages. Reviewers also appreciated that Kinsey ages blissfully slowly¥since 1982, when A Is for Alibi was published, she has only gained five yearsÂ¥and thus remains in the Internet-free 1980s, where interpersonal relationships triumph. The ending put off a few critics, but otherwise this 20th installment thoroughly engrosses.

T is for Trespass is another great installment of the Alphabet series by Sue Grafton. Kinsey Millhone’s elderly neighbor is injured during a fall prompting her and her landlord, Henry, to offer assistance and engage the help of family members. Meanwhile, a sociopath is stealing the identity of Solana Rojas so that she can work private caregiving jobs and take advantage of the elderly. So, you can see where this part of the story is heading. There’s a lot of suspense between Kinsey and Solana as the two are equally determined to achieve their goal.

Grafton also keeps readers busy with Henry’s love life. He is still getting to know Charlotte, a prominent real estate agent. Their relationship encounters some serious barriers that question the longevity of their future. While Kinsey is trying to outsmart Solana, she continues to accept more private investigator jobs. She is hired by an insurance agency to investigate people involved in a car accident. She also accepts work serving an eviction notice for a property owner. Neither job proves to be as easy as one would imagine.

It seems like the books in the Alphabet series continue to get better and better as I work my way through.

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I really liked this one. The villain was terrific and unusual. I give her a lot of credit for building suspense in an unlikely mystery story. One of my favorites in this series in a while. ( )

I love Kinsey Millhone. But she's not everyone's cup of tea. I started reading the Alphabet series a few years ago - I think at the time it was up to O is for Outlaw. The idea of a mystery series each title beginning with a new letter amused me. I don't know why. I don't think it's particularly original. At least - I've seen a few others since. At the time though it was new to me and it just struck me as perfect. I flew through the series. Kinsey is riveting. She's brash and harsh and charming. She's fierce and flawed. She gets scared. She holds her own. She pushes herself to run often and tackles cases without judgement and with an open mind. Rosie and Henry are brilliant and I love the little family she builds around her.

But Kinsey Millhone isn't Jack Reacher - her speed is more Tracy Crosswhite. [book:My Sister's Grave|22341263] Her cases aren't full of action and high speed chases - they're slowly nitpicking away until something clicks into place. She writes down all her thoughts and places her facts and ideas on 3x5 index cards - which she often shuffles and rearranges to help her solve her case. And I love it. Kinsey Millhone is great - but she's not for everyone.

For some reason I've seen reviewers compare this to Stephanie Plum - I don't know why - this is absolutely NOTHING like that. Stephanie Plum is a very different character and an extremely different type of book. That's more fluff. Kinsey Millhone is more procedural mysteries. And this series isn't current - it was first published in the 80's - there's not really technology. Messages were relayed by calling the landlines. Paper files were still the main form of storage. Not everyone will enjoy reading this. But if you like your mysteries to be more like procedurals with a determined and fierce character - Kinsey Millhone is for you.



I hate this book. Not the writing - the writing is fine, mystery well plotted, etc - it's the content. Elder abuse particularly upsets me. I've known and been around many old people and it always angers me and saddens me when I see them taken advantage of by their children. Just because someone is old doesn't mean they shouldn't have the ability to make any decisions. Or that you shouldn't look after them to the best of your ability. People don't become worthless because they get old.

The abuse of Gus in this book horrifies me. The older I get, the more it horrifies me. Like Kinsey, I was deeply unsettled reading about Solana. The only redeeming part of this book is the fact that Tiny and Solana are dead by the end of it.



2.5 stars, rounded up to 3. And honestly I'm probably biased, most of the loss of stars are influenced by my sensitivity to the subject. ( )