He called himself Alvin Limardo, and according to him, he had a simple job for Kinsey: locate some fifteen-year-old who’d done him a favor once and pass on a check for $25,000. But then the $400 check for his retainer bounced. And that’s when Kinsey discovered his name was actually John Daggett; ex-con, iInveterate liar, chronic drunk, and before Kinsey can find him and either get her retainer or (more her preference) give the check back and wash her hands of the whole business, dead. […]
“There are laws for everything except the harm families do.”
“D” is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (#4) by Sue Grafton
