"P" is for Peril

Kinsey Millhone encounters a double dose of danger while searching for new digs and uncovering the whereabouts of a missing doctor, possibly involved in welfare fraud. The story slugs along at first, until Kinsey hooks up with a deadly set of twins. Then, author Sue Grafton is back on her game. Judy Kaye so completely absorbs Kinsey's character that it becomes increasingly difficult to separate performance from persona. With her wisecracking observations, it's impossible to imagine anyone else as the streetwise sleuth. While Santa Theresa (AKA Santa Barbara) is Ross Macdonald territory, in her sixteenth Kinsey Millhone adventure, Grafton is no longer the new kid in town. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine