C is for Corpse

In Sue Grafton's C is for Corpse, the third installment in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, this caper has some twists and turns with a shocking ending. When Kinsey met Bobby Callahan at the gym to do rehab for her wrist, he hired her to work on the case. Other than he's rich, he's been injured in a near-fatal car crash and believes someone's after him. She agrees to sign on and learns more about Bobby's life, including knowing the people he worked with, friends, and family. And thing aren't what he seems, when his half-sister's an anorexic and binges on drugs and alcohol, wasting away her life. As she digs deeper into his life, she also deals with an issue with her neighbors as this woman named Lila Sams came into the scene. She becomes suspicious of her and what she's up to and snoops around into her background. At the same time, Kinsey learns that Bobby died in a car accident. While she finishes what she started for her late client, she stumbles onto some hard-core truth on what he's been up to and who wanted to do him in. In the end, she had nipped two complicated cases in the double-edged bud with a shocking climax.

This was a gripping novel from start to finish. It had given me goosebumps right to the ending. I did care for Kinsey and how she dealt with two troubling ordeals. I did feel bad for Bobby and what he had been through, right before he died. I'm so glad that Kitty had changed her life around in the end and tried to get better healthy-wise. I also thought Lila Sams had what was coming to her. I did love the St.Theresa's scenic locations and compelling settings from the hospital and around the town. This would make you shake your head, grimace and groan and gasp a few times. It has non-stop action, drama, suspense, and plenty of twisted turns in this mystery.

Will you be there to join Kinsey in C is for Corpse?