“O” Is For Outlaw”   By Sue Grafton

                           A P.I. Kinsey Millhone Mystery

 

2011 Book Review #82

            Library Journal Review

  

An unopened letter discovered in an abandoned storage locker is delivered, 15 years late, to P.I. Kinsey Millhone. It provides a possible alibi for Kinsey's first husband, Mickey Magruder, a cop who was accused of beating a man to death.

The accusation ended Kinsey's marriage, and now guilt pangs lead her to reexamine her judgment of Mickey. When Mickey is shot with Kinsey's gun, Kinsey is only one step ahead of the police as she tries to solve the shooting and the crime attributed to Mickey.

Kinsey's search for the killers takes her back to the 1960s and the Vietnam era as she unearths secrets that may exonerate Mickey but, cost her life. In Grafton's latest of the series (after N Is for Noose), Kinsey is sassier than ever, the supporting characters are amusingly eccentric, and the mysteries, both past and present, are intriguing. Grafton's fans will love this one.

My Thoughts:  I love this series of books by Sue Grafton.  In this one there is a special reference for me and anyone else from Louisville, KY.

Kinsey lives and works in California, but…in this book…clues cause her to travel to Louisville.  She contacts the Librarian at Louisville Male High School, (my alma mater), and asks to see a copy of the 1961 ‘Bulldog’.  (My copy is from 1960 and is the Senior Year Book!)  Loved it!