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Mystery · 2010 · PG

"B" is for Burglar

by Sue Grafton

A missing woman. A simple insurance case. Nothing simple about it.

B is for Burglar, from Sue Grafton's #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone Alphabet mystery series Beverly Danziger looked like an expensive, carefully wrapped package from a good but conservative shop. Only her compulsive chatter hinted at the nervousness beneath her cool surface. It was a nervousness out of all proportion to the problem she placed before Kinsey Millhone. There was an absent sister. A will to be settled--a matter of only a few thousand dollars. Mrs. Danziger did not look as if she needed a few thousand dollars. And she didn't seem like someone longing for a family reu

For10+GenreMysteryLength230 pagesRead time~6 hours

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Violence

Some

Crime violence; moderate private eye intensity

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

Social drinking

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Mild themes of deception and the unreliability of appearances

What this book is about

Kinsey Millhone is hired to find a woman who has simply vanished — her apartment in order, her mail uncollected. Grafton's second alphabet mystery establishes the formula that carried the series for decades: a relatable first-person voice, satisfying procedural detail, and a genuinely surprising resolution.

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