D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone Mystery)

When Alvin Limardo walks into P.I. Kinsey Millhones office, she smells bad news. He wants Kinsey to deliver $25,000. The recipient: A fifteen-year-old boy. Its a simple matter. So simple that Kinsey wonders why he doesnt deliver the money himself. Shes almost certain something is off. But with rent due, Kinsey accepts Limardos retainer against her better judgment…When Limardos check bounces, Kinsey discovers shes been had big time. Alvin Limardo is really John Daggett-an ex-con with a drinking problem, two wives to boot, and a slew of people who would like to see him dead. Now Kinsey is out four hundred dollars and in hot pursuit of Daggett.

When Daggetts corpse shows up floating in the Santa Teresa surf, the cops rule the death an accident. Kinsey thinks its murder. But seeking justice for a man who everyone seemed to despise is going to be a lot tougher than she bargained for-and what awaits her at the end of the road is much more disturbing than she couldve ever imagined…