“‘J’ is for Judgment,” by Sue Grafton

FM’s ratings:

1.      Premise 9

2.      Prose 9

3.      Plot 8

4.      Characters 8

5.      Overall 8

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Faking one’s death to collect half a million in insurance money is an obvious premise, but a good treatment of it is a treat.  Kinsey Millhone is a treat, always, and the other characters that come and go in this series are usually very good, but they are just a little stereotypical in this one.  The prose gives us a very convincing first person narrative by Millhone, which is always appreciated as well.  Having now read the first 10 in the series in order, I’m ready to skip around some.  (Mainly because I have some of the later ones in my stack already!)