"D" is for deadbeat : a Kinsey Millhone mystery
(Book)

"When Alvin Limardo walks into PI Kinsey Millhone's office, Kinsey smells bad news. Limardo wants Kinsey to deliver $25,000. The recipient: a fifteen-year-old boy. It's a simple matter. So simple that Kinsey wonders why Limardo doesn't deliver the money himself. She's almost certain something is off. But with the rent due, Kinsey accepts Limardo's retainer against her better judgement. When Limardo's check bounces, Kinsey discovers she's been had big time. Alvin Limardo is reallyJohn 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 Daggett's corpse shows up floating in the Santa Teresa surf, the cops rule the death an accident. Kinsey thinks it's 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 waits for her at the end of the road is much more disturbing than she ever could've imagined"--,Page 4 of cover.