Publisher's Synopsis
"Grafton as usual creates believable and enduring characters and a strong sense of place in her town of Santa Teresa." Publishers Weekly Everybody's favourite female PI is back - and she's about to uncover more than she bargained for... Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Kinsey is soon fighting to prevent Reba Lafferty from breaking the conditions of her parole. As she finds herself befriending the ex-gambler, ex-alcoholoc and ex-con, Kinsey discovers that Reba had taken the fall for her boss, and lover, when he conducted a highly-crafted money laundering scam. Alan Beckwith has so far escaped the clutches of the FBI. When Kinsey is asked to persuade Reba to unveil crucial evidence guaranteed to put Beckwith behind bars, she doesn't expect co-operation. But Reba is suddenly all too eager to do everything she can to ruin him. Embroiled in a cunning challenge of wits, Kinsey must try to control the bitter, angry Reba as she launches her dangerous revenge...
