Synopsis: In “J” Is for Judgment Book By Sue Grafton – Five years after a wealthy embezzler was declared dead, Kinsey Millhone spots her very much alive — and unravels a case of insurance fraud, family secrets, and cold-blooded murder in the tenth installment of Sue Grafton’s bestselling Alphabet series.
Wendell Jaffe vanished off the coast of Mexico five years ago, presumed drowned after skipping town with millions in embezzled money.
His life insurance was paid out, his family moved on, and the case was closed — until Kinsey Millhone is hired to investigate a routine fraud claim and spots a man who looks exactly like Jaffe, very much alive, in a small Mexican resort town.
What starts as an insurance inquiry quickly spirals into something far more dangerous.
As Kinsey digs into Jaffe’s disappearance, she uncovers a tangle of family loyalty, buried secrets, and people with every reason to want the past to stay buried — including relatives who may have known the truth all along.
Grafton weaves procedural detail with sharp character work, letting Kinsey’s investigation peel back layer after layer of a case that was never as closed as everyone believed.
The tenth entry in the celebrated Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, “J” Is for Judgment finds Grafton at her most confident — balancing a twisting plot with the wit and grit that made Kinsey one of crime fiction’s most enduring investigators.
A must for readers who like their mysteries layered with real consequence.
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- Title: “J” Is for Judgment
- Author: Sue Grafton
- Series: Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries, Book 10
- Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
- Publication date: 1993
- Format: Hardcover (first edition)
- ISBN: 978-0-8050-1935-3
- Pages: 288 pages (first edition)
- Genre: Mystery / Detective fiction
- Condition: Very Good
- Availability: In Stock
- Price: KES450
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