description B is for Burglar Overview
B Is for Burglar is a 1985 detective novel by Sue Grafton and the second installment in her alphabet series featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Hired to locate a woman needed for an inheritance matter, Millhone follows the missing person's trail from fictional Santa Teresa, California, to Florida. Contradictory accounts and unusual behavior among the woman's relatives and neighbors gradually turn the routine search into a murder investigation.
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What missing-person case does Kinsey investigate in B is for Burglar?
Kinsey Millhone is hired to locate Elaine Boldt, who disappeared after traveling between California and Florida. What begins as a routine search becomes tied to another woman's death and questions about Elaine's identity.
Do I need to read A is for Alibi before B is for Burglar?
B is for Burglar is the second Kinsey Millhone novel, following A is for Alibi. Its central mystery stands alone, but reading the 1982 first book provides more context for Kinsey's history and investigative style.
Where does B is for Burglar take Kinsey outside Santa Teresa?
The investigation takes her from fictional Santa Teresa, California, to Boca Raton, Florida. That cross-country trail is essential because Elaine Boldt maintained residences and relationships in both places.
Why does B is for Burglar feel different from a modern technology-driven mystery?
Sue Grafton's novel was published in 1985 and Kinsey's fictional chronology remains in the 1980s. She relies on telephone calls, paper records, interviews, and physical surveillance rather than internet searches or mobile-phone data.
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