Sue Grafton. “J” is for Judgment (1993) Millhome is hired to confirm that a man who apparently suicided some seven years earlier is still alive. She finds him; he is murdered; and she discovers the truth even though most of it is now irrelevant. She also discovers that she has remnants of a family, but this subplot doesn’t go anywhere, and seems introduced merely to add to the back story (Kinsey Millhome fans must have wanted more details about her.) Well enough plotted, characters thin, setting OK, pacing OK, but there’s the feeling that Grafton is getting tired; this is number 10 in the series, after all. Since then she has managed to move on to “Q”. The books are a good read, but not particularly memorable. ** (2004)
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