D Is For Deadbeat

I have read several books in this series, all out of order, but luckily you can read them out of sequence and still get a good, contained story. I like Grafton's novels because they're serious in tone, quick reads, and don't give away every detail of the cases that main character Kinsey Millhone solves, so you can't figure out what the outcome is going to be halfway through the book. In “D,” private investigator Millhone is approached by John Daggett, who has just gotten out on parole after being convicted of vehicular manslaughter. Daggett is looking for the teen whose family was killed in the car crash that put him in prison, to make amends with a large sum of money. However, before Millhone can find the teenager, Daggett washes up dead on the shore of the marina. Although the autopsy determines the cause of death to be accidental, Millhone can't let go of her client's task that easily and seeks to complete the job set before her — even if it means getting caught up in a case of murder.