T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone #20) [B0896]

2007 HCDJ 1st edition in nice clean condition. "The best and strongest book in the series...Solana is one of the most evil, calculating characters Grafton has created."-*USA Today. Sue Grafton ups the ante for private investigator Kinsey Millhone like never before in this "taut, terrifying, transfixing"* #1 New York Times bestselling mystery in the Alphabet series.

Kinsey Millhone's elderly neighbor, Gus Vronsky, may have been the original inspiration for the term "Grumpy Gus." A miser and a hoarder, Gus is so crotchety that after he takes a bad fall, his only living relative is anxious to find someone to take care of him and get back home as soon as she can. To help, Kinsey runs a check on the applicant, Solana Rojas. Social security, driver's license, nursing certification: It all checks out. And it sounds like she did a good job for her former employers. So Kinsey gives her the thumbs-up, figuring Gus will be the ideal assignment for this diligent, experienced caregiver. And the real Solana Rojas was indeed an excellent caregiver. But the woman who has stolen her identity is not, and for her, Gus will be the ideal victim...

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "I was ready for a classic Kinsey Millhone PI caper with petty insurance fraud and mildly suspicious neighbors. What I got was full-blown psychological dread with a villain so calculated she makes gaslighting look like a hobby. "T is for Trespass" is a creeping, quiet horror disguised as a mystery novel - and I mean that in the most deranged, complimentary way possible. Solana Rojas doesn't murder people with a knife... she kills them with kindness and fraudulent home-care licenses."; "I've been reading Sue Grafton's alphabet series of mysteries and love every one of them! Kinsey Millhone is becoming like a friend who could walk through the door at any moment. And I love the way her method of interviewing people and writing notes on index cards and then shuffling them around is clever. I wish the alphabet had more than 26 letters!"; "An exciting and entertaining piece of crime fiction. The story is gripping and leaves the reader hooked and on the edge of their seat throughout. A stressful but enjoyable read."