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Rating: 5 Stars

Summary: Five years prior to the present in California, a man named Wendell Jaffe took his boat out to sea and he jumped off and committed suicide. At least that's what they all thought. Wendell's business had gone under, as he and his business partner, Carl, had committed fraud. At this point with both of them facing charges, as well as for grand theft, they filed for bankruptcy, took the money and ran. Carl Eckert ended up serving time, and Jaffe was soon pronounced "dead." After a few years, Dana Jaffe, his wife, was supposed to get a $500,000 life insurance claim. But this all changed when Jaffe was apparently spotted in Mexico. Detective Kinsey Millhone was hired to check out the scene. Kinsey found out that Jaffe may be heading back to California because his son had gotten convicted for murder and was on the run. Also, if this man turned out to be Jaffe, then Dana Jaffe wouldn't get a penny because her "dead" husband would be alive. But Wendell had consequences to face.

Review: This book was very realistic in the sense of how people react to things. Its very realistic that Wendell and Carl bailed on their failing company. But how Wendell was on his way back to California for his fugitive son, that's very real, too. Its was also very realistic that Dana Jaffe was very angry when Kinsey gave her the scoop about how there was a good chance that Wendell was alive. Wendell had made her miserable and left them, and now the last thing she wanted to hear was that he was somehow alive. Now the money she had waited so long for was gone. It took Dana a while to even think about believing Kinsey. The only thing about this book that I didn't like was that it can be slow moving sometimes. But, the first person point of view of Kinsey gives key information and her humor keeps you going. The action and sleuth moments are very nice. Anyone who likes to think and reason and likes to follow the twists and turns of a case would dig this book.