This will probably be my last Kinsey Millhone for a while, even though it was well-written and absorbing. Throughout the three days (morning and evenings) it took me to read "T Is for Trespass," I found myself with low-level anxiety that I finally figured out was worry over Gus. Grafton created a convincing sociopath in the fake Solana Rojas, and then doubled the horror with the creepy son -- and unloaded these twin forces of evil on Kinsey's next-door neighbor. Whom I don't think we've met before; it's amazing how Grafton builds our empathy for such an initially unsympathetic character. Another first, for me: Gus's niece has the last name "Oberlin." (You can't make this stuff up. Oh, wait, you _can_.) Where things start to fall apart, predictably, is the end. Having put all these forces in motion, Grafton loses her touch when it comes to extricating Kinsey from them. Solena becomes a kind of Quilty, an all-knowing archenemy bent on Kinsey's destruction. There's also a gruesome scene involving an arm ripped from a body that I did not believe for one second. So, props to Grafton for drawing me in, but after reading the reviews of the alphabetical U and V mysteries, I think I'll wait till late 2013 for the W. By which time it will be late 1988, Kinsey time. (I do like the time-travel Grafton has created by leaving her heroine back in the decade in which she was created; there's an amusing exchange here where Kinsey remains unconvinced that a 10-year-old will ever master this thing called a computer. If Grafton lets in a few anachronisms, like a too-early familiarity with Tasers, so be it.)

There are few villians I despise more than those who prey on the innocent, the young or the elderly (I guess that kind of defines all villains). This story made me think a lot about what it could mean to age and not have good health. Reading a Kinsey Millhone novel is a bit like going home to your smart aleck sister. Really enjoyable and very comfortable.

The Kinsey material is top-notch. A few new things added to tne myriad of details you already knew about her, thrown in there to keep you interested. The third-person perspective lent by the creepy Solana is a nice little interjection. Where Grafton really shines, and I think this has always been one of her strong points, are the periphery characters she develops. In this book there are a couple of side stories that get more just a standard "fleshing-out" treatment, and became almost more important to me than the main storyline.

This is a much more sober and darker Kinsey adventure involving abuse and defrauding of the elderly, along with a subplot involving a convicted pedophile. Much more emotional and less humorous, the reader is still drawn strongly into the lives of the characters, good and bad. Excellent book!

Started reading and thought I have probably read this before, but, as I could not remember the ending, finished the book! I love Kinsey Millhone books, and a second read is always well worth the ride.Story, Kinsey has her great neighbour and landlord Henry, and then there is grumpy old Gus who lives next door. Gus is more than grumpy, he is a hoarder and mean to everyone, but he is also getting sick as he gets older. Henry and Kinsey get some medical help for him, try and clean up the place and contact a great niece who lives in New York. They live in California, niece is not a happy camper, comes but puts an add in the paper and hires a nurse. Asks Kinsey to check her out, Kinsey being a private eye, takes the job, neice takes off back to New York. Kinsey does check out the nurse she is given the name for and the check is good, however, this evil nurse, has stolen some another nurses identity and has done so before. She has bumped off others and is about to get Gus too.Lots of interesting twists and turns, this is one evil witch that is living next door and does shehave nerves of steal, and can lie, and in the end, it is Kinsey who is on the hook as the bad guy.However, with help from a new friend, Harry and Kinsey get Gus, well if I tell you anymore Iwill spoil the plot, especially as it is a good ending with Kinsey fighting for her life twice. Good read.