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"E" Is for Evidence: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery, Book 5
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"E" Is for Evidence: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery, Book 5
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"E" Is for Evidence: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery, Book 5

Written by Sue Grafton

Narrated by Mary Peiffer

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When an extra $5000 shows up in her bank account, Kinsey Millhone puts it down to a clerical error. But suddenly the deposit makes sense. It’s not a mistake, it’s a setup.

Kinsey now has a new client: herself. As she unravels the frame, she finds her future tied to one family’s secret, hidden for almost 20 years.

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Release dateOct 18, 2005
ISBN9781415930151
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"E" Is for Evidence: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery, Book 5
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Sue Grafton

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton (1940-2017) entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of 'A' Is for Alibi, which introduced female hard-boiled private investigator, Kinsey Millhone, operating out of the fictional town of Santa Teresa, (aka Santa Barbara) California, and launched the bestselling Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries. In addition to her books, she published several Kinsey Millhone short stories, and with her husband, Steven Humphrey, wrote numerous movies for television, including “A Killer in the Family” (starring Robert Mitchum), “Love on the Run” (starring Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist) and two Agatha Christie adaptations, “Sparkling Cyanide” and “Caribbean Mystery,” which starred Helen Hayes. Grafton is published in 28 countries and in 26 languages.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    BOTTOM-LINE:An explosive case with an awesome client: herself..PLOT OR PREMISE:Kinsey is asked to look into an insurance claim for a fire, everything looks fine, but then there are some shenanigans with the paperwork that makes it look like she's whitewashing an arson. Plus $5K suddenly shows up in her account..WHAT I LIKED:Kinsey is on the warpath, and it's flat out awesome. She is kicking ass and taking names, and she loves her new client -- herself. The frame-up is really complex and gets more intricate with lots of players involved as it goes along. And then things really explode..WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:Kinsey's ex-husband shows up, and some of the interactions with him make almost no sense with the final ending..DISCLOSURE:I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    For me E is for Evidence is almost forgettable as one of the series but it does provide us with some background on Kinsey. The motive for this book is crazy and exposes some very dark topics as compared to previous books. For the first time, Kinsey is actually working to clear her own name and find a killer.

    She is probably more personally involved in this case because of her past relationship with the Wood family and the fact she has been pulled into their family drama. The story takes a toll on Kinsey and you see her go through a small amount of depression and see her reach out for personal connections. The reader also starts to see that the relationship between Kinsey and California Fidelity is reaching a breaking point – not sure where this will lead in future books.

    I feel I need to spend some time discussing Kinsey’s second ex-husband Daniel. He is not someone I would have ever seen Kinsey getting married to and the plot twist with him was very predictable. I guess with how Sue Grafton wrote and described the character I just felt I couldn’t understand how Kinsey would ever waste her time with him much less marry him. It gives us some background on Kinsey which is good considering how little we have gotten in the previous books.

    What can I say about the greatness of Judy Kaye except she was able to give each sibling in the Wood family their own voice that matched flawlessly to the description Sue Grafton wrote. She will now be the only acceptable voice for Kinsey Millhone to me.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This series is fun and quick. I figured it was who it was pretty early actually but I had no idea about the why. It was snuck in there at the end
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    As always, a great read. Never a dull moment. Her books could be read in one seating if one had the time. I never tire of Kinsey Millhone, the main character in Sue Grafton's books. She is an independent young woman, self-employed, doing what she loves to do and is good at it. As a private investigator, she is a minority in her field. If you enjoy. suspense, this is book and series for you.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Such a fun read. At first it was slow but picked up when Kinsey's ex husband showed up. As usual, Kinsey gets herself in a pickle and eventually gets out of it and figures it all out. I was definitely surprised who the killer was and didn't see a few things coming throughout the book. Loved it and looking forward to the next book in the series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Kinsey is hired by California Fidelity, the insurance company that supplies her office space, to investigate a warehouse fire that doesn't look suspicious but needs a check anyway. It doesn't take Kinsey long to become suspicious and soon the bodies start to pile up and other characters start to flee. Then Kinsey is framed to look like she took a bribe to hide the arson and is suspended by California Fidelity as well as facing jail time.The company that owns the warehouse is a family operation and when the patriarch died and made the weak son the head, problems started with the suspicious suicide of one of the lead technicians. Bombings, incest and more ugly stuff including Daniel, Kinsyil's second husband, showing up and appearing to have a role in the case.Another fast complicated read by Grafton.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Pretty good. Listened to the audiobook version.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Listened to Books on Tape audio edition narrated by Mary Peiffer. The ending was a little out of the blue for me on this one. It's so much harder to tell when listening if I just wasn't listening closely enough or if the final twist really didn't have much groundwork laid because I can't go back easily to check. Still enjoying the series though. Previously read ages ago.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    My favorite new detective. Kinsey is an ex-cop, twice divorced, smart and irreverent. I loved the humor in this book! It is also slightly nostalgic; I mean the poor girl is still using a Smith Corona to type her reports! It's Christmas time and it all should be light and merry, but things go downhill fast. First, Kinsey opens a bank notice for a deposit she didn't make. Then she is sent to investigate a warehouse fire, but she didn't receive all the paperwork. Now it looks like she is on the take and covering up arson. In "E" Kinsey finds herself the target and must sleuth her way out of trouble.I have put off reading this series for forever, because I thought the alphabet idea for the titles was kinda lame. I still think that, but I ate this one up and I am ever so glad there are 26 letters in the alphabet! Off to find "A" is for Alibi!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I'm not sure if I just missed something or there were parts of this that didn't hang together well. The appearance of Kinsey's ex-husband leaves me nonplussed... I kind of missed the "sidekick" characters that had been developed in the previous book; they didn't show up in this one.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It gets personal for Kinsey this time, as a framed-up arson investigation seems to indicate evidence oh her being on the take, and one of her ex-husbands shows up on her doorstep.. Another good installment in the series. Kinsey takes enough physical punishment in this one that it's hard to believe she really was able to get out of her hospital bed to solve the mystery, but the secrets of the family she investigates are put together and revealed neatly, resulting in the reader feeling a certain gratifying lasciviousness - "Look at what the rich get up to in the privacy of their own homes!" Well paced and Kinsey, as always, remains an uncommonly grounded heroine.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Intrepid PI Kinsey Milhone is beginning to investigate a warehouse fire for an insurance company but is framed for conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. She investigates the family who owns the business and finds herself involved again with an ex-husband. I don't expect much of this series, but I found this volume more confused and less compelling than others I've read.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I love Kinsey mysteries, and this one is good -- mainly because of the ending, which I could have sworn occurred a book or two later. Oh, well. The mystery is very well-plotted, and the characters are extremely well-developed. Of course, this one does "suffer" a little from a surprise family revelation in the last 15 pages that isn't foreshadowed at all earlier. (I hate stories that do that.) But it offers an interesting alternative motive for an existing character rather than introducing an entirely new character as the murderer. So the book get 3 stars instead of 4.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The fifth Kinsey Milhone mystery, in which we get a glimpse of her second ex-husband and another thoroughly disfunctional family.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book is a little different than the others, because Kinsey is basically working to clear herself. I can give it a thumbs up.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed this more than the other books I've read so far in the series as the plot is slightly less formulaic. Kinsey is beginning to grow on me as a character. So I am looking forward to reading others in the series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Set-Up. Kinsey discovers she's been set-up for fraud, although the plot tie-in isn't actually clear why she was chosen. Kinsey investigates who framed her amoungst her old school friends now in the rich set.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A pretty nice series. I enjoy listening to this auther.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    ***This is a project of e-reading Grafton's series -- I started reading these back in the 1980s and would read each release as they came out over the years. To prevent spoilers, I will not attempt to summarize in detail. ***Kinsey finds herself framed, related to a case she‘s working on, and must clear her good name. No surprises in this re-read, as this particular mystery is one I remember well all these years later. Maybe because it's the one where we meet one of Kinsey's ex-husbands, and the Wood family, where the first names were "woodsy" names -- Linden, Olive, Ebony, Bass. These Grafton mysteries have been good re-reads so far, but have noticed casual references to “black maids” answering the doors and such. I‘ll have to see if author Grafton and Kinsey improve in this aspect. I don‘t recall if they did in the later mysteries. Although the entire series takes place in the 1980s, I‘m still where they were *actually* written in the 1980s.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I love the way the author goes into detail of the scenes as they come up in the book making you see the locations in your mind. This was another page turner in the series, and this time i had no clue on the out come into it was reveled at the end and for me it came out of nowhere.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I do like the Kinsey Millhone series. The character is far from perfect, which makes her more human in my eyes. I like that the answers to her mysteries don't just fall in her lap. Kinsey has to work for them. And I love the time frame; I lived then and remember a world of cigarettes, no ubiquitous smartphones, and information residing solely on paper.I liked the mystery in this book. Both the reader and Kinsey know she is being framed, but by whom and for what reason? Again, Sue Grafton plays fair with the reader, but I didn't figure the answer out ahead of Kinsey. If you like PI mysteries with a hint of cozy, then this series should be up your alley.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I've liked the plots of the previous books but I feel like this particular book had more depth and interest to it. I also found myself liking the main character a little more.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Easily my least favorite Kinsey Millhone so far. Was it a bad book? No. A bad mystery? No. Was there a lack of any kind of emotional stake? No; can’t claim that either. Maybe the cliché of Kinsey being framed? Not even that. It happens early and there was only one person who could have done it; it was never the gist of the story. Then, why?When I choose to follow a series I’m not only there for the author and her hero, I’m looking forward to revisiting the world she’s created. The supporting cast, when done right, become old friends. In Evidence they are scattered to the winds. With Christmas fast approaching Henry, her beloved landlord, leaves town to visit relatives. Rosie, who owns the neighborhood tavern, is closed until the new year. Even Jonah Robb, Kinsey’s contact on Santa Theresa police force, is unavailable, and just when she needs his access to information most. I understand what Grafton wanted to accomplish. Isolating Kinsey allows for more impact when she suddenly finds herself without an office or job and facing charges of falsifying a report and accepting a bribe. And these feeling are promptly compounded by the return of her ex-husband, who left almost ten years earlier without word or warning.I like Kinsey and, honestly, this was far from a bad experience. It’s just not the experience I was expecting. So I’m willing to concede that the problem is almost certainly with me. I fully expect your mileage to vary.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another book in the Kinsey Milhone series. This was an interesting book with a plot twist that took me completely by surprise. I liked the dynamic between Kinsey and her ex-husband. You get a better view into her personality. I must admit I did miss Henry's presence in this episode. I hope he returns to the series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Kinsey Millhone is a private investigator. Its Christmas time but Kinsey has other problems $5000 deposited to her account but not hers. An investigation on a fire at a company near san teresa. She has her ex husband Daniel also hanging around with Henry her landlord gone. The fire was at a company ownedby the family of a high school friend. She meets up with Ashley and learns some issues but it is Ashley 's mother that wants info. Kinsey is being looked at for insurance fraud causing lots of issues. Olive, Ashley's sister, meets with Kinsey and invites her to a party. Kinsey goes to help but an explosion occurs causing death. Kinsey continues to investigate with Darcy from the insurance company. Lots of suspects but in the end it goes back to the family and Ashley's mother to clear up the investigation.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton is a 2005 publication. I am obviously very behind in this series, but one of my new year’s resolutions is to catch all the way up with at least one series, and this one gets first choice. By now, Kinsey is quite well known amongst mystery readers, most of whom agree she paved the way for many more heroines in this genre with her wit, grit, and sassy determination. With the storyline set back in the 1980’s, there is a little nostalgia involved too, plus our favorite PI must solve crimes the old fashioned way without the benefit of the internet, smart phones, or countless other technological wonders we take for granted today. This installment gives the reader a closer glimpse at Kinsey as a person, clues us in on some information about Kinsey’s past, including one of her ex-husbands. Kinsey discovers she is being framed for insurance fraud, so this investigation has a very personal feel to it, this time around. I enjoyed the book, and the personal insights into Kinsey’s character, and the mystery was solid enough. This wasn’t my favorite book in the series, but it was still enjoyable and quite entertaining. These books are very easy to read, most of them are not very long, but are action packed and filled with smart banter, humor and dry wit. Kinsey is a great character, which is why I am giving this series top priority in 2016. I’m ready for F is for Fugitive which I hope to squeeze in by the end of January. Overall 3.5 stars
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I actually liked this one better than some of the other Kinsey Millhone mysteries I've read. I found the character to be a little less abrasive in this book. Short, sweet, to the point and though I flashed on the identity of the murderer early on, I had no idea what the motivations were.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book gives us a lot of insight into Kinsey as well as a good mystery. We find out quite a bit of background on her ex-husband and their marriage which makes Kinsey an even more well-rounded character than she already was. The people involved in the mystery are people she's known for years and again, we see her as a person with history. She's not nearly so dismissive of the social aspects of life, in fact, she wishes she was part of some of them! Nice character development.

    This story centers around a warehouse fire and the warehouse happens to be owned by the family of some of Kinsey's childhood friends. Kinsey is asked by the insurance company she works for to investigate the fire. Having $5000 show up in her account that she didn't deposit complicates the matter for sure.

    I wasn't expecting some of the twists and that's always good. As always, I like the explanation of day-to-day aspects of the PI trade. An excellent entry in this series!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    *sigh* If I wasn't reading this with a friend I would have stopped after the first two books, and yet here I am still dragging myself through these books. It's not even that these books are bad per say, they are just boring and one-note mysteries. Which is fine if that's what you like they just aren't for me.

    The case itself is a small spark of interest in an otherwise humdrum book. The idea of setting up Kinsey and making her a suspect is an interesting one. There was even a small amount of danger that I haven't felt in these books before, particularly after Kinsey gets blown up. Even the the main "villain" of the story was interesting and I didn't manage to guess it until the end.

    My main problem has always been with Kinsey herself. I find her pretty unpleasant and off-putting a lot of the time. Why does she feel the need to sexualize every single man she meets? I think it's meant to come across as "ooh sexy!" or "Look at how naughty she is!" but mostly its just weird and off-putting and totally creepy. Also, her whole deal with her ex-husband in this book was also weird. I mean I understand being hurt by those you love, but come on now. Also, his being gay (bisexual?) came out of nowhere and didn't have anything at all to do with the plot. Why even include him? Ugh....whatever.

    Overall, another yawn of a book with maybe a slightly more interesting plot.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good plot, but didn’t like the surprise at the end. Wanted to figure out the murderer through logic.