num_pages: 320
description: When Alvin Limardo walks into P.I. Kinsey Millhone's office, she smells bad news. He wants Kinsey to deliver a cashier's check for $25,000. The recipient: a fifteen-year-old boy. It's a simple matter. So simple that Kinsey wonders why he doesn't deliver the money himself. She's almost certain something is off. But with rent due, Kinsey accepts Limardo's retainer against her better judgment…Limardo pays her with another check as the retainer. It bounces and Kinsey discovers she's been had. She learns that he is really John Daggett—an ex-con with a drinking problem, two wives to boot, and a slew of people who would like to see him dead. Kinsey is out $400 and she's now in hot pursuit of Daggett.When Daggett's corpse shows up floating in the Santa Teresa surf, the cops rule it an accident. Kinsey thinks it's murder. But seeking justice for a man who everyone seemed to despise is a lot tougher than she bargained for—and what awaits her at the end of the road is much more disturbing than she could've ever imagined.
language: English
title: D is for Deadbeat
titlecomplete: D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4)
characters: The old bum with a shopping cart, The bank teller, Lieutenant Con Dolan, Chuck of Tip Top Cabs, Billy Polo, Mr. Sharonson (D is for Deadbeat), Tony Gahan, Bertha Christopher, Aaron at Marina One, Detective Lieutenant Feldman, Kinsey Millhone, Essie Daggett, John Daggett, Wayne and Marilyn Smith, Megan Smith and Doug Polokowski, A man in Los Angeles, Paul Fisk, Eugene Nickerson, Henry Pitts, Jonah Robb, Coral Polo, Barbara Daggett, Len Deighton (D is for Deadbeat), Lovella Daggett, Ramona and Ferrin Westfall, Hall Ingraham, Dr. Yee and Kelly Borden, Rosie (A is for Alibi), Alvin Limardo
genres: Audiobook, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Suspense, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 41474
places: Santa Teresa, California, Los Angeles, California
series: Kinsey Millhone
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks