A good mystery must involve a human puzzle. Life has more interesting puzzles than those made of dollars. We like the Warshawski stories not for the puzzles she solves, but for the puzzle she doesn't solve - i.e. herself. No society is safe in the hands of its clever people. Furthermore, no society is safe in the hands of its bullies, or its rich people, or its lazy people either.
Society is life.
Jane Austen wrote three evening prayers for her family's use.