"S" Is For Silence by Sue Grafton

Sue Grafton takes a new approach to telling the story of private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. Thirty-four years ago, Violet Sullivan takes her dog, gets in her new car and disappears leaving her seven-year-old daughter, Daisey and a drunken husband. Tannie, Daisey's friend, asks Kinsey to help Daisey find out what happened to her mother. Using flash-backs, Grafton weaves a story of young lives going awry, middle-age despair, and family grievances. This is not as upbeat as a lot of the alphabet stories, but intriguing just the same. I liked it. Sandy P