Plot or Premise

A sister hires Kinsey to find her estranged sister who seems to have gone missing.

What I Liked

The plot is interesting, as it starts to shape up as quite the mystery. The missing sister, Elaine, supposedly flew to Florida but someone else is staying in her condo there. Everybody has opinions, but no facts as to her whereabouts. And there’s a link to a burglary / homicide that occurred before she disappeared. Stolen identities, missing cats, firecracker old ladies, multiple clients and Jonah too?

What I Didn’t Like

A good portion of the novel is kind of muddy, with Kinsey blundering along, showing no real signs of any insight or deduction, just plodding along, with the mystery having to go at her pace too. None of the “drama” from the secondary characters tends to add any real intensity to the story, and many of the people just come off as lame.

The Bottom Line

Stealing someone’s identity is one thing, living their life is another