Kinsey has been hired by Nord Lafferty to go pick up his daughter, Reba, as she is released from prison. She's served almost two years for embezzling her company's money in order to fuel gambling and drinking binges. So Kinsey goes to pick her up and hangs out with her for two days as Reba gets her affairs in order.
But almost immediately, Reba meets up with an old flame from work and it quickly becomes apparent that something else entirely is going on. Meanwhile, Kinsey attends the party of her old friend from California Fidelity and runs into Cheney Phillips, a cop described as "handsome" in several of the earlier books. This time around, Kinsey finally gets back in the sack with someone.
It's very bizarre to read about her in a relationship at all but this one is different than just what was going on with Dietz. It's nice because Kinsey spends so much time talking about how she likes to be alone, but really in this book, she's maneuvering to spend time with Cheney and Reba.
Cheney ends up filling Kinsey in on an IRS investigation of Reba's old flame and the tangled web of financial deceit starts to unravel - with Kinsey on the sideline, as a lot of the action happens off page with Reba.
In the end, this book felt more like a character arc filler book. We needed Kinsey to get out of her personal relationships rut and see her with someone she is really attracted to. The whole Dietz thing was weird, so this is a good development.
3/5 Stars.
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