The Rope Began to Hang the Butcher

309 pp. Author was Sue Grafton's father. Gilmore Henry, the young lawyer who did his first job of sleuthing in "The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope," is at it again. He is no longer a member of the law firm with which he was connected but is in business for himself: the story begins with the arrival of a client who is in trouble because of an improperly issued life insurance policy. - New York Times