This is the first of a long-running series that I'd often seen in stores, so when Borders had their closing sale I took a chance on it. Thirty years or so on, A is for Alibi comes across as a period piece. (Remember Ayds diet candy?) 
 It's an okay book, but the killer was telegraphed a bit much for me, possibly due to my knowledge of hard-boiled noir detective genre conventions. 
 I would read further installments if they fell into my hands, but I'm not enthused enough to deliberately seek them out. 
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