This was a fast paced, complicated mystery. Capri Sanzio runs a tour company specializing in the killers of San Francisco. Perhaps a natural employment, as her grandfather died in jail following the deaths of several prostitutes. He claimed to be innocent, but nevertheless became known as Overkill Bill. Capri would like to know more, but her father is immovable on the subject—he will not discuss it under any circumstances. Overkill Bill is long dead, so it is a shock to Capri when two more women, one of whom is her ex-mother-in-law, are found dead, killed in Bill's signature way.
Capri may not have loved her MIL, but no one deserves to be brutally murdered. If Capri knows how to do anything, it's research, so she begins to dig. She has a daughter to protect and a police inspector to convince that neither she nor her girl are murderers, even if they are descended from one. There's a lot to do, as she must continue to run her tour business, provide emotional support to her father-in-law and ex-husband, and care for her daughter, in addition to investigating her grandfather's crimes and the current ones.
I enjoyed the book, although it does suffer from a usual cozy mystery trope: the main character not trusting the police to do their jobs. One of my least favourite plot devices. Despite this, I liked Capri and her daughter Morgan. I thought the basis of her company was funny and if it existed, I would go on a tour. The murderer was not who I expected but the other aspects of the book wrapped up in the ways that I predicted. That didn't detract from the fun of the journey so I will be on the lookout for the next novel in this series
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