D Is For Deadbeat (Sue Grafton)

IOt was late October, the day before Halloween. He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kisey to do seemed easy enough...until his cheque bounced. His real name was Dagett. John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead.
 
The cops called it an accident - death by drowning. Kinsey wasn't so sure. The man, it seemed had a lot of enemies...