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1. What is Kinsey Millhone's occupation, and what do we know about her lifestyle?

Kinsey is a private investigator who lives in Santa Teresa, California. She is single and doesn't have many personal ties. She doesn't have pets or houseplants and spends a lot of the time on the road. She lives in a one-room bachelorette apartment.

2. At the beginning of the novel, Kinsey is approached by Nikki Fife. What is Nikki's background, and what does she want Kinsey to do?

Nikki Fife is a young woman who has spent eight years in jail for the murder of her husband, Laurence Fife. Nikki claims she is innocent and wants Kinsey to find the real killer.

3. Before she agrees to work for Nikki, Kinsey questions her about her marriage to Laurence. What does Nikki tell her? How does Kinsey respond to her?

Nikki admits to Kinsey that her marriage to Laurence was less than perfect only six months into it. Laurence was a serial adulterer. Nikki had kept a diary about his affairs, for which she gathered information on by following him around. This made her look like the likely suspect in his murder. But she claims she lost interest in him after a while and realized the marriage was doomed. Kinsey agrees to take on the case but fears it might be very cold after eight years.

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