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Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton.

Kinsey is moving into her new office.

Kinsey is approached by Lt. Con Dolan to work to clear an old case where he and Detective Stacey Oliphant found a young girl in a quarry outside Lompoc. It would give Stacey some peace in his last days.

Stacey helps out where and when his health permits.  

Turns out it was a love triangle where a woman killed another to ensure stability with the man.  Twenty years later she kills again to keep her secret.

It is always to spend time with Kinsey.

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss and the second volume in The Kingkiller Chronicle.  It is the sequel to 2007's The Name of the Wind. I borrowed the book and I am awaiting for the last book. 

 
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”

My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me.
So begins a tale told from his own point of view—a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man’s Fear, Day Two of The Kingkiller Chronicle, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road.