Sue Grafton
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English
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Sleuth Kinsey Millhone is pulled into the detritus of a dead man's life, a man who was wanted dead by everyone he knew. He called himself Alvin Limardo, and the job he had for Kinsey was cut-and-dried: locate a kid who'd done him a favor and pass on a check for $25,000. It was only later, after he'd stiffed her for her retainer, that Kinsey found out his name was Daggett. John Daggett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called...
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English
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Fired by the insurance agency for whom she investigates, Kinsey is forced to take on a last-minute murder investigation in which the ex-husband of a murdered artist claims that David Barney, her current husband, is guilty as sin. Barney gets to Kinsey and insists he's innocent. But if he is, who's guilty? In trying to learn who's been getting away with murder, Kinsey may be courting her own.
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English
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It was the silly season and a Monday at that, and Kinsey Millhone was bogged down in a preliminary report on a fire claim. Something was nagging at her, but she couldn't pin it. The last thing she needed in the morning mail was a letter from her bank recording an erroneous $5,000 deposit in her account. Kinsey had never believed in Santa Claus and she wasn't about to change her mind now. Resigning herself to a morning of frustration, she phoned the...
27) A is for Alibi
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English
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READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL!
Take it from the top in #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone—and a hot new attitude—to crime fiction...
A IS FOR AVENGER
A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
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Description
A collection of four novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling Alphabet series starring private investigator Kinsey Millhone.
In these chilling mysteries Kinsey Millhone reopens a cold case from 1969, babysits a rebellious heiress, tracks down a missing mother, and takes on a sociopath working as a caregiver.
This collection includes: Q is for Quarry, R is for Ricochet, S is for Silence and T...
In these chilling mysteries Kinsey Millhone reopens a cold case from 1969, babysits a rebellious heiress, tracks down a missing mother, and takes on a sociopath working as a caregiver.
This collection includes: Q is for Quarry, R is for Ricochet, S is for Silence and T...
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Series
Publisher
Wings Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"A is for Alibi"--A young woman, paroled after spending eight years in prison for murdering her slick, divorce lawyer husband, hires Kinsey Millhone, a private detective, to discover who really killed her husband.
"B is for Burglar"--Finding wealthy Elaine Boldt seems like a quickie case to Kinsey Millhone. But Kinsey's case goes from puzzling to sinister as clues mount.
"C is for Corpse"--Bobby Callahan, a young man scarred in an accident and suffering...
34) A de adulterio
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Series
Publisher
Tusquets Editores
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Español
Description
Nikki Fife, out on parole after spending eight years in prison for the murder of her husband, hires investigator Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed Laurence, a ruthless divorce attorney who had a wealth of enemies.
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A biography of mystery writer Kenneth Millar who wrote under the nom de plume of Ross Macdonald. He was the author of 18 novels featuring the California detective Lew Archer, a mystery series with a good dose of philosophy. Following a financially difficult youth in Canada, he took to writing to make money, competing against his wife, mystery writer Margaret Millar, who in the beginning was better known.
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English
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"Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year."--
