When Kinsey Millhone's landlord asks her to help deceased World War II vet Johnnie Lee's family find out why the military has no record of his service, she thinks it'll be a cinch. But she is about to meet her match in world-class prevaricators...
Take it from the top in # 1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhoneâand a hot new attitudeâto crime fiction..
It is now nine weeks since Dr Dowan Purcell vanished without trace. The sixty-nine-year-old doctor had said goodnight to his colleagues at the Pacific Meadows nursing home, had climbed into his car and driven away - never to be seen again.
'On the face of it, you wouldn't think there was any connection between the murder of a dead man and the events that changed my perceptions about my life..' For Kinsey Millhone, the investigation started with a surprise visit from an ex-colleague...
I feel compelled to report that at the moment of death, my entire life did not pass before my eyes in a flash . . What I experienced was a little voice piping up in an outraged tone: âeoeOh come on. Youâe(tm)re not serious. This is really it?&...
For the record, the name is Kinsey Millhone. Private investigator. One hundred and eighteen pounds of female in a five-foot six-inch frame. Just turned thirty-three (after what seemed like an interminable twelve months of being thirty-two) . . Three thing...
Grafton masterfully tells the story of Kinsey Millhone in A is for Alibi , the beginning of a must-read mystery series. The Alphabet series continues with another gripping investigation in B is for Burglar .
It was one of those occasions when I suddenly realised how happy I was. I was female, single, with money in my pocket . . I had nobody to answer to and no ties to speak of. As usual Iâe(tm)d forgotten how surges of goodwill merely presage bad news....