Synopses & Reviews
#1 New York Times
bestselling author Sue Grafton crafts a thriller set in a town so small that P.I. Kinsey Millhone wonders just how private her investigation can be…F IS FOR FLIGHT
When Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, its hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake—a troubled teen who had a reputation with the boys—was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped.
F IS FOR FEAR
After all this time, Baileys finally been captured. Believing in his sons innocence, Baileys father wants Kinsey to find Jeans real killer. But most of the residents in this tight-knit community are convinced Bailey strangled Jean. So why are they so reluctant to answer Kinseys questions? If theres one thing Kinseys got plenty of its persistence. And thats exactly what its going to take to crack the lid on this case.
F IS FOR FUGITIVE
As Kinsey gets closer to solving Jeans murder, the more dirty little secrets she uncovers in a town where everyone has something to hide—and a killer will kill again to keep the past buried...
“With this complex mystery and her ever-deeper glimpses into its heroine, Graftons series promises to hold readers all the way to Z.”
--Publishers Weekly
Review
“Exceptionally entertaining…an offbeat sense of humor and a feisty sense of justice.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Millhone is an engaging detective-for-hire…P.I. Kinsey Millhone and her creator…are arguably the best of [the] distaff invaders of the hitherto sacrosanct turf of gumshoes.”
—The Buffalo News
“Once a fan reads one of Graftons alphabetically titled detective novels, he or she will not rest until all the others are found.”—Los Angeles Herald Examiner
“Millhone is a refreshingly strong and resourceful female private eye.”—Library Journal
“Tough but compassionate…There is no one better than Kinsey Millhone.”—Best Sellers
“A woman we feel we know, a tough cookie with a soft center, a gregarious loner.”—Newsweek
“Lord, how I like this Kinsey Millhone…The best detective fiction I have read in years.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Smart, tough, and thorough…Kinsey Millhone is a pleasure.”—The Bloomsbury Review
“Kinsey is one of the most persuasive of the new female operatives…Shes refreshingly free of gender clichés. Grafton, who is a very witty writer, has also given her sleuth a nice sense of humor—and a set of Wonder Woman sheets to prove it.”—Boston Herald
“What grandpa used to call a class act.”—Stanley Ellin
“Smart, sexual, likable and a very modern operator.”—Dorothy Salisbury Davis
“Kinseys got brains and a sense of humor.”—Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
#1 New York Times
bestselling author Sue Grafton crafts a thriller set in a town so small that P.I. Kinsey Millhone wonders just how private her investigation can be'F IS FOR FLIGHT
When Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, it's hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake--a troubled teen who had a reputation with the boys--was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped.
F IS FOR FEAR
After all this time, Bailey's finally been captured. Believing in his son's innocence, Bailey's father wants Kinsey to find Jean's real killer. But most of the residents in this tight-knit community are convinced Bailey strangled Jean. So why are they so reluctant to answer Kinsey's questions? If there's one thing Kinsey's got plenty of it's persistence. And that's exactly what it's going to take to crack the lid on this case.
F IS FOR FUGITIVE
As Kinsey gets closer to solving Jean's murder, the more dirty little secrets she uncovers in a town where everyone has something to hide--and a killer will kill again to keep the past buried...
"With this complex mystery and her ever-deeper glimpses into its heroine, Grafton's series promises to hold readers all the way to Z."
--Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
When Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, its hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake—a troubled teen who had a reputation with the boys—was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped.
After all this time, Baileys finally been captured. Believing in his sons innocence, Baileys father wants Kinsey to find Jeans real killer. But most of the residents in this tight-knit community are convinced Bailey strangled Jean. So why are they so reluctant to answer Kinseys questions? If theres one thing Kinseys got plenty of its persistence. And thats exactly what its going to take to crack the lid on this case.
As Kinsey gets closer to solving Jeans murder, the more dirty little secrets she uncovers in a town where everyone has something to hide—and a killer will kill again to keep the past buried...
About the Author
SUE GRAFTON entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of 'A' IS
FOR ALIBI, which introduced female hard-boiled private investigator, Kinsey
Millhone, operating out of the fictional town of Santa Teresa, (a.k.a. Santa
Barbara) California. 'B' IS FOR BURGLAR followed in l985 and since then,
she has added 17 novels to the series, now referred to as 'the alphabet'
mysteries. In addition, she's published eight Kinsey Millhone short stories, and with her
husband, Steven Humphrey, has written numerous movies for television, including "A Killer in the Family" (starring Robert Mitchum), "Love on the Run" (starring Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist) and two Agatha Christie adaptations, "Sparkling Cyanide" and "Caribbean Mystery," which starred Helen Hayes.
She is currently at work on "T" IS FOR...