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An assignment to "babysit" Reba Lafferty, a wealthy and spoiled young woman just out of prison on probation from the California Institution for Women for embezzlement, turns unexpectedly dangerous for Kinsey Millhone.

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Main Author:	Grafton, Sue
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berkley Books, 2005, c2004.
Edition:	Berkley mass-market ed.
Series:	Grafton, Sue. Kinsey Millhone mysteries ; 18.
Subjects:	Millhone, Kinsey (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Mystery fiction > California.
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Summary:	An assignment to "babysit" Reba Lafferty, a wealthy and spoiled young woman just out of prison on probation from the California Institution for Women for embezzlement, turns unexpectedly dangerous for Kinsey Millhone.
Item Description:	Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2004.
Physical Description:	363 p. ; 18 cm.
ISBN:	0425203867 PAP
Author Notes:	Sue Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 24, 1940. She received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Louisville in 1961. Her first novel Keziah Dane was published in 1967. Her second novel, The Lolly-Madonna War, was published in 1969 and she adapted it into a screenplay. After that movie was released in 1973, she worked intermittently writing for television. A series she created, Nurse, ran for two seasons on CBS in the early 1980s. Her writing career took off when A Is for Alibi was published in 1982 and received the Mysterious Stranger Award. This was the beginning of the Kinsey Millhone Mystery series. B Is for Burglar won the Shamus and Anthony Awards and C Is for Corpse won the Anthony Award. She also received the Cartier Diamond Dagger, the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from Bouchercon, and the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. She died from cancer on December 28, 2017 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography)