O is for outlaw
"Let's talk about Kinsey's past. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, and her long-lost family up the California coast. But what about Kinsey's husband number one? He was always a blip on the radar--until now. Kinsey receives a call from a random g...
| Main Author: | Grafton, Sue (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
St. Martin's Paperbacks,
2018.
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| Edition: | St. Martin's paperbacks edition. |
| Series: |
Kinsey Millhone mysteries ;
15. |
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| Summary: |
"Let's talk about Kinsey's past. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, and her long-lost family up the California coast. But what about Kinsey's husband number one? He was always a blip on the radar--until now. Kinsey receives a call from a random guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last week, he bought a stack of boxes--and Kinsey's name turned up in them. For thirty bucks, Kinsey buys the lot and finds, among piles of childhood memorabilia, an undelivered letter from a long, long time ago. The old letter forces Kinsey to recall and reexamine her first failed marriage. It also sheds new light on a murder case gone cold--one that puts her life in the gravest peril. And from which there is no turning back ..."--Back cover |
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 355 pages ; 18 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781250306883 1250306884 |
| Author Notes: |
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) |