Waiting tables, sweeping floors, reading minds and solving mysteries for the undead. Its all in a days work for Sookie… Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is on a streak of real bad luck. First, her co-worker gets murdered and no one seems to care. Then Sookie is attacked – and poisoned – late one night by […]
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 hes innocent. But if he is, whos guilty? In trying to […]
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 […]
“Ms. Grafton writes a smart story and wraps it up with a wry twist.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Wendell Jaffe has been dead for five years–until his former insurance agent spots him in a dusty resort bar. Now California Fidelity wants Kinsey Millhone to track down the dead man. Just two months […]
Being a twice-divorced, happily independent loner has worked like a charm for P.I. Kinsey Millhone-until holiday weekends like this one roll around. What she needs is a little diversion to ward off the blues. She gets her much-needed distraction with a case that places her career on the line. And if that isnt enough to […]
His name was Parnell Perkins, and until shortly after midnight, hed been a claims adjuster for California Fidelity. Then someone came along and put paid to that line of work. and to any other. Parnell Perkins had been shot at close range and left for dead in the parking lot outside California Fidelitys offices. To […]
Every investigation has a nature of its own, but there are certain shared characteristics,” explains private eye Kinsey Millhone in her 13th alphabetic outing. “Heres what you hope for: a chance remark from the former neighbor on a skip-trace, a penciled notation on the corner of a document, an ex-spouse with a grudge, the number […]
When Kinsey Millhone answers her office door late one night, she lets in more darkness than she realizes. Janice Kepler is a grieving mother who cant let the death of her beautiful daughter Lorna alone. The police agree that Lorna was murdered, but a suspect was never apprehended and the trail is now ten months […]
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important ??Government Man,? and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the winner of which will […]
Both new readers and old fans will welcome this 12th Kinsey Milhone adventure in the “A” is for Alibi series by Sue Grafton. In this case, Kinsey agrees to do a favor for a friend of a friend and gets herself into so much trouble that she promises at the outset never to do such […]
New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell brings back Kay Scarpetta, consulting forensic pathologist for the FBIs Behavioral Science Unit, in her grittiest and most compelling novel. In rural North Carolina, the brutal murder of eleven-year-old Emily Steiner has shaken a small town. But more disturbing are the details of the crimes, chillingly reminiscent of […]
Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies?? detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties, pondering her impending marriage […]
The Womens Murder Club pits four San Francisco women professionals against a serial killer whos stalking and murdering newlyweds in bestselling author James Pattersons newest thriller. Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector whos just gotten some very bad news. She deals with it by immersing herself in her newest case and soliciting the personal as […]
When Alvin Limardo walks into P.I. Kinsey Millhones office, she smells bad news. He wants Kinsey to deliver $25,000. The recipient: A fifteen-year-old boy. Its a simple matter. So simple that Kinsey wonders why he doesnt deliver the money himself. Shes almost certain something is off. But with rent due, Kinsey accepts Limardos retainer against […]