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The nineteenth novel in Sue Grafton's ever popular 'alphabet' series featuring PI Kinsey Millhone. More info to come...

Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges feisty and rebellious, and Kinsey is soon fighting to prevent her charge from breaking the conditions of her parole. As she finds herself befriending the ex-gambler, ex-alcoholic and ex-con, Kinsey discovers that Reba had taken the fall for her boss, also her lover, when he conducted a highly-crafted money laundering scam. Alan Beckwith has so far escaped the clutches of the FBI. Now they believe he is laundering money for a Columbian drug cartel - they just need the proof. When Kinsey is asked by the police to persuade Reba to unveil crucial evidence guaranteed to put Beckwith behind bars, she doesn't expect cooperation. But when she hears of shocking new information about her lover, Reba is suddenly all too eager to do everything she can to ruin him. Embroiled in a cunning challenge of wits, and meanwhile bemused by her own blossoming romance, Kinsey must try to control the bitter, angry Reba as she launches her dangerous revenge ...

X is the thrilling twenty-fourth book in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series from the New York Times bestselling author, Sue Grafton.In hindsight, I marvel at how clueless I was ...What I ask myself even now is whether I should have picked up the truth any faster than I did, which is to say not fast enough ...When a glamorous red head wishes to locate the son she put up for adoption thirty-two years ago, it seems like an easy two hundred bucks for P. I. Kinsey Millhone. But when a cop tells her she was paid with marked bills, and Kinsey's client is nowhere to be found, it becomes apparent this mystery woman has something to hide. Riled, Kinsey won't stop until she's found out who fooled her and why. Meanwhile, the widow of the recently murdered P. I. - and Kinsey's old friend - Pete Wolinsky, needs help with her IRS audit.This seemingly innocuous task takes a treacherous turn when Kinsey finds a coded list amongst her friend's files. It soon leads her to an unhinged man with a catalogue of ruined lives left in his wake. And despite the devastation, there isn't a single conviction to his name. It seems this sociopath knows exactly how to cause chaos without leaving a trace. As Kinsey delves deeper into the investigation she quickly becomes the next target of this tormentor.But can Kinsey prove her case against him before she becomes the next victim?

X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss.X: The shortest entry in Websters Unabridged. Derived from Greek and Latin and commonly found in science, medicine, and religion. The most graphically dramatic letter. Notoriously tricky to pronounce: think xylophone.X: The twenty-fourth letter in the English alphabet.Sue Graftons X: Perhaps her darkest and most chilling novel, it features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this sociopath. The test is whether Kinsey can prove her case against him before she becomes his next victim.

Kinsey is hired to investigate the mysterious suicide of a woman who she had previously reported for shoplifting. The womans grieving fiancé suspects something is amiss, but Kinsey disagrees, putting her at odds with the man shes working for. Her search soon leads her to an organized retail theft ring and a case she cant walk away from. U IS FOR UNDERTOW debuted at No 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Una mujer con un pasado turbio que mata a sí misma-o que fue un asesinato? Un anciano moribundo atendido por el hijo que azotó sin piedad. Una mujer encantadora, cuya vida está a punto de dividirse en mil pedazos. Un anillo de robo profesional de acumular millones de dólares en bienes robados. Un gángster brutal y sin escrúpulos. Un marido errante, ricos y poderosos. Un niño mimado inundado de juegos de azar en el pensamiento de la deuda que puede vencer al sistema. Un viudo solitario de luto por la muerte de su amante, desesperado en busca de respuestas que pueden ser peor que el dolor de su pérdida. Un hombre de negocios elegante, pero implacable cuyos negocios son definitivamente fuera de la ley: la araña en el centro de la web.

Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Nord Lafferty was already in his fifties when Reba was born, and he could deny her nothing. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn't there for her when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institution for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a four-year sentence. Nord Lafferty wants to be sure she stays straight, stays at home and away from the drugs, the booze, the gamblers." "It seems a straightforward assignment for Kinsey: babysit Reba until she settles in, make sure she follows all the rules of her parole. Maybe all of a week's work. Nothing untoward - the woman seems remorseful and friendly. And the money is good." But life is never that simple, and Reba is out of prison less than twenty-four hours when one of her old crowd comes circling round.

tresA pass \'trespes\ n: a transgression of law involving one's obligations to God or to one's neighbor; a violation of moral law; an offense; a sin "-Webster's New International Dictionary," Second Edition, Unabridged In what may be her most unsettling novel to date, Sue Grafton's "T is for Trespass" is also her most direct confrontation with the forces of evil. Beginning slowly with the day-to-day life of a private eye, Grafton suddenly shifts from the voice of Kinsey Millhone to that of Solana Rojas, introducing readers to a chilling sociopath. Rojas is not her birth name. It is an identity she cunningly stole, an identity that gives her access to private caregiving jobs. The true horror of the novel builds with excruciating tension as the reader foresees the awfulness that lies ahead. The suspense lies in whether Millhone will realize what is happening in time to intervene. Though set in the late eighties, "T is for Trespass" could not be more topical: identity theft; elder abuse; betrayal of trust; the breakdown in the institutions charged with caring for the weak and the dependent. It reveals a terrifying but all-too-real rip in the social fabric. Once again, Grafton opens up new territory with startling results.

David Barney, acusado de matar a su riquísima mujer Isabelle, llevaba cinco años absuelto cuando aparece muerto el detective Morley Shine, encargado por Lonnie -el abogado del primer marido de Isabelle- de investigar el caso con el fin de reabrirlo e impedir que Barney se apodere definitivamente de la fortuna de su esposa. Cuando Kinsey Millhone acepta hacerse cargo del asunto, está convencida de que se trata tan sólo de atar unos cuantos cabos sueltos, ya que Shine era un viejo zorro que se las sabía todas. Pero su sorpresa es mayúscula cuando se encuentra con que los archivos de Shine están patas arriba, que su principal informante es de muy poco fiar y que sus testigos niegan haberse entrevistado con él, y, lo que es peor, que todo lo que afirma Barney para probar su inocencia resulta ser cierto. De modo que, si Barney no mató a su mujer, ¿quién lo hizo ? Le tocará a Kinsey descubrir que Isabelle Barney se había buscado a más de un enemigo…

Kinsey Milhone, appearing in her 17th novel, finds herself drawn to a small town in California to try and help two old, ailing detectives solve an 18-year-old crime--the murder of a young woman, whose body was found in a quarry off of California Highway 1. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.