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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?

THIS IS ONE OF GRAFTON''S MOST FUN-TO-READ BOOKS. . . . One of Kinsey Millhone''s] wildest adventures yet." --San Francisco Examiner When Kinsey Millhone agrees to do a favor for Henry Pitts, her lovable octogenarian landlord, she literally gets taken for the ride of her life. The family of a recently deceased WWII veteran wants her to find out why the military has no record of his service. All Kinsey has to do, she thinks, is cut through some government red tape. But when the dead man''s house is ransacked and his old army buddy is beaten up, she quickly realizes he was not all he seemed. Before long Kinsey is trailing crooks halfway across the country, impersonating a hotel maid, tangling with a baseball bat-wielding grandmother, and running from one very dangerous character. With her money almost gone and her nerves frayed, Kinsey''s got to solve a decades-old crime and make it back home in time for Henry''s wedding . . . if she can make it back at all (...)

It was like being in the presence of a snake, first hissing its presence and then coiled in readiness. I didn't dare turn my back or take my eyes off of her. I stood very still. I let go of my fight-or-flight defence and decided to play dead. If you run from a bear, it gives chase. That's the nature of the beast. Likewise a snake. If I moved, she might strike. When her elderly neighbour Gus has an accident, Kinsey Millhone is relieved when his niece organises a nurse for him.Verifying a background check on Solana Rojas doesn't turn up anything suspicious. But Kinsey's not convinced - especially when Gus seems to be getting worse under his nurse's tender care. Realising that her neighbourly concern isn't going to get her past the front door Kinsey turns to more unorthodox methods to step up her investigation. And gets far more than she bargained for. Not only is Solana not who she seems to be but she's more than able to play Kinsey at her own game. Suddenly the tables have turned and it's Kinsey who's on the wrong side of the law.

n 1960s Santa Teresa, a child is kidnapped and never returned ... When the case is reopened after twenty years, Michael Sutton contacts detective Kinsey Millhone claiming to have recalled a disturbing memory which might provide the key to the mystery. He may have stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh's body ... Michael's account is indistinct -he was only six at the time of the kidnapping. But Kinsey is certain there is something vital within Michael's recollections. While stepping back into the past, Kinsey discovers more about her own history too ..

Y IS FOR YESTERDAY

This is the 20th novel in Sue Grafton´s ever popular "alphabet" series featuring PI Kinsey Millhone. Again she displays a freshness of tempo and plotting that puts younger writers to shame. A gripping, elegant and satisfying story rooted in plausible characterisation.

C alling T is for Trespass "taut, terrifying, transfixing and terrific," USA Today went on to ask, "What does it take to write twenty novels about the same character and manage to create a fresh, genre-bending novel every time?" It´s a question worth pondering Through twenty excursions into the dark side of the human soul, Sue Grafton has never written the same book twice And so it is with this, her twenty-first...

Le soir du 4 juillet 1953, jour de la Fête nationale américaine, Violet Sullivan mit ses plus beaux atours et partit assister au feu d''artifice. Personne ne l''a jamais revue... Trente-quatre ans pl

Bobby Callahan, un joven reservado y con el rostro deformado que había llamado la atención de Kinsey Millhone en el gimnasio del barrio, se le acerca un día y le cuenta que, tras el accidente que le dejo amnesico y con el cuerpo zurcido de cicatrices, esta convencido de que alguien quiere matarle, aunque ignore por que. La poli se habia alzado de hombros ante sus temores y su adinerada familia cree que le falta un tornillo. Pero el tiene miedo, un miedo mortal, y le pide a Kinsey que le ayude y le proteja. Poco hay por donde coger este caso, piensa ella, pero, como Bobby le cae bien, es obstinado y esta maltrecho, acepta trabajar para el. Sin embargo, tres dias despues, Bobby Callahan aparece muerto Para Kinsey Millhone, un trato es un trato, y nunca abandona un caso a medio camino. La habian contratado para impedir un asesinato ; ¡ahora le toca buscar al asesino !

The eleventh in Sue Grafton's crime series starring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. When Lorna Kepler is killed, the Santa Teresa police suspect homicide but cannot establish motive or suspect. Before our heroine can expose a murderer, she must first prove murder.

X is the New York Times number 1 bestseller and thrilling, twenty-fourth book in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series from 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 private investigator 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?