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La investigadora privada Kinsey Millhone tiene problemas para llegar a fin de mes el día en que no tiene más remedio que aceptar el rutinario encargo de buscar a la hermana de Mrs. Danziger, Elaine. Ahora bien, cuando llega al apartamento de esta y se encuentra con que lo ocupa otra enigmatica mujer, cuando Mrs. Danziger le pide de pronto que abandone el caso, cuando se entera de que, pocos dias antes de la desaparicion de Elaine, su vecina y compañera de bridge ha sido brutalmente asesinada y su casa ha desaparecido bajo las llamas, cuando el sobrino drogadicto de esta sabe mas de lo que dice, cuando se producen misteriosos registros, extrañas ingerencias y, finalmente, otro asesinato, a la obstinada y meticulosa Kinsey Millhone el asunto le va pareciendo todo menos rutinario. Y como mas investiga, mas se ve envuelta en un diabolico laberinto de espejos en el que nada -excepto el peligro- es en realidad lo que parece ser.

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…

Cuando Kinsey Millhone acepta trabajar para el viejo Fowler y averigua quien mató hace diecisiete años a la jovencísima Jean, no se da cuenta en seguida de que las heridas familiares pueden ocultar tanto misterio y tanta pasion. Bailey, hijo de Fowler, habia sido juzgado y declarado culpable y, tras un año de prision, habia huido y desaparecido. Fowler quiere probar la inocencia de su hijo para que pueda volver a su lado. Kinsey descubrira que Jean era mas bien ligera de cascos ; sabra donde fueron a parar los 40.000 dolares que el primersospechoso dejo a la jovencita antes de que ella muriera ; y por que tambien podrian haber sido sospechosos el director de la escuela, el propietario de un yacuzzi o la chiflada de su mujer, el abogado del acusado o incluso el pastor anglicano Entretanto la policia tropieza con el fugitivo Bailey, que vive otra vida con otro nombre. Vuelve a abrirse el caso, y todo sigue igual que la mañana en que habian encontrado el cuerpo estrangulado de Jean en las arenas de la playa.

Thirty-four years after Violet Sullivan's unexplained disappearance, Daisy, the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter she left behind, seeks the solace of closure and enlists the assistance of private detective Kinsey Millhone to help her find the truth. Reprint.

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?

La investigadora privada Kinsey Milhone tiene problemas para llegar a fin de mes el día en que no tiene más remedio que aceptar el rutinario encargo de buscar a la hermana de Mrs. Danziger, Elaine.

When Kinsey Millhone is given a job to locate a person and hand over a cheque, she thinks it is a cut-and-dried job. But then her employer is found dead and there are many potential killers among his acquaintances. The author is a double winner of the Shamus Award.

For the record, the name is Kinsey Millhone. Private investigator. One hundred and eighteen pounds of female in a five-foot six-inch frame. Just turned thirty-three (after what seemed like an interminable twelve months of being thirty-two). Three things happened on May 5, the day everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to Kinsey Millhone. The repairs were completed on her apartment, and she moved back in. She was hired by Mrs Clyde Gersh to bring her mother back from the Mojave Desert. And lastly, a real surprise. The news that she'd made one of the top slots on Tyrone Patty's hit list. 'Terrific action' - "The Times". 'Sue Grafton is on top form - literate, sexy and funny' - "Today". 'Shivery, skilful and fast-paced' - "Sunday Times".

I feel compelled to report that at the moment of death, my entire life did not pass before my eyes in a flash. What I experienced was a little voice piping up in an outraged tone: 'Oh come on. You're not serious. This is really it?' It was a Monday early in December when Kinsey Millhone first got involved in the Isabelle Barney murder case. She was out of work. Attorney Lonnie Klingman's usual private investigator had just dropped dead of a heart attack. Kinsey was more than happy to oblige. The trouble started on the very first day of the investigation. Either Kinsey's predecessor was incompetent - or someone had been getting away with murder. And next time it might turn out to be hers. 'Terrific build-up to a satisfyingly shocking climax. This edges Kinsey to the top of my personal American private-eye hit parade' - "The Times". 'It's a joy to open "I is for Innocent" and know within a couple of pages that this is a book you're going to enjoy to the end' - "Sunday Telegraph".

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.

In S is for Silence, Kinsey Millhone''s nineteenth excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure, S is for surprises as Sue Grafton takes a whole new approach to telling the tale. And S is for superb: Kinsey and Grafton at their best.