A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series, 1)

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I know there’s a splinter in there somewhere, and if I poke around too long, I’ll find it, or it’ll find me. The trail may have gone cold, but the small town of Santa Teresa, described as a 'haven for the rich', still has answers. Her most intricately plotted novel to date, it is layered in enough complexity to baffle even the cleverest among us. Just think: no technology, lots of germs, and giant hairdos held up with cans and cans of ozone-killing hairspray. Maybe you’ve heard this one before,” she went on, “but I didn’t kill Laurence and I want you to find out who did.

Divorced and eager to help solve crimes for the underdog, even if she doesn't go to those cases intentionally, her thorough skills show a mystery where the clues are solved by actual logical work and not just nifty clue falling into her lap like most mysteries do. The Kinsey Millhone stories, with one exception, appeared in magazines and mystery anthologies between 1986 and 1991. I enjoyed Kinsey and the storyline was entertaining, especially when the action picked up throughout the second half of the book and I read it in one sitting. Both parents became alcoholics and Grafton said "From the age of five onward, I was left to raise myself". In collaboration with her husband, Steven Humphrey, she also adapted the Agatha Christie novels A Caribbean Mystery and Sparkling Cyanide for television and co-wrote A Killer in the Family and Love on the Run.

Now Millhone knows that she’s on the right path and she continues to pursue some of the leads she’s uncovered. The book is narrated by Kinsey Millhone herself and opens with a perfect intrpoduction of who she is. It's April, 1988, a month before Kinsey Millhone's 38th birthday and she's alone in her office doing paperwork when a young man arrives unannounced. These became the series now known as the "alphabet novels", featuring sleuth and private investigator Kinsey Millhone. She attended the University of Louisville (first year) and Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) in her sophomore and junior years [7] before graduating from the University of Louisville in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and minors in humanities and fine arts.

Grafton's captivating storytelling and complex characters have made her a beloved figure in the literary world. Kinsey has solved the case she was hired to investigate; but in a plot twist, she discovers that her previous notions about the accountant's death were entirely wrong: in fact, it was Scorsoni who killed her when she discovered he was skimming dividend money from estate accounts under his management. The books in the series were on The New York Times Best Seller list for an aggregate of about 400 weeks. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on.In the " Mayham" episode of The Sopranos, Carmela sits by Tony's bedside in the hospital, reading Sue Grafton's "G" Is for Gumshoe.

One day Millhone gets a visit from Nikki Fife, who’s just been released from prison after being convicted of poisoning her husband, prominent divorce attorney Laurence Fife.Readers appreciate her buoyant style, her eye for detail, her deft hand with character, her acute social observances, and her abundant storytelling prowess. Moartea sa a fost dorita asadar de foarte multe persoane insa Nikki a fost cea gasita vinovata de aceasta fapta si a facut 8 ani de inchisoare pentru crima savarsita din gelozie. This book is the first in the popular Kinsey Millhone series and will keep you guessing until the very end. Avem de-a face cu un romant politist agreabil, desi probabil ca nu cel mai bun pe care il veti citi, insa destul de bine condus si echilibrat. Detectiva accepta cazul si rascolind in trecutul avocatului agita un intreg stup de viespi scotand la iveala o gramada de lucruri socante si incomode pentru care merita sa ucizi.