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A woman with a murky past who kills herself—or was it murder? A spoiled kid awash in gambling debt who thinks he can beat the system. A lovely woman whose life is about to splinter into a thousand fragments. A professional shoplifting ring working for the Mob, racking up millions from stolen...

Der var ikke mange der sørgede, da Laurence Fife blev myrdet. Den fremtrædende skilsmisseadvokat var kendt for sin rå og hensynsløse opførsel i forretningslivet. Og så var der alle rygterne om hans mange affærer. Mange mennesker i den maleriske sydcaliforniske by Santa Teresa ønskede ham...

Man verschenkt nicht mal eben 25.000 Dollar. Doch der Mann, der bei Kinsey Millhone, Privatdetektivin aus Kalifornien, am Tag vor Halloween auftaucht und sich als Alvin Limardo vorstellt, hat genau das im Sinn. Kinsey soll einen Jungen ausfindig machen, dem Limardo viel zu verdanken hat, und diesem das Geld überbringen. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen professionellem Interesse und Argwohn nimmt die Ermittlerin den ungewöhnlichen Auftrag schließlich an. Doch schon bald muss sie erkennen, dass nichts an diesem Fall so ist, wie es scheint.

When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. Plenty of people had reason to want him dead. But the police thought his wife Nikki--with motive, access and opportunity--was the #1 suspect. The jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki hires Kinsey Millhone, a...

When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. Plenty of people had reason to want him dead. But the police thought his wife Nikki - with motive, access and opportunity - was the #1 suspect. The jury thought so too. Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki hires Kinsey Millhone, a...

R Is for Ricochet is another thrilling installment in Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone series. Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn’t there for her when she was convicted of...

In this rich, complex and gripping tale, Kinsey Millhone's grit is tested to its utmost as the private detective unearths the gruesome truth about a long-buried betrayal--and, in the process, comes face-to-face with the grisly fact of her own mortality. "'G' is for guilt and guile, for greed and...

A wealthy woman needs to find her sister to settle a will. It looks routine... boring. Still, business is slow and even a private investigator has bills to pay, so Kinsey Millhone takes the case. But this is not routine and the deeper Kinsey digs the trickier things get. The client tries to call...

Dr. Dowan Purcell had been missing for nine weeks when Kinsey got a call asking her to take on the case. A specialist in geriatric medicine, Purcell was a prominent member of the Santa Theresa medical community, and the police had done a thorough job. Purcell had no known enemies and seemed...

Bobby Callahan was only 20 when an accident left him disfigured for life. The doctors patched up his body but they couldn't fix his mind. Huge chunks of his memory were lost but he knew someone had tried to kill him and that the "accident" was deliberate. He knew he had the key to something that...

Here together for the first time on CD are the three mysteries that started it all, introducing sexy, savvy ex-cop turned P.I. Kinsey Millhone to listeners everywhere… “A” Is for AlibiNikki Fife, convicted of murdering her husband Laurence, is out on parole after eight years of prison. Now...

R Is for Ricochet is another thrilling installment in Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone series. Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn’t there for her when she was convicted of...

In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to Kinsey Millhone. Thirty years later, Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a number-one bestselling author. To mark this anniversary year, Sue has given us stories that reveal Kinsey’s origins and Sue’s past. “I've come to believe that...

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 can't 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...

"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...

In her twelfth caper of this alphabet series, Kinsey Millhone, P.I., our cheeky heroine, helps a neighbor find out why the government has denied an elderly relative's veteran benefits. Sounds like a real yawner for Kinsey. But it's not when this seemingly mundane mystery leads to a stash of...

"One of Kinsey's most electrifying adventures to date...Another irresistible installment of Ms. Grafton's series." THE BALTIMORE SUN 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...

Of the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series, NPR said, “Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters.” Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local PI...

Of the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series, NPR said, “Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters.” Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local PI...

Es gibt ungewöhnliche Fälle – und dann gibt es Fälle, die man nie wieder vergisst … Die Geschichte, die Privatdetektivin und Ex-Polizistin Kinsey Millhone von ihrem neuesten Klienten aufgetischt wird, klingt so abenteuerlich wie abwegig: Ein mörderischer Angriff auf einer einsamen Landstraße, ein Aufprall am Fuß einer 100 Meter tiefen Schlucht, zwei Wochen Koma und das Gedächtnis voller Lücken; der angehende Arzt Bobby Callahan ist überzeugt, dass er nur mit knapper Not einen Mordanschlag überlebt hat.