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Sue Grafton

    24. apríl 1940 – 28. december 2017

    Sue Graftonová bola celosvetovo uznávanou autorkou, ktorej „abecedná séria“ s detektívkou Kinsey Millhoneovou v hlavnej úlohe si získala obrovskú popularitu. Pred úspechom tejto série písala scenáre pre televízne filmy. Jej tvorba sa vyznačovala prenikavým pohľadom na ľudskú psychiku a zložitosť vzťahov. Graftonová sa zásadne stavala proti filmovým adaptáciám svojich diel a nikdy nedovolila písanie „duchov“, čo rešpektovala aj jej rodina, a preto sa séria skončila písmenom 'Y'.

    Sue Grafton
    Y is for Yesterday
    Najlepšie svetové čítanie: Výhra, Čierny barón, Miesto ženy, Pištoľník a rehoľníčka
    M Is For Malice
    Nejlepší světové čtení: Hrdinové ohně. P jako pochybnosti. Tango jedna. Svatba v rytmu stepu
    Třikrát Kinsey Millhoneová
    Najlepšie svetové čitanie. Požiar v srdci. Tango jeden. V rytme stepu. P ako pochybnosti
    • Požiar v srdci: Ed Tully a Connor Ford sú najlepší priatelia, ktorých spája nielen láska k prírode a túžba po dobrodružstve, ale aj spoločné zážitky z práce dobrovoľných hasičov. I to najpevnejšie puto priateľstva však dostáva trhliny, keď sa dvaja muži zamilujú do jednej ženy. V prípade Eda a Connora vstupuje do hry okrem tmavovlasej Julie aj ich nebezpečný koníček.Tango jeden: Tango jeden označuje v policajnom žargóne najhľadanejšieho zločinca - a v tomto prípade je ním drogový barón Den Donovan. V snahe o jeho dolapenie sa londýnska polícia uchyľuje k veľmi neštandartným metódam. Keď sa jedného dňa prestane Donovanovi dariť v osobnom i profesionálnom živote, je len otázkou času, kedy sklapne pasca...V rytme stepu: Manželia Caroline a Tom McSwainovci sú spolu už rovných štyridsaťdva rokov. Od usadlého manželského páru však majú ďaleko, najmä keď väčšinu členov ich domácnosti v približne rovnakom čase zasiahne Amorov šíp lásky. To je potom nevyhnutné zachovať si chladnú hlavu a všetky prípadné katastrofy vyriešiť pekne jednu po druhej.P ako pochybnosti-Svojrázna súkromná vyšetrovateľka Kinsey Millhonová sa púšťa do riskantného prípadu, keď sa rozhodne preskúmať okolnosti záhadného zmiznutia miestneho lekára. Sprenevera, podozrivé obchodné partnerstvá, nenásytné manželky... V svete nezvestného Dr. Purcella je všetko inak, ako by sa zdalo na prvý pohľad. A navyše sa vynoria ďalšie temné tajomstvá.

      Najlepšie svetové čitanie. Požiar v srdci. Tango jeden. V rytme stepu. P ako pochybnosti
      4,1
    • Kniha obsahuje tři případy : 1. A jako Alibi - přeložila Eva Klimentová. 2. B jako běs - přeložila Stanislava Pošustová. 3. C jako corpus delicti - přeložila Ivana Doležalová. Doslov „Ostrá žena s něžným srdcem“ napsala Eva Klimentová. Vydání první

      Třikrát Kinsey Millhoneová
      4,5
    • M Is For Malice

      • 300 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      'M' is for malice...and malice kills. 'M' is for money. Lots of it. 'M' is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California and which, uniquely, remains in family hands. 'M' is for the Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune - four men with very different outlooks, temperaments and needs, linked only by blood and money. Eighteen years ago, one of them - angry, troubled and in trouble - went missing. 'M' is for Millhone, hired to trace that missing black sheep brother. 'M' is for memories, none of them happy. The bitter memories of an embattled family. Though Millhone suceeds in her search, this prodigal son will find no welcome at his family's table. And, in brutal consequence, 'M' is for murder...

      M Is For Malice
      4,1
    • Výhra: LuAnn je slobodná matka, chudobná ako kostolná myš - až kým jej podvodná výhra v lotérii neprinesie nepredstaviteľné bohatstvo. Potom však zistí, že už nedokáže žiť v klame. Diabolský osnovateľ podvodu má však iné, oveľa hrozivejšie zámery... Čierny barón: Osud chcel, aby dve letecké esá, dvojčatá Max von Halder z Berlína a Harry Kelso z Bostonu bojovali na nepriateľských stranách. Hlboké bratské puto, ktoré ich spájalo, napokon priamo či nepriamo ovplyvnilo priebeh druhej svetovej vojny... Miesto ženy: Claire sa tak veľmi usilovala byť dobrou manželkou a milujúcou matkou - a popritom ešte viesť vlastnú firmu! A teraz sa musí pozerať ako sa jej doterajší život mení na trosky... Pištoľník a rehoľníčka: Nat je osamelý pištoľník utekajúci pred prenasledovateľmi. Cestou narazí na sestru Agnešu s hlúčikom sirôt, ktorý sú v indiánskom obklúčení...

      Najlepšie svetové čítanie: Výhra, Čierny barón, Miesto ženy, Pištoľník a rehoľníčka
      4,1
    • The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate—and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns state’s evidence and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader escapes without a trace. Now, it’s 1989 and one of the perpetrators, Fritz McCabe, has been released from prison. Moody, unrepentant, and angry, he is a virtual prisoner of his ever-watchful parents—until a copy of the missing tape arrives with a ransom demand. That’s when the McCabes call Kinsey Millhone for help. As she is drawn into their family drama, she keeps a watchful eye on Fritz. But he’s not the only one being haunted by the past. A vicious sociopath with a grudge against Millhone may be leaving traces of himself for her to find…

      Y is for Yesterday
      4,0
    • N is for noose

      • 368 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Kinsey Millhone should have turned the car back. In the direction of home. Instead, she was about to put herself in the gravest jeopardy of her career.Tom Newquist had been a detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office for years--a tough, honest cop respected by everyone. When he died suddenly, the townsfolk were saddened but not surprised. Just shy of sixty-five, Newquist worked too hard, smoked too much, and exercised too little. That plus an appetite for junk food made him a poster boy for an American Heart Association campaign.Newquist's widow didn't doubt the coroner's report. But what Selma couldn't accept was not knowing what had bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life. What was it that had made him prowl restlessly at night, that had him brooding constantly? Selma wanted to find out what it was that had so bedeviled her husband.The case was vague and hopeless, like looking for a needle in a haystack. Kinsey set up shop in Nota Lake where she found that looking for that needle can draw blood. Very likely, her own. "N Is for Noose" is a novel in which Kinsey Millhone becomes the target and an entire town seems in for the kill.

      N is for noose
      4,0
    • O Is For Outlaw

      • 354 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Through fourteen books, fans have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past, a morsel here, a dollop there. We know of Aunt Gin who raised her, the second husband who left her, and the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one was only a blip on the screen until now.Kinsey gets a call on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last week he bought a stack of boxes. They had stuff in them—Kinsey stuff. For thirty bucks, he'll sell her the lot. She has never been one for personal possessions, but curiosity wins out and she hands over a twenty. Kinsey may be curious but she loves to bargain! What she finds amid childhood memorabilia is an old undelivered letter.It will force her to reexamine her beliefs about the breakup of her first marriage, about the honor of Mickey, that first husband, and about an old unsolved murder. It will put her life in the gravest peril. "O Is for Outlaw" is Kinsey Millhone's fifteenth adventure into the dark side of human nature.

      O Is For Outlaw
      4,0
    • V is for Vengeance Las Vegas, 1986. A young college graduate is murdered when he is unable to pay back a loan. Two years later private investigator Kinsey Millhone finds herself assisting to apprehend a shoplifter - Audrey Vance - in a shopping centre. Events take a much darker turn when her body is discovered beneath the Cold Spring Bridge, a local suicide spot. Full description

      V is for vengeance
      4,0
    • I is for Innocent

      • 286 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      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 artist claims that David Barney, her current husband, is guilty as sin. Barney gets to Kinsey and insists he's innocent. But if he is, who's guilty? In trying to learn who's been getting away with murder, Kinsey may be courting her own.

      I is for Innocent
      4,0
    • R is for ricochet

      • 300 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      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.

      R is for ricochet
      4,0
    • In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned . . . When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man - Michael Sutton - contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a strange and disturbing memory which just might provide the key to the mystery. He may have stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh's body . . . But Michael's account is indistinct -he was only six years old at the time of the kidnapping; and even members of his family try to discredit his evidence. But Kinsey is certain there is something vital within Michael's recollections. And even when what is eventually unearthed isn't what anyone expected, she can't quite let go of the case. As Kinsey gradually brings to light the stories of the protagonists involved in the tragedy, from Country Club parents to their free-living, hippy children, the truth finally begins to emerge. And while stepping back into the past, Kinsey discovers more about her own history too . . .

      U is for undertow
      4,0
    • X

      • 529 stránok
      • 19 hodin čítania

      “An inventive plot and incisive character studies elevate MWA Grand Master Grafton’s twenty-fourth Kinsey Millhone novel...This superior outing will remind readers why this much-loved series will be missed as the end of the alphabet approaches.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss... Perhaps Sue Grafton’s darkest and most chilling novel, X 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 deadly sociopath. The test is whether private investigator Kinsey Millhone can prove her case against him—before she becomes his next victim.

      X
      4,0
    • "Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall" October 1988 Santa Teresa California narrates PI Kinsey Milhone 38. One is shady PI Pete Wolinsky, shot and robbed. Second is homeless alcoholic Terrence Dace from kidney and liver failure. He rejected children, bequeathed fortune to Kinsey. Pete's gun shows up in Kinsey's car, dropped by Felix, killed after he retrieved friend Dace's stolen stuff.

      W is for Wasted
      3,9
    • S is for silence

      • 562 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania

      "Thirty-four years after Violet Sullivans 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." -- back cover.

      S is for silence
      3,9
    • Q is for Quarry

      • 368 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Eighteen years after the body of an unidentified young woman is discovered in a quarry off California's Highway 1, two police detectives nearing retirement enlist Kinsey Millhone's aid to help identify the long-ago murder victim.

      Q is for Quarry
      3,9
    • "L" is for Lawless

      A Kinsey Millhone Novel

      • 290 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      PI Kinsey Millhone of California goes looking for the loot of a $500,000 robbery, an assignment filled with danger as one of the robbers is a psychopath. By the author of "K" Is for Killer

      "L" is for Lawless
      3,9
    • E is for evidence

      • 240 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Anyone who knows me will tell you that I cherish my unmarried state. I’m female, twice divorced, no kids and no close family ties. I’m perfectly content to do what I do . . . It was two days after Christmas when Kinsey Millhone received the bank slip showing a credit for five thousand dollars. The account number was correct but Kinsey hadn’t made the deposit. Then came the phone call and suddenly everything became clear. The frame-up was working and Kinsey was trapped . . .

      E is for evidence
      3,9
    • A is for Alibi

      • 112 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      'My name is Kinsey Millhone. I'm a private investigator, licensed by the State of California. I'm thirty-two years old, twice divorced, no kids. The day before yesterday I killed someone and the fact weighs heavily on my mind...' Kinsey had been out for most of the morning and the client was waiting in the corridor. Nikki Fife. The eight years since Kinsey had seen her had left no visible scars. But now she was looking for the help that only a detective could provide. For whoever had killed her husband, it wasn't Nikki Fife. And if his wife wasn't the murderer, that meant someone else was...

      A is for Alibi
      3,9
    • B is for burglar

      • 384 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      The second book in the critically acclaimed Kinsey Millhone series

      B is for burglar
      3,9
    • Každá z devíti povídek v úvodu knihy je klenotem detektivní fikce. Hrdinka Kinsey, která se objevila v převratné vlně detektivního románu, přestala být pouze oddanou parťačkou drsných detektivů a začala vyslovovat vlastní názory a postřehy. Její výmluvnost a ostrovtip si čtenáři zamilovali již od první knihy. Druhá část souboru, obsahující třináct povídek, byla napsána během deseti let po matčině smrti a představuje Kit Blueovou, mladší alter ego autorky. Tyto temné příběhy nesou spodní proud zármutku a tiché bolesti, reflektující rodinné ztráty a cestu od vzteku k odpuštění a lásce. Autorka se v minulosti zmínila o alkoholismu svých rodičů, což ovlivnilo její dětství a pocit volnosti, ale i citovou rozháranost. Sue Graftonová si hlídá své soukromí a její nynější otevřenost naznačuje vyrovnání se s minulostí. Přesto cítí rozpaky ohledně sdílení svého života, touží po možnosti přepsat svou minulost a odstranit slabá místa. Uvědomuje si, že zakrývání nepříjemností může vést k ztrátě dobrých vzpomínek. Minulost je komplexní a zkušenosti, které získala, měly svou cenu, s níž se ztotožňuje každý, kdo se odvážil ohlédnout za svým životem.

      Kinsey a já : Uzavřený kruh a jiné povídky
      3,7
    • P Is for Peril

      • 370 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      It is now nine weeks since Dr Dowan Purcell vanished without trace. The sixty-nine-year-old doctor had said goodnight to his colleagues at the Pacific Meadows nursing home, had climbed into his car and driven away never to be seen again. His embittered first wife Fiona is convinced he is still alive. His second wife, Crystal a former stripper forty years his junior is just as sure he is dead. Enter private investigator Kinsey Malone, hired by Fiona to find out just what has happened to the man they loved. Enter also Tommy Hevener, an attractive flame-haired twenty-something who has set his romantic sights on Kinsey. And Tommy is a man with a very interesting past

      P Is for Peril
      3,9
    • F is for Fugitive

      • 272 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      "It was an old man's dying wish. To clear his son's name and reunite his family. But Bailey Fowler had been missing for 16 years and there was more than one person in Floral Beach who didn't want him found. Until the cops turn him up - by accident. And suddenly murder is the hottest game in town all over again. Kinsey Millhone was summoned for the fairy tale ending ... ." -- back cover.

      F is for Fugitive
      3,8
    • 2 cassettes / 3 hours Read by Judy Kaye Kinsey Millhone, the irreverent, wise-cracking P.I. with a style reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, is back in a high-stakes adventure. His name was Parnell Perkins and until shortly after midnight, he'd been a claims adjuster for California Fidelity. Then someone had come along and ended his career . . . permanently. To the cops, his death looked like a robber gone sour; to Kinsey Millhone, it looked strangely suspicious. Particularly when Bibianna Diaz's name surfaced in one of Perkins' files. It seems she had pulled an insurance scam, with California Fidelity as her mark. Now, Kinsey was after her. But so, too, was her spurned suitor, Raymond Maldonado. he had a rap sheet as long as his arm and an inability to take no for an answer. Could Kinsey get to Bibianna first and solve the mystery of Perkins' murder? Or would she find that once you crossed Raymond Maldonado, you didn't live to tell the tape?

      "H" is for Homicide
      3,8
    • G is for Gumshoe

      • 272 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      The seventh exhilarating Kinsey Millhone mystery from Sue Grafton

      G is for Gumshoe
      3,8
    • K Is for Killer

      • 284 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      In Santa Teresa, California, PI Kinsey Millhone is hired by a mother to investigate her daughter's death, which police are unable to solve. As Millhone probes, there emerges a picture of a two-facetted woman, simple receptionist during the day and porno queen at night. By the author of A Is for Alibi.

      K Is for Killer
      3,7
    • Female, age 32, self-employed and wiser than she used to be. For Kinsey Millhone, Private Investigator, only one thing stays the same. When a client sits down in the chair across the desk, she never knows what's going to happen next. This is the fourth book in the Kinsey Millhone series.

      D is for Deadbeat
      3,7
    • C is for Corpse

      • 243 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Kinsey met Bobby Callahan in the gym on Monday morning. His story was hard to credit: a murderous assault by a tailgating car on a lonely rural road, a roadside smash into a canyon 400 feet below, his porsche a ruin, his best friend dead, and his memory severly impaired. He was convinced someone was trying to kill him. By Thursday he was dead. But Kinsy wasnt going back on a deal. She has been hired to prevent a murder. Now she was looking for the murderer....

      C is for Corpse
      3,7
    • While investigating the reappearance of the long-presumed-dead Wendell Jaffe, Kinsey Millhone uncovers some unpleasant truths about her own family in the process

      "J" is for Judgment
      3,6
    • Nejlepší světové čtení

      N... jako nástraha. Spojka z bílého domu. Eddieho bastard. Riskantní podnik

      Zatímco televizní moderátorka Josie čeká na zprávy od manžela, kterého při výstupu na Mount Everest zaskočila bouře, bývalý horský vůdce Hal Maher čelí na Aljašce neslýchané vlně lavin. Ani jeden prostě netuší, že za několik měsíců budou společně mířit na vrchol nejvyšší hory světa a že to bude cesta, při které půjde o život.

      Nejlepší světové čtení
    • E Is for Evidence & F Is for Fugitive

      • 656 stránok
      • 23 hodin čítania

      A collection of two Kinsey Milhone mysteries includes "E is for evidence," in which, when incriminating evidence planted by an unknown party indicates that private eye Kinsey Millhone is on the take, she desperately tries to exonerate herself.

      E Is for Evidence & F Is for Fugitive
      4,3
    • O is for Outlaw and P is for Peril

      • 513 stránok
      • 18 hodin čítania

      A double dose of Sue Grafton and a realtreat. Two absolutely cracking books tokeep you reading until all hours. The onlydownside is you get to the end and wantmore. Fortunately there is more.

      O is for Outlaw and P is for Peril
      4,2
    • C Is for Corpse & D Is for Deadbeat

      • 640 stránok
      • 23 hodin čítania

      The third and fourth novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton: C Is for Corpse & D Is for Deadbeat. In "C" is for Corpse, Bobby Callahan approaches PI Kinsey Millhone with a far-fetched story: a murderous assault by a tailgating car on a lonely rural road, a roadside smash into a canyon four hundred feet below, his Porsche a bare ruin, his best friend dead. Bobby, having suffered memory loss in the crash, claims someone had tried to kill him, but doesn't know who or why. And he's convinced Kinsey is the only one who can find out. In "D" is for Deadbeat, a man calling himself Alvin Limardo approaches Kinsey with a job that seems cut-and-dried: locate a kid who'd done him a favor and pass on a check for $25,000. It's only later, after he stiffs her for her retainer, that Kinsey finds out his name is actually John Dagget, and his an ex-con, inveterate liar, and now dead. Kinsey soon realizes that Daggett had an awful lot of enemies—but would any of them go as far as murder?

      C Is for Corpse & D Is for Deadbeat
      4,2
    • A New Omnibus of Crime

      • 412 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania

      This fantastic new collection picks up where Dorothy L. Sayers left off, bringing together monumental, important,and entertaining works of short crime fiction published over eight decades from the era of the Great Depression to the first years of the twenty-first century.

      A New Omnibus of Crime
      4,0
    • Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul

      Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      Being a writer can be a lonely and frustrating experience. The stories in this book-by a wide range of professional writers, novelists, journalists, freelancers, poets and screenwriters-will give readers insight into the human trials, tribulations and triumphs of writers, and writers a source of inspiration and commiseration. Whether readers are beginning writers, seasoned pros or wannabes, the stories of purpose, passion, endurance and success contained in Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul will inform, entertain, uplift and inspire them. In its pages, they will learn important lessons on: the importance of perseverance, the value of being yourself, the process of discovering your own voice, the need for mentors and allies, and the power of following your heartfelt dreams. Contributors include: Sue Grafton, Steve Allen, Dave Barry, Agatha Christie, Art Linkletter, Terry McMillan, and more.

      Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul
      4,0
    • trespass \'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.

      T is for Trespass
      4,0
    • A Is for Alibi & B Is for Burglar

      • 640 stránok
      • 23 hodin čítania

      A Is for Alibi & B Is for Burglar collects the first two novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton... In A is for Alibi, tough-talking private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal attachments, she's got a soft spot for lost causes. That's why she draws clients like Nikki Fife. Nikki is out on parole after serving time for allegedly killing her husband, and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But clearing Nikki's name won't be easy.... In B is for Burglar, Kinsey is reluctant to take on the case of locating Beverly Danziger's sister Elaine. It's a small matter that Beverly should be able to handle herself. So why is she enlisting Kinsey's services? And if there's something she's learned in her line of work, it's to always follow your instincts...

      A Is for Alibi & B Is for Burglar
      3,8
    • In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to private investigator Kinsey Millhone and the Alphabet series. Now Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a number-one bestselling author. To mark this achievement, Sue has written short stories that reveal Kinsey's origins and Sue's past.

      Kinsey and Me
      3,8
    • The Best American Mystery Stories 1998

      • 368 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada

      The Best American Mystery Stories 1998
      3,7
    • Kinsey Millhone Mysteries: J is for Judgment

      • 359 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      "J" is for Jaffe: Wendell Jaffe, dead these past five years. Or so it seemed until his former insurance agent spotted him in the bar of a dusty little resort halfway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. "In truth, the facts about Wendell Jaffe had nothing to do with my family history, but murder is seldom tidy and no one ever said revelations operate in a straight line. It was my investigation into the dead man's past that triggered the inquiry into my own, and in the end the two stories became difficult to separate." Five years ago, when Jaffe's thirty-five-foot Fuji ketch was found drifting off the Baja coast, it seemed a sure thing he'd gone overboard. The note he left behind admitted he was flat broke, his business bankrupt, his real estate gambit nothing but a huge Ponzi scheme about to collapse, with criminal indictment certain to follow. When the authorities soon after descended on his banks and his books, there was nothing left: Jaffe had stripped the lot. "Given my insatiable curiosity and my natural inclination to poke my nose in where it doesn't belong, it was odd to realize how little attention I'd paid to my own past. I'd simply accepted what I was told, constructing my personal mythology on the flimsiest of facts." But Jaffe wasn't quite without assets. There was the $500,000 life insurance policy made out to his wife and underwritten by California Fidelity. With no corpse to prove death, however, the insurance company was in no hurry to pay the claim. Dana Jaffe had to wait out the statutory five years until her missing husband could be declared legally dead. Just two months before Wendell Jaffe was sighted in that dusty resort bar, California Fidelity finally paid in full. Now they wanted the truth. And they were willing to hire Kinsey Millhone to dig it up. As Kinsey pushes deeper into the mystery surrounding Wendell Jaffe's pseudocide, she explores her own past, discovering that in family matters as in crime, sometimes it's better to reserve judgment. "J" is for judgment: the kind we're quick to make and often quicker to regret. "J" Is for Judgment : Kinsey Millhone's tenth excursion into the dark places of the heart where duplicity is the governing rule and murder the too-frequent result.

      Kinsey Millhone Mysteries: J is for Judgment
    • K Is for Killer

      • 364 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Sue Grafton Janice Kepler is on the way home from the support group she joined after the death of her beloved daughter, Lorna. When she sees a light on in the offices of Millhone Investigations, she believes it's a sign...and decides to knock on the door. Janice has waited long enough for Lorna's case to pick up steam, and she is relieved when Kinsey Millhone agrees to finish the work authorities left undone. Ten months before, local police had suspected homicide, but never could find a suspect-or a motive. The trail went cold. And Lorna's death remained a mystery... Now Kinsey is about to be pulled into a netherworld of unavenged murder and damaged survivors...where sometimes it takes a deal with the devil to survive.

      K Is for Killer
    • Kinsey Millhone - D-F: D staat voor doodslag

      E staat voor explosief ; F staat voor fataal

      • 699 stránok
      • 25 hodin čítania

      Een drietal misdaadromans waarin de vrouwelijke privé-detective Kinsey Millhone een belangrijke rol speelt.

      Kinsey Millhone - D-F: D staat voor doodslag
      5,0
    • G wie Galgenfrist

      • 283 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      Privatdetektivin Millhone kommt bei der Suche nach einer verschwundenen alten Dame einer lange zurückliegenden Familientragödie auf die Spur.

      G wie Galgenfrist
      4,0
    • Une assurance-vie d'un demi-million de dollars versée à une veuve éplorée, un pseudo-défunt qui réapparaît sur une plage mexicaine, enfin, une compagnie d'assurances, la " California Fidelity " persuadée de s'être fait gruger ! Voilà les premiers éléments de l'enquête confiée à la célèbre détective californienne Kinsey Millhone. D'autant plus motivée qu'il y a quelques années, elle s'est fait renvoyer sans ménagement de la " California Fidelity " par son odieux directeur. Kinsey traque la vérité avec entrain, de la Californie au Mexique... Mais elle tombe bientôt sur une drôle de surprise : une famille maternelle dont elle ignorait jusqu'à l'existence. Pas forcément agréable... Car comme dit Kinsey : " Ce qu'il y a de plus pénible avec la mort, c'est que l'on n'y peut rien changer. Ce qu'il y a de pénible dans la vie, c'est que rien ne reste jamais comme avant. " Et cette fois, ce n'est pas un vain mot !

      J'comme jugement
      3,7
    • Reader's Digest Im Schatten Der Gotter; Funf Minuten Verspatung; Mutter Macht Geschichten; Zerreissprobe

      Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher
      2,5
    • Nichts zu verlieren (A wie Alibi)

      • 250 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Acht Jahre ist es her, daß der skrupellose Anwalt Laurence Fife ermordet wurde. Acht Jahre saß seine junge und schöne Frau Nikki unschuldig im Gefängnis.Als sie endlich auf Bewährung freikommt, wendet sie sich an Privatdedektivin Kinsey Millhone, die sich auf die Suche nach dem wahren Mörder begibt. Kinsey Millhone läßt nicht locker und gerät immer tiefer in einen Strudel aus Leidenschaft, Verzweiflung und Haß, dem sie sich nicht entziehen kann. Erst viel zu spät erkennt Kinsey Millhone die Wahrheit - doch da steht sie dem Mörder bereits Angesicht zu Angesicht gegenüber.

      Nichts zu verlieren (A wie Alibi)
    • H van Hartstocht

      • 254 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Door een levensbedreigende infiltratie in het hoofdkwartier van een door een psychopaat geleid bende, tracht de Californische vrouwelijke detective Kinsey Millhone een gigantische verzekeringsfraude te ontmaskeren.

      H van Hartstocht