A is for Alibi - (Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries) by Sue Grafton (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Back for a whole new generation of readers, the first six novels in Grafton's "New York Times" bestselling series starring tough-talking private investigator Kinsey Millhone are now reissued with stunning new cover art. "A Is for Alibi" will be released in November, while the five follow-up reissues will be available in December.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL!</b> <p/><i>Take it from the top in #</i>1 New York Times<i> bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone--and a hot new attitude--to crime fiction...</i> <p/><b>A IS FOR AVENGER</b><br>A tough-talking former cop, 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 possessions and fewer personal attachments, she's got a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. <p/><b>A IS FOR ACCUSED</b><br>That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago, she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she's out on parole and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But after all this time, clearing Nikki's bad name won't be easy. <p/><b><i>A IS FOR ALIBI</i></b><br>If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive, it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse, more suspects, and a new reason to kill, Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer--and sharper--than she imagined. <p/>A Is for Alibi<br>B Is for Burglar<br>C Is for Corpse<br>D Is for Deadbeat<br>E Is for Evidence<br>F Is for Fugitive<br>G Is for Gumshoe<br>H Is for Homicide<br>I Is for Innocent<br>J Is for Judgment<br>K Is for Killer<br>L is for Lawless<br>M Is for Malice<br>N Is for Noose<br>O Is for Outlaw<br>P Is for Peril <br>Q Is for Quarry<br>R Is for Ricochet <br>S Is for Silence <br>T Is for Trespass<br>U Is for Undertow <br>V Is for Vengeance <br>W Is for Wasted <br>X</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL!</b> <p/><i>Take it from the top in #</i>1 New York Times<i> bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone--and a hot new attitude--to crime fiction...</i> <p/><b>A IS FOR AVENGER</b><br>A tough-talking former cop, 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 possessions and fewer personal attachments, she's got a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. <p/><b>A IS FOR ACCUSED</b><br>That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ago, she was convicted of killing her philandering husband. Now she's out on parole and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But after all this time, clearing Nikki's bad name won't be easy. <p/><b><i>A IS FOR ALIBI</i></b><br>If there's one thing that makes Kinsey Millhone feel alive, it's playing on the edge. When her investigation turns up a second corpse, more suspects, and a new reason to kill, Kinsey discovers that the edge is closer--and sharper--than she imagined. <p/><b>A class act.<br></b>--Stanley Ellin <p/><b>Smart, well-paced, and very funny.<br></b><i>--Newsweek</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Kinsey Millhone is smart, sexual, likeable and a very modern operator. A pleasure to read." --Dorothy Salisbury Davis <p/>"[This] is what grandpa used to call a class act." --Stanley Ellin <p/>"Wit is the most versatile weapon in Sue Grafton's well-stocked arsenal, and she uses it with disarming precision. . . . Grafton excels in this milieu." --<i>Newsweek on the Sue Grafton series and Kinsey Millhone</i> <p/>"A wonderful character, tough but not brutish, resourceful and sensitive, a fit knight to walk those mean streets with her male predecessors." --<i>Los Angeles Times on the Sue Grafton series and Kinsey Millhone</i> <p/>"Somebody I want to spend more time with." --<i>The New York Times Book Review on the Sue Grafton series and Kinsey Millhone</i> <p/>"Bright, brisk, and thoroughly engaging." --<i>The Washington Post on the Sue Grafton series and Kinsey Millhone</i> <p/>"Bright, brisk, and thoroughly engaging." --<i>The Washington Post on the Sue Grafton series and Kinsey Millhone</i> <p/>"A woman we feel we know, a tough cookie with a soft center, a gregarious loner." --<i>Baltimore Sun on the Sue Grafton series and Kinsey Millhone</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<b> Sue Grafton</b> (1940-2017) entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of<i> 'A' Is for Alibi</i>, which introduced female hard-boiled private investigator, Kinsey Millhone, operating out of the fictional town of Santa Teresa, (aka Santa Barbara) California, and launched the bestselling Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries. In addition to her books, she'd published several Kinsey Millhone short stories, and with her husband, Steven Humphrey, wrote numerous movies for television, including "A Killer in the Family" (starring Robert Mitchum), "Love on the Run" (starring Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist) and two Agatha Christie adaptations, "Sparkling Cyanide" and "Caribbean Mystery," which starred Helen Hayes. Grafton is published in 28 countries and in 26 languages.
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