Search - M is for Malice (Kinsey Millhone, Bk 13)

Terrific...keep them coming, Sue Grafton!

"Every investigation has a nature of its own, but there are certain shared characteristics," explains private eye Kinsey Millhone in her 13th alphabetic outing. "Here's what you hope for: a chance remark from the former neighbor on a skip-trace, a penciled notation on the corner of a document, an ex-spouse with a grudge, the number on an account, an item overlooked at the scene of a crime. Here's what you expect: the dead ends, bureaucratic bullheadedness, the cul-de-sacs, trails that go nowhere or simply fade into thin air, denials, prevarications, the blank-eyed stares from all the hostile witnesses. Here's what you know: that you've done it before and you have the toughness and determination to pull it off again. Here's what you want: justice. Here's what you'll settle for: something equivalent, the quid pro quo." All of the above are on display in Grafton's latest entry in her increasingly popular series set in a thinly-disguised Santa Barbara, as the virtually ageless Kinsey finds and loses a missing heir and gets back an old lover.

Kinsey Millhone is a great character. Light reading at its best. I'm a man and have no trouble reading this lady detective stuff.

Another thriller in the Grafton tradition! M is for marvelous.

Another Kinsey Millhone. Great, as always!

...the Malek family: four sons nearing middle age who sgtand to inherit a fortune. But for any of them to claim their millions, the fourth brother must be found. Great Read! Great Series!

M is for...the Malek family: four sons nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune. But for any of them to cliam their millions, the fourth brother must be found. Eighteen years before---angry, troubled, and in trouble---he disappeared. No one's seen or heard from him since. Now Kinsey Millhone must track him down. And when she does, she unknowingly sets in motion a bitter payback from the past that can end only in murder...

i actually know the author and she is as smart and sassy as is the female protagonist. alphabet book--she started with "a" is for alibi"

"M" is for the Malek fmaily: four sons nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune. But for any of them to claim their millions, the fourth brother must be found. Eighteen years before-angry, troubled and in trouble-he disappeared. No on's seen or heard from him since. Now Kinsey Millhone must track him down. And when she does, she unknowingly sets in motion a bitter payback from the past that can end only in murder.

Her books are great! She begins with A and goes through the alphabet with catchy murder mystery titles. This one is M is for Malice.