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Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ( "A" Is for Alibi , etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California.
Since 2000, Lincliff was one of the principal residences of the late writer Sue Grafton and her husband Steven F. Humphrey. [4] [5] Grafton, a Kentucky native, thought she had left Kentucky behind for California until her husband found Lincliff, a "crumbling estate begging to be saved." Humphrey is the "driving force behind the restoration of ...
"P" Is for Peril is the 16th novel in the "Alphabet" series of mystery novels by Sue Grafton. The novel focuses on the disappearance of Dr. Dowan Purcell, a nursing home administrator and doctor at Pacific Meadows Nursing Home, [1] [2] and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. [3] The novel is set in 1986. [4]
"O" Is for Outlaw is the 15th novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels [1] and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. [2] The novel's plot has its roots in the Vietnam War, and features information about Kinsey's previously unnamed first husband, Mickey, and their brief marriage 14 years ...
"E" Is for Evidence is the fifth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels [1] and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. [2] The premise of the book elaborates on Kinsey's personal history since it involves her second ex-husband, jazz musician and drug addict Daniel Wade, who was only ...
"A" for Alibi is dedicated to author Chip Grafton, Sue Grafton's father, "who set me on this path". [5] Chip Grafton was a municipal bond attorney in Kentucky who pursued a secondary career as a crime novelist, winning minor acclaim for four novels. He died on January 31, 1982 at age 72, four months before 'A' is for Alibi was published. [6]
Kinsey takes the case despite little information, having taken a liking to Bobby. She meets his rich but dysfunctional family: Glen, his mother is an heiress on her third marriage to Derek Wenner, whose daughter Kitty is a 17-year-old drug user and is seriously ill with anorexia. Glen has spared no expense in seeking treatment and counseling ...
"T" Is for Trespass is the 20th novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in the fictional Santa Teresa, California. Grafton drafted six possible story lines for the novel before settling on the final plot.