V is for Vengeance
Private detective Kinsey Millhone feels a bit out of place in Nordstrom’s lingerie department, but she’s entirely in her element when she puts a stop to a brazen shoplifting spree. For her trouble she nearly gets run over in the parking lot by one of the fleeing thieves—and later learns that the...
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Private detective Kinsey Millhone feels a bit out of place in Nordstrom’s lingerie department, but she’s entirely in her element when she puts a stop to a brazen shoplifting spree. For her trouble she nearly gets run over in the parking lot by one of the fleeing thieves—and later learns that the one who didn’t get away has been found dead in an apparent suicide. But Audrey Vance’s grieving fiancé suspects murder and hires Kinsey to investigate—in a case that will reveal a big story behind a small crime, and lead her into a web that connects a shadowy “private banker,” an angry trophy wife, a spoiled kid with a spiraling addiction, and a brutal killer without a conscience…
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425250563 (0425250563)
ASIN: 425250563
Publish date: October 30th 2012
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: Kinsey Millhone (#22)
I wasn't sure when I began this book whether I'd like it or not. But it drew me in, and was quite engaging by the end. This is, of course, the 22nd in the series of Alphabet Mysteries featuring Kinsey Millhone, private investigator. Basically, Kinsey is looking for discounted underwear in an somewha...
"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 goo...
As appears on Goodreads.com and will be importing more books and reviews from that site over the weekend. 2.5 StarsI love Kinsey Millhone and have read Sue Grafton's books, but this was my least favorite novel in her alphabet series. Something was just off and I quite figure out just what the "it"...
This book shows really shows the continuing evolution of Sue Grafton and Kinsey Millhone. Gone are the days when the stories were told simply by Kinsey narrating her investigations to us. Ever since S is for Silence, we have been getting multiple points of view which some people enjoy and some peo...
I'm not sure if this is the worst in the series or if it's barely edged out by [b:R is for Ricochet|64862|R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18)|Sue Grafton|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348067966s/64862.jpg|62954]. Both were so bad that it's hard to split hairs on them.