F is for Fugitive

Brief Description: Floral Beach wasn't much of a town: six streets long and three deep, its only notable feature a strip of sand fronting the Pacific. It was on that sandy beach seventeen years ago that the strangled body of Jean Timberlake had been found. The people of floral Beach didn't pay a whole lot of mind to past history, especially when Bailey Fowler, the self-confessed killer, had been properly processed and convicted. They weren't even unduly concerned when, a year after the murder, Fowler walked away from the men's prison at San Luis Obispo, never to be seen again. After all, everyone knew Jean had been a wild kid. "Like mother, like daughter," some said--though never within hearing of Shana Timberlake, who, whatever her faults, still mourned her murdered child. And then, by sheer fluke, the cops stumbled on Bailey Fowler. And a case seventeen years dead came murderously to life again. For Royce Fowler, old and sick with not much time left, his son's reappearance was the chance to heal an old wound. For Kinsey Millhone, the case was a long shot, but she agreed to take it on. She couldn't know then it would lead her to probe the passions buried just below the surface of family relations, where old wounds fester and the most cherished emotions become warped until they fuse into deadly, soul-destroying time bombs. Biographical Note: SUE GRAFTON is the "New York Times" #1 bestselling author for the alphabet series. She has been working on this series since 1982. "V is for Vengeance" was a major "New York Times" bestseller in hardcover in November 2011. Publisher Marketing: "#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Sue Grafton crafts a thriller set in a town so small that P. I. Kinsey Millhone wonders just how private her investigation can be . . ." F IS FOR FLIGHTWhen Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, it's hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake--a troubled teen who had a reputation with the boys--was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped. F IS FOR FEARAfter all this time, Bailey's finally been captured. Believing in his son's innocence, Bailey's father wants Kinsey to find Jean's real killer. But most of the residents in this tight-knit community are convinced Bailey strangled Jean. So why are they so reluctant to answer Kinsey's questions? If there's one thing Kinsey's got plenty of it's persistence. And that's exactly what it's going to take to crack the lid on this case. "F IS FOR FUGITIVE"As Kinsey gets closer to solving Jean's murder, the more dirty little secrets she uncovers in a town where everyone has something to hide--and a killer will kill again to keep the past buried. Review Citations:

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 266 (EAN 9780805004601, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 269 (EAN 9780805004601, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 03/17/1989 (EAN 9780805004601, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 370 (EAN 9780805004601, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 07/29/2011 pg. 77 (EAN 9780805004601, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 279 (EAN 9780805004601, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 347 (EAN 9780805004601, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Grafton, Sue Sue Grafton entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of "'A' Is for Alibi", which introduced female hard-boiled private investigator, Kinsey Millhone, operating out of the fictional town of Santa Teresa, (aka Santa Barbara) California. "'B' is for Burglar" followed in 1985 and the series, now referred to as 'the alphabet' mysteries, is still going strong. In addition to her books, she's published several Kinsey Millhone short stories, and with her husband, Steven Humphrey, has written 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 26 languages. She loves cats, gardens, and good cuisine. Sue has a home in Montecito, California, and another in Louisville, the city in which she was born and raised.