K is for Killer

Jacket Description/Flap: When Kinsey Millhone answers her office door late one night, she lets in more darkness than she realizes. Janice Kepler is a grieving mother who can't let the death of her beautiful daughter Lorna alone. The police agree that Lorna was murdered, but a suspect was never apprehended and the trail is now ten months cold. Kinsey pieces together Lorna's young life: a dull day job a the local water treatment plant spiced by sidelines in prostitution and pornography. She tangles with Lorna's friends: a local late-night DJ; a sweet, funny teenaged hooker; Lorna's sloppy landlord and his exotic wife. But to find out which one, if any, turned killer, Kinsey will have to inhabit a netherworld from which she may never return. Jacket Description/Back:'K' is for Kinsey in her "most ambitious" ("The Wall Street Journal") adventure from #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Sue GraftonK is for KINSHIP... Janice Kepler is on the way home from the support group she joined after the death of her beloved daughter, Lorna. When she sees a light on in the offices of Millhone Investigations, she believes it's a sign...and decides to knock on the door. K is for KINETIC... Janice has waited long enough for Lorna's case to pick up steam, and she is relieved when Kinsey Millhone agrees to finish the work authorities left undone. Ten months before, local police had suspected homicide, but never could find a suspect--or a motive. The trail went cold. And Lorna's death remained a mystery..."K is for Killer"Now Kinsey is about to be pulled into a netherworld of unavenged murder and damaged survivors...where sometimes it takes a deal with the devil to survive."Impressive, fascinating... Smart, funny Kinsey takes a stroll on the dark side in [this] intriguingly offbeat mystery."--"The New York Times Book Review"Biographical Note: 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 l985 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. Review Quotes: PHENOMENAL PRAISE FOR THE MYSTERY NOVELS OF #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR SUE GRAFTON "Exceptionally entertaining...an offbeat sense of humor and a feisty sense of justice."--"San Francisco Chronicle""Millhone is an engaging detective-for-hire... P. I. Kinsey Millhone and her creator...are arguably the best of [the] distaff invaders of the hitherto sacrosanct turf of gumshoes."--"The Buffalo News""Once a fan reads one of Grafton's alphabetically titled detective novels, he or she will not rest until all the others are found."--"Los Angeles Herald Examiner""Millhone is a refreshingly strong and resourceful female private eye."--"Library Journal""Tough but compassionate... There is no one better than Kinsey Millhone."--"Best Sellers""A woman we feel we know, a tough cookie with a soft center, a gregarious loner."--"Newsweek""Lord, how I like this Kinsey Millhone... The best detective fiction I have read in years."--"The New York Times Book Review""Smart, tough, and thorough... Kinsey Millhone is a pleasure."--"The Bloomsbury Review""Kinsey is one of the most persuasive of the new female operatives... She's refreshingly free of gender cliches. Grafton, who is a very witty writer, has also given her sleuth a nice sense of humor--and a set of Wonder Woman sheets to prove it."--"Boston Herald""What grandpa used to call a class act."--Stanley Ellin"Smart, sexual, likable and a very modern operator."--Dorothy Salisbury Davis"Kinsey's got brains "and" a sense of humor."--"Kirkus Reviews"Marc Notes: Originally published: New York: H. Holt and Co., c1994.; In Santa Teresa, California, Lorna Kepler's badly decomposed body was found, however the police couldn't discover cause of death. Only Lorna's mother kept the case alive because she thought it was murder. Publisher Marketing:"K IS FOR KILLER," the next installment in Sue Grafton's "New York Times" bestselling alphabet series Janice Kepler is on the way home from the support group she joined after the death of her beloved daughter, Lorna. When she sees a light on in the offices of Millhone Investigations, she believes it's a sign...and decides to knock on the door. Janice has waited long enough for Lorna's case to pick up steam, and she is relieved when Kinsey Millhone agrees to finish the work authorities left undone. Ten months before, local police had suspected homicide, but never could find a suspect--or a motive. The trail went cold. And Lorna's death remained a mystery... Now Kinsey is about to be pulled into a netherworld of unavenged murder and damaged survivors...where sometimes it takes a deal with the devil to survive. Review Citations:

School Library Journal 07/01/1994 pg. 128 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Booklist 03/15/1994 pg. 1302 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/1994 pg. 82 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 03/07/1994 pg. 56 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 03/01/1994 pg. 249 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 266 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 269 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 370 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 280 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 347 (EAN 9780805019360, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Grafton, Sue Sue Grafton, with four more letters of the alphabet to come, is deep into "W is for" . . . She lives in Montecito and Louisville.