N is for Noose

Jacket Description/Back: "SMART AND SASSY" ("New York Times)" P. I. Kinsey Millhone is at it again in yet another thrilling adventure from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Sue Grafton N is for NEVER AGAIN... Tom Newquist has died. A detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office, Tom was tough, honest, and respected by all. He was also a heavy drinker and a workaholic, much to his wife Selma's distress. And now that Tom is gone, Selma can't help but wonder what it really was that was troubling him.... N is for NO MERCY... What made Tom so restless during the last six weeks of his life? Why was he up all night and brooding all day long? What--or who--was at the heart of his dark moods? With the coroner's report in hand, Selma decides to enlist the help of Kinsey Millhone to find the truth about what happened to her husband. "N is for NOOSE"But the residents of Nota Lake keep their secrets close--and their enemies closer. And the deeper Kinsey's investigation goes, the closer she comes to confronting the most dangerous outcome of all: the truth... "There are few writers able to sustain this solid mixture of detection, narrative energy, and cultural observation."--"The Washington Post"Review Quotes:"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"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 (a.k.a. Santa Barbara) California. "'B' IS FOR BURGLAR" followed in l985 and since then, she has added 20 novels to the series, now referred to as "the alphabet" mysteries. In addition, she's published eight 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. She is currently at work on the next alphabet mystery, "'W' IS FOR ""Publisher Marketing:"SMART AND SASSY" ("New York Times)" P. I. Kinsey Millhone is at it again in ""N" is for Noose"-another thrilling adventure from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Sue Grafton Tom Newquist has died. A detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office, Tom was tough, honest, and respected by all. He was also a heavy drinker and a workaholic, much to his wife Selma's distress. And now that Tom is gone, Selma can't help but wonder what it really was that was troubling him . What made Tom so restless during the last six weeks of his life? Why was he up all night and brooding all day long? What-or who-was at the heart of his dark moods? With the coroner's report in hand, Selma decides to enlist the help of Kinsey Millhone to find the truth about what happened to her husband. But the residents of Nota Lake keep their secrets close-and their enemies closer. And the deeper Kinsey's investigation goes, the closer she comes to confronting the most dangerous outcome of all: the truth " Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 02/16/1998 pg. 206 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 02/01/1998 pg. 155 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/1998 pg. 70 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Library Journal 03/01/1998 pg. 127 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Booklist 02/15/1998 pg. 948 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

New York Times 05/17/1998 pg. 44 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 33 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 269 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 371 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 280 (EAN 9780805036503, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 348 (EAN 9780805036503, 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.