Böcker av Sue Grafton

The alphabet mysteries continue with a harrowing case for private investigator Kinsey Millhone.

X is the New York Times number 1 bestseller and thrilling, twenty-fourth book in the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series from Sue Grafton.In hindsight, I marvel at how clueless I was . . . What I ask myself even now is whether I should have picked up the truth any faster than I did, which is to say not fast enough . . .When a glamorous red head wishes to locate the son she put up for adoption thirty-two years ago, it seems like an easy two hundred bucks for private investigator Kinsey Millhone. But when a cop tells her she was paid with marked bills, and Kinsey's client is nowhere to be found, it becomes apparent this mystery woman has something to hide. Riled, Kinsey won't stop until she's found out who fooled her and why.Meanwhile, the widow of the recently murdered P. I. - and Kinsey's old friend - Pete Wolinsky, needs help with her IRS audit. This seemingly innocuous task takes a treacherous turn when Kinsey finds a coded list amongst her friend's files. It soon leads her to an unhinged man with a catalogue of ruined lives left in his wake. And despite the devastation, there isn't a single conviction to his name. It seems this sociopath knows exactly how to cause chaos without leaving a trace.As Kinsey delves deeper into the investigation she quickly becomes the next target of this tormentor. But can Kinsey prove her case against him before she becomes the next victim?

W is for Wasted is the twenty-third in the Kinsey Millhone alphabet mystery series by Sue Grafton. Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local private investigator of suspect reputation. He'd been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He'd been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with private investigator Kinsey Millhone's name and number was in his trouser pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him. Two seemingly unrelated deaths, one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes. But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange links begin to emerge. And before long at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey finds the key to his identity . . . In this multi-layered tale, the surfaces seem clear, but the underpinnings are full of betrayals, misunderstandings, and outright murderous fraud. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised . . .

H is for Homicide is the eighth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.It was one of those occasions when I suddenly realised how happy I was. I was female, single, with money in my pocket . . . I had nobody to answer to and no ties to speak of. As usual I'd forgotten how surges of goodwill merely presage bad news. After a three-week-long investigation, Kinsey couldn't wait to get home. What she needed most was a few quiet days by herself - but two things happened to change all her plans. First she ran into a murder case. Then Kinsey met Bibianna Diaz, and before the night was over they were sharing a prison cell . . .

G is for Gumshoe is the seventh in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.For the record, the name is Kinsey Millhone. Private investigator. One hundred and eighteen pounds of female in a five-foot six-inch frame. Just turned thirty-three (after what seemed like an interminable twelve months of being thirty-two) . . . Three things happened on May 5, the day everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to Kinsey Millhone. The repairs were completed on her apartment, and she moved back in. She was hired by Mrs Clyde Gersh to bring her mother back from the Mojave Desert. And lastly, a real surprise. The news that she'd made one of the top slots on Tyrone Patty's hit list . . .

E is for Evidence is the fifth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Anyone who knows me will tell you that I cherish my unmarried state. I'm female, twice divorced, no kids and no close family ties. I'm perfectly content to do what I do . . . It was two days after Christmas when Kinsey Millhone received the bank slip showing a credit for five thousand dollars. The account number was correct but Kinsey hadn't made the deposit. Then came the phone call and suddenly everything became clear. The frame-up was working and Kinsey was trapped . . .

J is for Judgement is the tenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.On the face of it, you wouldn't think there was any connection between the murder of a dead man and the events that changed my perceptions about my life... For Kinsey Millhone, the investigation started with a surprise visit from an ex-colleague at California Fidelity - the company that had fired her nine months previously. Fives hours later she was on a plane to Mexico, hot on the trial of a suicide who'd allegedly just come back to life. After a five year wait, Wendell Jaffe's widow had finally succeeded in having the real estate swindler declared dead, collecting half a million dollars for her pains. Now it looks like a 'pseudocide' - and Kinsey's ready to risk everything to get to the truth . . .

I is for Innocent is the ninth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.I feel compelled to report that at the moment of death, my entire life did not pass before my eyes in a flash . . . What I experienced was a little voice piping up in an outraged tone: "e;Oh come on. You're not serious. This is really it?"e; It was a Monday early in December when Kinsey Millhone first got involved in the Isabelle Barney murder case. She was out of work. Attorney Lonnie Klingman's usual private investigator had just dropped dead of a heart attack. Kinsey was more than happy to oblige. The trouble started on the very first day of the investigation. Either Kinsey's predecessor was incompetent - or someone had been getting away with murder. And next time it might turn out to be hers . . .

Meet Kinsey Millhone the private investigator in A is for Alibi, the first novel in Sue Grafton's thrilling alphabet mysteries.

D is for Deadbeat is the fourth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.My name is Kinsey Millhone. I'm a private investigator . . . female, single and self-employed, with a constitutional inability to work for anyone else. I'm a purist when it comes to justice, but I'll lie at the drop of a hat. Inconsistency has never troubled me . . . It was late October, the day before Halloween. He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kinsey to do seemed easy enough . . . until his cheque bounced. His real name was Dagett. John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident - death by drowning. Kinsey wasn't so sure. The man, it seemed, had a lot of enemies . . .

En oväntad julklapp har gjort privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone misstänksam. Från ingenstans har hon med ens blivit femtusen dollar rikare. Men vem är det egentligen som har satt in pengarna på hennes bankkonto? Mysteriet tätnar då hon plötsligt står anklagad för att ha anlagt en mordbrand på beställning. Det är helt klart någon som försöker sätta dit henne, men varför? När döda kroppar och falska bevis börjar dyka upp åt både höger och vänster, tvingas Kinsey ge sig ut på sitt allra svåraste, och farligaste, uppdrag hittills. Den här gången jobbar hon åt sig själv och om hon misslyckas riskerar hon att förlora allt: sin karriär, sin frihet - och kanske till och med sitt liv..."E som i eld" är den femte delen i Sue Graftons populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone.Sue Grafton (1940-2017) var en bästsäljande amerikansk deckarförfattare. Hon föddes i sydstaten Kentucky men flyttade sedermera till Santa Barbara i Kalifornien. Sue är kanske mest känd för sin omåttligt populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone. Även hennes far, C.W. Grafton, var deckarförfattare.

Privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone har fått ett udda uppdrag. Alvin Limardo vill kontraktera henne för att leverera en check på tjugofemtusen dollar - till en femtonårig pojke vid namn Tony Gahan. Redan från början anar Kinsey oråd. Varför lämnar inte Limardo bara över checken själv? När hennes egen betalning uteblir visar det sig att hennes magkänsla haft alldeles rätt. Limardo är i själva verket bigamisten och fyllkajan John Daggett. Och nu har han lurat Kinsey på fyrahundra dollar.Kinseys jakt på den skrupelfrie bedragaren får ett abrupt slut när Daggetts livlösa kropp spolas upp på stranden i Santa Teresa. Polisen är säkra på att dödsfallet är en olycka. Kinsey är säker på att det är ett mord. Men var börjar man leta när det verkar som att hela staden velat se John Daggett död?"D som i drunknad" är den fjärde delen i Sue Graftons populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone.Sue Grafton (1940-2017) var en bästsäljande amerikansk deckarförfattare. Hon föddes i sydstaten Kentucky men flyttade sedermera till Santa Barbara i Kalifornien. Sue är kanske mest känd för sin omåttligt populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone. Även hennes far, C.W. Grafton, var deckarförfattare.

När tjugotreårige Bobby Callahans bil prejas av vägen och kör rakt ner i en ravin är det ett rent under att han överlever. I kraschen förolyckas hans passagerare - och Bobbys minne går till stora delar förlorat. Nio månader senare är han säker på att händelsen inte var någon olycka. Men vem kan ha velat ta livet av honom? Och kommer de i så fall att försöka igen?Bobbys minnesförlust gör att privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone inte har särskilt mycket att gå på. Hennes enda ledtrådar blir en röd adressbok och det svårtydda namnet "Blackman". När Bobby sedan råkar ut för ännu en bilolycka, och dessutom dör, blir fallet nästintill omöjligt att lösa. Vad gör man när personen som anlitat en för att hitta en potentiell mördare, faktiskt blir mördad? Ju djupare Kinsey gräver, desto närmare kommer hon en väl bevarad hemlighet. En hemlighet som kostat Bobby livet - och som kan komma att kosta Kinsey hennes."C som i chock" är den tredje delen i Sue Graftons populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone.Sue Grafton (1940-2017) var en bästsäljande amerikansk deckarförfattare. Hon föddes i sydstaten Kentucky men flyttade sedermera till Santa Barbara i Kalifornien. Sue är kanske mest känd för sin omåttligt populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone. Även hennes far, C.W. Grafton, var deckarförfattare.

Pengarna har inte direkt rullat in för privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone den senaste tiden. Hon borde bli överlycklig när ett nytt uppdrag plötsligt dyker upp - istället känner hon sig tveksam. Uppgiften att lokalisera Beverly Danzigers syster, änkan Elaine Boldt, är så enkel att Beverly borde klara det helt på egen hand. Så varför vill hon anlita Kinsey för en sådan struntsak? Är det verkligen bara några dokument som måste signeras? Det verkar onekligen som att något betydligt större döljer sig bakom kulisserna...Kinseys berömda magkänsla får än en gång rätt när fallet Elaine plötsligt tar en ny vändning. Änkan sågs senast när hon bordade ett flyg till Florida - men där tar spåren slut. Att en av Elaines bridgevänner nyligen blivit mördad får Kinsey att misstänka fult spel. Kan försvinnandet vara kopplat till det brutala dådet? Plötsligt befinner hon sig i en virvelvind av inbrott, mord och förbryllande pusselbitar. Kommer hon lyckas hitta Elaine innan allt är förlorat?"B som i brand" är den andra delen i Sue Graftons populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone.Sue Grafton (1940-2017) var en bästsäljande amerikansk deckarförfattare. Hon föddes i sydstaten Kentucky men flyttade sedermera till Santa Barbara i Kalifornien. Sue är kanske mest känd för sin omåttligt populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone. Även hennes far, C.W. Grafton, var deckarförfattare.

"Mitt namn är Kinsey Millhone. Jag är privatdetektiv med licens för att bedriva verksamhet i Kalifornien. Jag är trettiotvå år, skild två gånger, inga barn. I förrgår dödade jag en människa och det tynger mig."Nikki Fife har spenderat de senaste åtta åren i fängelse - dömd för mordet på sin make, skilsmässoadvokaten Laurence Fife. Att hon är oskyldig är det ingen som tagit någon notis om. Inte förrän nu. När Nikki äntligen släpps fri är privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone hennes första stopp på vägen mot upprättelse. Hennes begäran är enkel: Kinsey måste hitta den riktiga mördaren. Bara då kan Nikkis namn bli rentvått.Alla Kinseys ledtrådar verkar peka mot skilsmässoadvokatens egen firma. Det dröjer inte länge förrän hon leds ut ur Santa Teresa, via Los Angeles och vidare till Las Vegas. Vart hon än vänder sig dyker fler mystiska dödsfall upp. Att det skulle röra sig om en tragisk slump är uteslutet, så vem är det egentligen som ligger bakom dessa dödliga gärningar? Om inte Kinsey löser fallet snart, kommer fler att råka illa ut. Och kanske står hon själv först på tur...Sue Grafton (1940-2017) var en bästsäljande amerikansk deckarförfattare. Hon föddes i sydstaten Kentucky men flyttade sedermera till Santa Barbara i Kalifornien. Sue är kanske mest känd för sin omåttligt populära Alfabet-serie om privatdetektiven Kinsey Millhone. Även hennes far, C.W. Grafton, var deckarförfattare.

A Is for Alibi & B Is for Burglar collects the first two novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton...In A is for Alibi, tough-talking private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal attachments, she's got a soft spot for lost causes. That's why she draws clients like Nikki Fife. Nikki is out on parole after serving time for allegedly killing her husband, and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But clearing Nikki's name won't be easy....In B is for Burglar, Kinsey is reluctant to take on the case of locating Beverly Danziger's sister Elaine. It's a small matter that Beverly should be able to handle herself. So why is she enlisting Kinsey's services? And if there's something she's learned in her line of work, it's to always follow your instincts...

P is for Peril is the sixteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.It is now nine weeks since Dr Dowan Purcell vanished without trace. The sixty-nine-year-old doctor had said goodnight to his colleagues at the Pacific Meadows nursing home, had climbed into his car and driven away - never to be seen again. His embittered first wife Fiona is convinced he is still alive. His second wife, Crystal - a former stripper forty years his junior - is just as sure he is dead. Enter private investigator Kinsey Malone, hired by Fiona to find out just what has happened to the man they loved. Enter also Tommy Hevener, an attractive flame-haired twenty-something who has set his romantic sights on Kinsey. And Tommy is a man with a very interesting past . . .

O is for Outlaw is the fifteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.First there was a phone call from a stranger, then a letter showed up fourteen years after it was sent. That's how I learned I'd made a serious error in judgement and ended up risking my life . . .' The call comes on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last weekend he bought a stack. They had stuff in them - Kinsey stuff. For thirty bucks, he'll sell her the lot. Kinsey's never been one for personal possessions, but curiosity wins out and she hands over a twenty (she may be curious but she loves a bargain). What she finds amid childhood memorabilia is an old undelivered letter. It will force her to re-examine her beliefs about the break-up of her first marriage, about the honour of her first husband, about an old unsolved murder. And it will put her life in the gravest peril.

N is for Noose is the fourteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Sometimes I think about how odd it would be to catch a glimpse of the future, a quick view of events lying in store for us. Some moments we saw would make no sense at all and some, I suspect, would frighten us beyond our endurance . . . Early spring in the Sierra Nevada, bringing the usual driving sleet and snow. Private investigator Kinsey Millhone is on her way west when she detours into Nota Lake (pop. 2356) to check out a new client. And encounters a chill she can scarcely believe. Only six weeks have passed since sheriff's detective Tom Newquist died of a heart attack. His widow is sure he was keeping secrets from her just before he died - and she hires Kinsey to find out exactly what. But all Kinsey can uncover is that Newquist led an exemplary life, so what could he possibly have to conceal? And why has the town, to the last threatening redneck, closed ranks on her? Kinsey's on the point of giving up. Until she discovers a chilling new clue: a childish drawing of a thick length of rope - fashioned into a hangman's noose . . .

M is for Malice is the thirteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.'M' is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California. 'M' is for Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune - four men with very different temperaments and needs, linked only by blood and money. Eighteen years ago, one of them - angry, troubled and in trouble - went missing. 'M' is for Millhone, now hired to trace that missing black sheep brother. And, in brutal consequence, 'M' is for murder . . .

U is for Undertow is the twenty-first in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned . . . When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man - Michael Sutton - contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a strange and disturbing memory which just might provide the key to the mystery. He may have stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh's body . . . But Michael's account is indistinct - he was only six years old at the time of the kidnapping; and even members of his family try to discredit his evidence. But Kinsey is certain there is something vital within Michael's recollections. And even when what is eventually unearthed isn't what anyone expected, she can't quite let go of the case. As Kinsey gradually brings to light the stories of the protagonists involved in the tragedy, from Country Club parents to their free-living, hippy children, the truth finally begins to emerge. And while stepping back into the past, Kinsey discovers more about her own history too . . .

T is for Trespass is the twentieth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.It was like being in the presence of a snake, first hissing its presence and then coiled in readiness. I didn't dare turn my back or take my eyes off of her. I stood very still. I let go of my fight-or-flight defense and decided to play dead. If you run from a bear, it gives chase. That's the nature of the beast. Likewise a snake. If I moved, she might strike. When her elderly neighbour Gus has an accident, Kinsey Millhone is relieved when his niece organizes a nurse for him. Verifying a background check on Solana Rojas doesn't turn up anything suspicious. But Kinsey's not convinced - especially when Gus seems to be getting worse under his nurse's tender care. Realizing that her neighbourly concern isn't going to get her past the front door Kinsey turns to more unorthodox methods to step up her investigation. And gets far more than she bargained for . . . Not only is Solana not who she seems to be but she's more than able to play Kinsey at her own game. Suddenly the tables have turned and it's Kinsey who's on the wrong side of the law . . .

S is for Silence is the nineteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. Just after Independence Day in July 1953 Violet Sullivan, a local good time girl living in Serena Station Southern California, drives off in her brand new Chevy and is never seen again. Left behind is her young daughter, Daisy, and Violet's impetuous husband, Foley, who had been persuaded to buy his errant wife the car only days before . . . Now, thirty-five years later, Daisy wants closure. Reluctant to open such an old cold case Kinsey Millhone agrees to spend five days investigating, believing at first that Violet simply moved on to pastures new. But very soon it becomes clear that a lot of people shared a past with Violet, a past that some are still desperate to keep hidden. And in a town as close-knit as Serena there aren't many places to hide when things turn vicious . . .

R is for Ricochet is the eighteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges feisty and rebellious, and Kinsey is soon fighting to prevent her charge from breaking the conditions of her parole. As she finds herself befriending the ex-gambler, ex-alcoholic and ex-con, Kinsey discovers that Reba had taken the fall for her boss, also her lover, when he conducted a highly-crafted money laundering scam. Alan Beckwith has so far escaped the clutches of the FBI. Now they believe he is laundering money for a Columbian drug cartel - they just need the proof. When Kinsey is asked by the police to persuade Reba to unveil crucial evidence guaranteed to put Beckwith behind bars, she doesn't expect cooperation. But when she hears of shocking new information about her lover, Reba is suddenly all too eager to do everything she can to ruin him. Embroiled in a cunning challenge of wits, and meanwhile bemused by her own blossoming romance, Kinsey must try to control the bitter, angry Reba as she launches her dangerous revenge . . .

L is for Lawless is the twelfth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.It was the week before Thanksgiving when Kinsey Millhone first heard the sad story of the late Johnny Lee, the World War II fighter pilot of whom, rather mysteriously, the military authorities have no record. His family are concerned - perhaps Kinsey could make a few calls, straighten things out? Then Johnny's apartment is ransacked. In the debris a hidden safe is uncovered - and in that safe is a mysterious key marked LAWLESS. That night Kinsey's on a plane to Dallas, at the start of a thrilling rollercoaster ride through Texas and Kentucky on the trail of long-buried treasure. Unfortunately there's a fire-raising psychopath on her tail . . . And she's going to be late for a very important wedding . . .

K is for Killer is the eleventh in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Lorna Kepler was beautiful and wilful, a loner who couldn't resist flirting with danger. She has also been found dead in mysterious circumstances and her death pulls Kinsey Millhone into a netherworld of deception, betrayal and unavenged murder . . .