D is for Deadbeat
Kinsey Millhone #4Sue Grafton
ISBN: | 9780333498088 |
Publisher: | Papermac |
Published: | 1 December, 1989 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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- 1 "A" is for Alibi
- 2 "B" Is for Burglar
- 3 "C" Is for Corpse
- 4 "D" Is for Deadbeat
- 5 "E" Is for Evidence
- 6 "F" Is for Fugitive
- 7 "G" Is for Gumshoe
- 8 "H" Is for Homicide
- 9 I is for Innocent
- 10 J Is for Judgment
- 11 K Is for Killer
- 12 "L" Is for Lawless
- 13 "M" Is for Malice
- 14 N is for Noose
- 15 O is for Outlaw
- 16 P Is for Peril
- 17 Q is for Quarry
- 18 R is for Ricochet
- 19 S is for Silence
- 20 T is For Trespass
- 21 U is for Undertow
- 22 V is for Vengeance
- 23 W is for Wasted
- 24 X
- 25 Y is for Yesterday
D is for Deadbeat
Kinsey Millhone #4Sue Grafton
"D" is for Detective Kinsey Millhone, given $25,000 of stolen drug money by a drunkard named Daggett who then dies in a drowning. When she decides to deliver the money to Daggett's designee, a young man who was the sole survivor of an auto accident perpetrated by Daggett, Kinsey finds herself in a dilemma: too many "D's" are after the loot. There are two Mrs. Daggetts, a daughter, the drug dealers and a determined killer who soon claims a second life. At this point, Grafton's lively, well-written adventure develops a deadly flaw. Kinsey comes upon the second victim shortly after he's been shot. Though dying, he is conscious and coherent. Why, then, doesn't she ask who did it? When asked the same thing by the police, she says, "I didn't want the last minutes of his life taken up with that stuff"a humane but unlikely rejoiner from any private eye. Even so, the pleasure of this story comes through. Let's give it a "D" for Dandy.
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