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Zusatztext One of the best written crime novels by anybody in recent memory. Informationen zum Autor Sue Grafton was one of the most popular female writers, both in the UK and in the US. Born in Kentucky in 1940, she began her career as a TV scriptwriter before Kinsey Millhone and the 'alphabet' series took off. Two of the novels B is for Burglar and C is for Corpse won the first Anthony Awards for Best Novel. Sue lived and wrote in Montecito, California and Louisville, Kentucky. Klappentext In 1982, with the publication of A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton introduced us to private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Now, over thirty years later, Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a bestselling author. Over the course of Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series – known as such for the letter-themed titles – readers have fallen for the novels’ singular detective. Driving a decrepit Volkswagen, cutting her own hair and living in what is ostensibly a garage, Kinsey has won over readers with her ingenuity, wit and dogged dedication to her cases. Grafton intends for Kinsey to keep solving crimes on the Californian streets all the way up to Z . The alphabet mysteries continue with another case for private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Zusammenfassung Winner of the first Anthony Award for Best Novel, B is for Burglar is the second in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. Female, age thirty-two, self-employed and wiser than she used to be. For Kinsey Millhone, private investigator, only one thing stays the same. When a client sits down in the chair across the desk, she never knows what’s going to happen next . . . There was nothing about Beverly Danziger to cause Kinsey concern. She was looking for her sister. There was a will to be settled. She paid up front. And if it seemed a lot of money for a routine job, Kinsey wasn’t going to argue. She kicked herself later for the things she didn’t see – Beverly Danziger did not look as if she needed a few thousand dollars and she didn’t seem like someone longing for a family reunion. But just as Kinsey begins to suspect foul play and start asking questions, Beverly Danziger pulls her off the case and fires her . . . ...
