D Is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

Sleuth Kinsey Millhone is pulled into the detritus of a dead man's life, a man who was wanted dead by everyone he knew. n nSue Grafton's #1 New York Times bestselling series, reissued for a whole new generation of readers! n nD IS FOR DEADBEAT n nHe called himself Alvin Limardo, and the job he had for Kinsey was cut-and-dried: locate a kid who'd done him a favor and pass on a check for $25,000. It was only later, after he'd stiffed her for her retainer, that Kinsey found out his name was Daggett. John Daggett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident--death by drowning. Kinsey wasn't so sure. n nPulled into the detritus of a dead man's life, Kinsey soon realizes that Daggett had an awful lot of enemies. There's the daughter who grew up with a cheating drunk for a father, and the wife who's become a religious nut in response to an intolerable marriage. There's the lady who thought she was Mrs. Daggett--and has the bruises to prove it--only to discover the legal Mrs. D. And there are the drug dealers out $25,000. But most of all, there are the families of the five people John Daggett killed, victims of his wild, drunken driving. The D.A. called it vehicular manslaughter and put him away for two years. The families called it murder and had very good reason to want John Daggett dead. n nDeft, cunning, and clever, this latest Millhone mystery also confronts some messy truths, for, as Kinsey herself says, Some debts of the human soul are so enormous only life itself is sufficient forfeit--but as she'd be the first to admit, murder is not a socially acceptable solution. n nA Is for Alibi nB Is for Burglar nC Is for Corpse nD Is for Deadbeat nE Is for Evidence nF Is for Fugitive nG Is for Gumshoe nH Is for Homicide nI Is for Innocent nJ Is for Judgment nK Is for Killer nL is for Lawless nM Is for Malice nN Is for Noose nO Is for Outlaw nP Is for Peril nQ Is for Quarry nR Is for Ricochet nS Is for Silence nT Is for Trespass nU Is for Undertow nV Is for Vengeance nW Is for Wasted nXn