"A" Is for Alibi & "B" Is for Burglar

by Sue Grafton

Overview

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…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250800954
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/30/2021
Series:	Kinsey Millhone Series
Pages:	640
Product dimensions:	4.70(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton (1940-2017) 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, and launched the bestselling Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries. In addition to her books, she published several Kinsey Millhone short stories, and with her husband, Steven Humphrey, wrote 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 in 26 languages.

Hometown:

Montecito, California and Louisville, Kentucky

Date of Birth:

April 24, 1940

Place of Birth:

Louisville, Kentucky

Education:

B.A. in English, University of Louisville, 1961

Website:

http://www.suegrafton.com/

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Sue Grafton:

“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

“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 hither to 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

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