"A" is for Alibiby
Sue Grafton
From the author's website:
"When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients, Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque Southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including, thought the cops, his young and beautiful wife, Nikki. With motive, access, and opportunity, Nikki was their number one suspect. The jury thought so too.
Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her late husband.
A trail that is eight years cold. A trail that reaches out to enfold a bitter, wealthy, and foul-mouthed old woman and a young boy, born deaf, whose memory cannot be trusted. A trail that leads to a lawyer defensively loyal to a dead partner -- and disarmingly attractive to Millhone; to an ex-wife, brave, lucid, lovely -- and still angry over Fife's betrayal of her; to a not-so-young secretary with too high a salary for too few skills -- and too many debts left owing: The trail twists to include every turn until it finally twists back on itself with a killer cunning enough to get away with murder."
(I finished this book this pm during my drive home from visiting my ex-step-grandchildren. I have listened to others in this series and Audible.com was having a sale on the first episodes of various series this month so I purchased the first of the Alphabet Series by Sue Grafton. While they will never be classics these little mysteries are good escapes. As always click on the title and the author's name to follow the links to learn more.)
"When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients, Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque Southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including, thought the cops, his young and beautiful wife, Nikki. With motive, access, and opportunity, Nikki was their number one suspect. The jury thought so too.
Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her late husband.
A trail that is eight years cold. A trail that reaches out to enfold a bitter, wealthy, and foul-mouthed old woman and a young boy, born deaf, whose memory cannot be trusted. A trail that leads to a lawyer defensively loyal to a dead partner -- and disarmingly attractive to Millhone; to an ex-wife, brave, lucid, lovely -- and still angry over Fife's betrayal of her; to a not-so-young secretary with too high a salary for too few skills -- and too many debts left owing: The trail twists to include every turn until it finally twists back on itself with a killer cunning enough to get away with murder."
(I finished this book this pm during my drive home from visiting my ex-step-grandchildren. I have listened to others in this series and Audible.com was having a sale on the first episodes of various series this month so I purchased the first of the Alphabet Series by Sue Grafton. While they will never be classics these little mysteries are good escapes. As always click on the title and the author's name to follow the links to learn more.)
I'm a Sue Grafton/Kelsey Millone fan. I have read about half the series in paperbacks. The "alphabet cases" are a great idea!
ReplyDeleteStill haven't got to the latest "U is for Undertow" yet however.
The quality of this series has only gotten better. Thanks for posting this interview Mary Ellen.
I have only listened to a few Doug. But I have enjoyed the few I listen to. They are great fluff books when your mind needs a rest. I wonder if she will stop when she gets to Z. I would start numbers if I were her. Then she can go on forever. One if for Omission. Two is for Tension. Etc.
ReplyDeleteHa! "Three is for Threatening", yes why not? ;-)
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