H Is for Homicide, Sue Grafton
H Is for Homicide, Sue Grafton
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H Is for Homicide

Author: Sue Grafton

Narrator: Mary Peiffer

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2005

Synopsis

It started with the murder of Kinsey Millhone's sometime drinking buddy, an insurance claims adjuster. But before long Kinsey stumbles onto a massive insurance scam. Going undercover as a wisecracking vamp, Millhone descends into the Los Angeles nether world of machismo and gang hideouts. Her companion, terrified at having crossed the violent crook Raymond Maldonado, is Bibianna Diaz--no Girl Scout herself.

As the Los Angeles Times notes, this audiobook confirms again that Kinsey Millhone is "a wonderful character, tough but not brutish, resourceful and sensitive, a fit knight to walk those mean streets with her male predecessors."

About Sue Grafton

A contemporary American author of detective novels, Sue Taylor Grafton, was born in Louisville, Kentucky as the daughter of another detective novelist, C. W. Grafton. Even though her father had an influence, she has commented that her biggest influence came from author Ross MacDonald.

Sue received her bachelor's degree from University of Louisville in English literature, humanities, and fine art. Upon graduation, Sue worked as a hospital admissions clerk, cashier, and medical secretary. She wrote several novels that were not successful.

After moving into writing screenplays for television, Sue became interested in novels that carried a central theme through each title. She saw a book that alphabetized methods of murder, and immediately started writing what became her best-known works, "the alphabet novels". Each story is set around a fictional California town based on Santa Barbara. The novels are written from the perspective of a female investigator. After her G novel, Grafton was able to devote all of her time to writing her novels. She has given many refusals to those who wanted to buy her novels from which to make movies. She has no desire to work with Hollywood.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on August 10, 2017

Book Review 4 of 5 stars to H is for Homicide, the 8th book in the "Kinsey Millhone" mystery series, written in 1991 by Sue Grafton. Grafton hits another home run in the series with this installment, focusing on the death of one of Kinsey's friends. It kicks off an investigation into insu......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on March 19, 2019

A book about insurance fraud? Count me in! Please make sure to tell me all of the details and leave nothing out. Fascinating stuff, for sure! Yes, here's the dirty little secret -insurance companies are out to make money. *gasp* They aren't on your side. *double gasp* The adjusters who get away with......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on September 16, 2022

As part of my goals for this year, I am reading all of the Sue Grafton alphabet series novels. H is for Homicide is book #8 in the series. In my opinion, the best so far. Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone goes undercover after a friend is killed in what appears to be the result of an investigatio......more

Goodreads review by Skye on March 20, 2018

This wonderful book by Sue Grafton is written when she was, in my opinion, at her best. Her books have evolved over time, but one of her most endearing qualities was to create her protagonist, Kinsey Millhone. Despite being a master of crime novels, Grafton is also extremely witty and her descriptio......more

Goodreads review by Jack on June 30, 2024

4 Stars. "Have you met Raymond Maldonado? Let me introduce you. But before we do, could you ask your lovely daughter to go to the shop over there and get us coffee and a table? Raymond won't be joining us." Sue Grafton has a way with some of her criminals of drawing them with a touch of sympathy and......more

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