L Is For Lawless, Sue Grafton
L Is For Lawless, Sue Grafton
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L Is For Lawless

Author: Sue Grafton

Narrator: Judy Kaye

Abridged: 2 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/06/2004


Synopsis

In her twelfth caper of this alphabet series, Kinsey Millhone, P.I., our cheeky heroine, helps a neighbor find out why the government has denied an elderly relative's veteran benefits. Sounds like a real yawner for Kinsey.

But it's not when this seemingly mundane mystery leads to a stash of millions from a 1940s robbery and makes us wonder what grandpa really did during the war. Characteristically, Kinsey uses one-liners to get past a shotgun-toting, a mopish ex-con and vengeful psycho -- among others -- who stand between her, the answers and the loot.

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

My faith in this series has been renewed. But I'm giving the book 3 stars because there were some quite filler chapters in the middle. The ending was shocking. Some might say underwhelming. But I believe the opposite. It's a wonderful book. More bonus points is attributed due to the lack of the word......more

Goodreads review by James

Book Review 4 out of 5 stars for L is for Lawless, the 12th book in the "Kinsey Millhone" cozy mystery series written by Sue Grafton in 1994. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as it covered a lot with Henry, Kinsey's landlord and friend. He asks for her help to find the military records pro......more

Goodreads review by Jilly

L is for Loser. Holy crap, how stupid can this girl be? Kinsey is simply doing a favor for a neighbor. She said she would look into why the paperwork on a dead veteran's funeral claim wasn't going through. She looks into it, doesn't have answers and that should be it. Especially when things start get......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

My enjoyment of this book was really diminished by the fact that Kinsey NEVER punched Laura in the face. She needed punching repeatedly. Also, we're on book 12; Kinsey should not be getting tricked quite as easily or as frequently. But I want to hang out with the grandmother. She rocked.......more