O Is For Outlaw, Sue Grafton
O Is For Outlaw, Sue Grafton
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O Is For Outlaw

Author: Sue Grafton

Narrator: Judy Kaye

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/1999

Synopsis

Fans have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one, vice-cop Mickey Macgruder, remained a mystery, until now. The call came from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units and came up wit a box of documents about her. Curious, she hands over a twenty and amid childhood memorabilia finds an old undelivered letter. The letter will force Kinsey to reexamine her beliefs about the breakup of her first marriage, about the honor of the first husband, about an old unsolved murder... and it will put her life in the gravest peril.

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 Baba on March 22, 2023

Kinsey Millhone mystery No. 15: The discovery of some of Kinsey's belongings from the past stir her curiosity, and she finds an undelivered letter which leads to her revaluation of her past, her first husband and a cold case! Not as exciting as it sounds, 4 out of 12, Two Star read. 2006 read......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on April 12, 2019

O is for outpatient therapy - which I am considering seriously because I keep reading these books. I need my head examined. Okay, so in this shit-storm, Kinsey decides to find out who shot her first husband, and yes, she is a suspect. We learn all about her first marriage and how horribly wounded she......more

Goodreads review by James on August 04, 2017

Book Review 4 out of 5 stars for O is for Outlaw, the 15th book in the "Kinsey Millhone" mystery series, written in 1999 by Sue Grafton. What an amazing treat for longtime fans of this series with the "O" alphabet book. We've known Kinsey for a long time, but very little about her life be......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on March 13, 2023

O is for Outlaw is the 15th book in the Kinsey Millhone alphabet series by Sue Grafton. In the books leading up to this one, readers have been given bits of Kinsey’s history piecemeal. However in this book, O, we are introduced to Kinsey’s first husband who has been shot with a gun that used to be K......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on March 19, 2011

Finished the book on audio. I don't like the new reader. She makes Kinsey sound older. She sounds like Kinsey's name should be Judy. I know that IS the reader's real name. But her voice ages her and puts her in the era when a quirky funky name like Kinsey just did not happen. Henry sounds like a muc......more

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