Q Is For Quarry, Sue Grafton
Q Is For Quarry, Sue Grafton
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Q Is For Quarry

Author: Sue Grafton

Narrator: Judy Kaye

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2002


Synopsis

A Kinsey Millhone mystery. . .

She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were mulitple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the case remained unsolved.

That was eighteen years ago. Now, the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to do the legwork for them, and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued by the challenge and agrees to work with them.

But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what beings with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.

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

AudiobooksNow review by Tammy on 2007-08-23 08:50:20

The Kinsey series is great, no matter what book.

Goodreads review by James on April 30, 2023

Book Review 4 out of 5 stars to Q is for Quarry, the 17th book in the "Kinsey Millhone" mystery series, written in 2002 by Sue Grafton. An interesting fact about this books: it's based on a real-life case and discovery. A body was discovered on the road side. Police couldn't figure out wh......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on April 21, 2019

Someone check if I have a fever. Stat! Because, my opinion of this book? It wasn't as bad as usual. What's happening here? Have I finally descended into madness (well, further into madness)? Have my standards lowered like the horny people at a bar when the bartender yells "last call"? But, I have a theo......more

Goodreads review by Calista on November 19, 2018

This is my first Kinsey Millhone book in the alphabet. I choose to start with Q because I'm doing a game and I needed a book to read that started or had the letter Q in the title. Here is it. I'm not sure this is my genre. I did enjoy the book and I enjoyed reading about Kinsey and getting to know h......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on April 19, 2023

In the 17th book of the Sue Grafton Alphabet series, Q is for Quarry, Kinsey Millhone is enlisted by Lt. Conrad Dolan and Sgt. Stacey Oliphant to help them solve an 18-year cold case. The aging and unwell detectives are approaching their retirement. They would love another crack at finding the murde......more

Goodreads review by Quenya on March 29, 2018

I loved this one. I loved the cold case. I loved the interaction between Kinsey, Dolan and Stacey. You really get some insight and can see just how much more comfortable Kinsey is with people older than her versus closer to her own age. The other good thing in this one is how great the older charact......more