V is for Vengeance, Sue Grafton
V is for Vengeance, Sue Grafton
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V is for Vengeance

Author: Sue Grafton

Narrator: Judy Kaye

Unabridged: 15 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/14/2011

Synopsis

A woman with a murky past who kills herself—or was it murder? A spoiled kid awash in gambling debt who thinks he can beat the system. A lovely woman whose life is about to splinter into a thousand fragments. A professional shoplifting ring working for the Mob, racking up millions from stolen goods. A wandering husband, rich and ruthless. A dirty cop so entrenched on the force he is immune to exposure. A sinister gangster, conscienceless and brutal. A lonely widower mourning the death of his lover, desperate for answers, which may be worse than the pain of his loss. A private detective, Kinsey Millhone, whose thirty-eighth-birthday gift is a punch in the face that leaves her with two black eyes and a busted nose. And an elegant and powerful businessman whose dealings are defnitely outside the law: the magus at the center of the web. V: Victim. Violence. Vengeance.

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 November 07, 2017

The Alphabet Series is usually pretty strong.... we're now in our 22nd book and it's still good but getting a little bored with the series :( Perhaps 20 is the max! :) Kinsey is 38. And she's hit on her birthday. Deals with a case about suicide and/or murder. Normal shenanigans. About Me For......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on April 28, 2019

Oh yeah. V is for Victory baby. I'm almost done!! So, Kinsey sees someone shoplifting when she is at the store to buy new underpants. As we all know by now, Kinsey is obsessed with underpants. And, she calls them underpants as if she is a grandma in a nursing home instead of a young woman in Californ......more

Goodreads review by James on May 25, 2013

P.I. Kinsey Millhone is taking a break and reluctantly catching up on some shopping in a Nordstrom's department store, when she sees a pair of shoplifters helping themselves to the store's merchandise. Kinsey alerts a clerk who in turn calls security. One of the shoplifters, a middle-aged woman name......more

Goodreads review by Skye on March 30, 2018

A 4.5 star book! I am a big Sue Grafton fan since the onset of her alphabet series; I thoroughly enjoy her main character, Kinsey Millhone as well as her band of neighbors, acquaintances, and tactics, and I was very saddened to hear of her passing. I adored grabbing an alphabet book in between heavy l......more

Goodreads review by Robin on November 17, 2023

Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone is shopping at the mall when she notices a couple of shoplifters. Security is called and one shoplifter, Audrey Vance, is apprehended in the parking lot. Her partner drives away. After a few days in jail, Audrey Vance is released on bail. The next day her body is......more

Quotes

Praise for V is for Vengeance:

"Sure to satisfy."—USA Today

“Central to the books’ appeal is not the hoodlums and their crimes—which are often fueled by alcohol or stupidity rather than the epic, high-stakes evil driving other crime books—but rather Kinsey herself…She is witty and weary and a lot of fun.”—Los Angeles Times

“One of Kinsey Millhone’s best outings…must reading for Grafton fans.”—The Globe and Mail (Canada)

“Grafton exhibits the pace, form, and technique of a marathon champ in her latest.”—The Kansas City Star

“The author has hit a high mark with her latest offering, a complex tale of love, betrayal, ambition, and, of course, murder…The only bad thing: There are just four letters left in the alphabet.”—The Associated Press

“Terrific.”—Booklist

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