N Is For Noose, Sue Grafton
N Is For Noose, Sue Grafton
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N Is For Noose

Author: Sue Grafton

Narrator: Judy Kaye

Abridged: 3 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/06/2004

Synopsis

Private investigator Kinsey Millhone is back, sassy and self-reliant as ever. Visiting a small town in the Sierras, Kinsey aids a recent widow, Selma Newquist, who believes that her detective husband did not die of a heart attack, as reported, but from foul play. Kinsey sifts through the paper trail Tom Newquist left behind, trying to discover what he was investigating before he died. Kinsey is about to call it quits when she is severely beaten in her motel room. Spurred to probe further she soon unearths clues regarding a long-unsolved murder that may or may not implicate the colleagues of Tom Newquist. Wry and intelligent, Kinsey Millhone solves the case -- and Sue Grafton delivers the goods.

"Kinsey Millhone is the epitome of the tough, independent, smart, feisty PI .... entertaining and engaging." (Booklist)

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 Jilly on April 07, 2019

Well, we all know by now that Kinsey is an idiot. She pretty much catches every bad guy because she annoys them so much that they seek her out to try and kill her. They always end up telling her that, yes, they are the bad guy, and then they go into that long bad-guy monologue of hows and whys and i......more

Goodreads review by James on March 05, 2020

Book Review 3.5 out of 5 stars to N is for Noose, the 14th book in the "Kinsey Millhone" cozy mystery series, written in 1998 by Sue Grafton. When one of your own dies, it's hard enough. But when his widow begs for you to help solve the case, as she doesn't think her husband died of natur......more

Goodreads review by Louie the Mustache on July 24, 2023

Okay, so they can't all be winners. N is for Noose is pretty dumb from the onset. A cop widow feels that her husband was pretty upset before he died of what may or may not be natural causes, so she tries to hire Private Investigator Dietz (Kinsey's sometimes boyfriend), but he is undergoing physical......more

Goodreads review by Una on April 11, 2021

This could be the third time I read this book. In 1986 a friend introduced me to the series. Going back is like visiting with an old friend. Henry Pitts is my favorite. The plot is nicely constructed. The characters, while almost all in a town outside Santa Teresa, have a lot of traits in common. Whil......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 22, 2022

These books keep getting better!!! This might be my favorite so far. Longer review coming. ****update**** This book has Kinsey taking a case out of town as a favor for Dietz, the PI/bodyguard/love interest who appears on and off again after G is for Gumshoe. Dietz is recovering from surgery, so Kinsey......more

Quotes

"UNLIKE MANY DETECTIVE SERIES, GRAFTON'S
SEEMS ONLY TO GET BETTER EVERY TIME."
--Entertainment Weekly

"The lady can write. . . . Any reader who needs a smart and sassy P. I. would do well to hire Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone."
--The New York Times

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