V is for Vengeance
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307704238 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 161 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sue Grafton lives in Montecito, California, and Louisville, Kentucky. . Most recently, she was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America
For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first." -from V is for VengeanceA woman with a murky past who kills herself-or was it murder? A dying old man cared for by the son he pummeled mercilessly. A professional shoplifting ring racking up millions in stolen goods. An elegant but ruthless businessman whose dealings are definitely outside the law: the spider at the center of the web. A spoiled kid awash in gambling debt thinking he can beat the system. And Kinsey Millhone, whose thirty-eighth-birthday gift is a punch in the face that leaves her with two black eyes and a busted nose. Vengeance.. A wandering husband, rich and powerful. A lonely widower mourning the death of his lover, desperate for answers that may be worse than the pain of his loss. The new Kinsey Millhone novel from the #1 New York Times- bestselling author. V: Victim. A lovely woman whose life is about to splinter into a thousand fragments. Kinsey on Kinsey: "I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. Violence. A brutal and unscrupulous gangster
Women give birth to babies in less time, but surely without as much suffering. Millhone is the fact that at the height of the action, shortly before she’s punched in the face, she realizes it’s her thirty-eighth birthday and thus ends up celebrating the milestone with a broken nose and two black eyes.--Sue Grafton, November, 2011. It took me from March, 2009 until March, 2010 to settle on a storyline, and after that, it was ten months of hard labor. Within two days, the sticky-fingered thief has taken a dive off a four-hundred-foot-high bridge, leaving her fiancé with troubling questions. She alerts a sales clerk, who in turn notifies Security, which results in the woman’s arrest. Brave soul that I am, I stuck with it, picking my way painstakingly f
Respectfully submitted ;) I started reading these in 1986 and I have enjoyed them all but this one is my favorite in a long time. I like the way Grafton used Kinsey in this one. She had her make some uncharacteristically dumb decisions to put us, the readers, where we needed to be to let other character's stories unfold. I fou. Is Grafton bored with Kinsey? I only read a few mystery series, only by women, so I don't know if the series written by men have this phenomenon, but Grafton is a good example of what I've seen with a couple of female mystery writers. Her series started off with books that were lean and economical, with engaging characters and a h. Swear words! HATE AMAZON'S CHECK BOXES!!! First of all let me say I HATE!!!!!!!!!! Amazon making me fill in these blocks just so I can make a comment. Often none of them apply. Amazon, stop this stupidity. I hate it. Now, about the book, while I've accidentally read this before without realizing it, it's still good. All of her books are good.