{"product_id":"l-is-for-lawless-by-sue-grafton-3533y","title":"L Is for Lawless by Sue Grafton","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet ready for one of Kinsey Millhone's wildest adventures yet (San Francisco Examiner) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton  Kinsey's skills are about to be sorely tested. She is about to meet her duplicitous match in a couple of world-class prevaricators who quite literally take her for the ride of her life.  L Is for Lawless: Call it Kinsey Millhone in bad company. Call it a mystery without a murder, a treasure hunt without a map, a quest novel with truly mixed-up motives. Call it the return of Kinsey as bad girl- quick-witted and quicksilvery, smart-mouthed and smart-alecky- poking her nose into everyone's dirty laundry as she joins up with a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde in an Our Gang comedy that will take her halfway across the country and leave her with a major headache and an empty bank balance.  America's favorite borderline delinquent is back with her one-liners on tap and her energy level on high, romping through her fastest and funniest adventure in this, her twelfth foray into the alphabet of crime.  A Is for Alibi B Is for Burglar C Is for Corpse D Is for Deadbeat E Is for Evidence F Is for Fugitive G Is for Gumshoe H Is for Homicide I Is for Innocent J Is for Judgment K Is for Killer L is for Lawless M Is for Malice N Is for Noose O Is for Outlaw P Is for Peril  Q Is for Quarry R Is for Ricochet  S Is for Silence  T Is for Trespass U Is for Undertow  V Is for Vengeance  W Is for Wasted  X  Editorial Reviews  Bemused, beleaguered and begrimed, Southern California's premier PI, Kinsey Millhone leaves her hometown of Santa Teresa in an adventure (her 12th in the alphabet series) that begins straightforwardly enough but quickly twists into a knotted string of untruths. While getting ready for the Thanksgiving Day wedding between a local tavern keeper and the elder brother of her landlord, Kinsey agrees to help the family of recently deceased neighborhood WWII vet, Johnnie Lee, find out why the military has no record of his service. Soon after Kinsey has finished looking (fruitlessly) through his papers, Lee's rooms are burgled, and Ray Rawson, who claims he is an old friend recently arrived in Santa Teresa unaware of Lee's death, is beaten up. Kinsey soon finds herself on a plane bound for Florida, in possession of only the clothes she's wearing and her purse( with an extra toothbrush), trailing a young pregnant woman in possession of a duffel bag spirited from Lee's home. On a stopover in Dallas\/Fort Worth, Kinsey sleuths disguised as a hotel maid dusting baseboards (``tough to picture the boy detectives doing this,'' she reflects), meets the increasingly unreliable Rawson again and encounters yet another figure from Lee's past, a violent, vengeful psychopath. While gradually sorting out the connections among this cast, Kinsey travels to Louisville, where Rawson's 80-something mother proves her mettle and Kinsey, determining that lawless, in this case, is neither adjective nor collective noun, unravels a decades-old mystery. 750,000 first printing; Literary Guild, Mystery Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections; author tour. (Sept.)  - Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly  In her 12th alphabetically entitled appearance (e.g., K Is for Killer, Holt, 1994), plucky private investigator Kinsey Millhone is just doing a favor for a friend-checking the military status of a recently deceased neighbor-when she's sucked into a chase for the spoils of a 1941 bank heist. It's a lively outing with a couple of heart-pounding scenes, some interesting characters (the most memorable: a half-blind 85-year-old grandmother who wields a shotgun and a baseball bat), and even a little detection. There are also hints of Kinsey's connecting with long-lost relatives, plus a romatic wedding of octogenarians. And, as usual, Grafton gives enough background so it's not necessary to start reading the series at A. With Grafton's legion of fans growing and her first print runs escalating from 150,000 for H to 750,000 for L, every library with mystery readers should have this book, preferably in multiples. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 5\/1\/95.]-Michele Leber, Fairfax Cty. P.L., Va.  - Library Journal  Exceptionally entertaining...an offbeat sense of humor and a feisty sense of justice. -San Francisco Chronicle on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Millhone is an engaging detective-for-hire...P.I. Kinsey Millhone and her creator...are arguably the best of [the] distaff invaders of the hitherto sacrosanct turf of gumshoes. -The Buffalo News on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Once a fan reads one of Grafton's alphabetically titled detective novels, he or she will not rest until all the others are found. -Los Angeles Herald Examiner on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Millhone is a refreshingly strong and resourceful female private eye. -Library Journal on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Tough but compassionate...There is no one better than Kinsey Millhone. -Best Sellers on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  A woman we feel we know, a tough cookie with a soft center, a gregarious loner. -Newsweek on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Lord, how I like this Kinsey Millhone...The best detective fiction I have read in years. -The New York Times Book Review on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Smart, tough, and thorough...Kinsey Millhone is a pleasure. -The Bloomsbury Review on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Kinsey is one of the most persuasive of the new female operatives...She's refreshingly free of gender clichs. Grafton, who is a very witty writer, has also given her sleuth a nice sense of humor-and a set of Wonder Woman sheets to prove it. -Boston Herald on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  What grandpa used to call a class act. -Stanley Ellin on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Smart, sexual, likable and a very modern operator. -Dorothy Salisbury Davis on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton  Kinsey's got brains and a sense of humor. -Kirkus Reviews on the Mystery Novels of Sue Grafton - From the Publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41819063255114,"sku":"3533y","price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/3533y_e25d7583-e387-42fd-8aaf-1753f83c74a3.jpg?v=1765625046","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/l-is-for-lawless-by-sue-grafton-3533y","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}