• Sue Grafton

Sue Grafton books in order

Sue Grafton was an American Number One New York Times-bestselling author.

She has a loyal fan base of millions of readers from all over the globe; with her books having published in twenty-six languages across twenty-eight countries which include Estonian, Bulgarian, and Indonesian.

Her most celebrated work is without doubt The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series which debuted in 1982 with A is for Alibi.

Some of Grafton’s key awards and honors include: the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, the Ross Macdonald Literary Award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award from Britain’s Crime Writers’ Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Malice Domestic, the Anthony Award given by Bouchercon, and three Shamus Awards.

She died in December 28, 2017 at the age of 77.

Genres: Mystery, Non-fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Born: 1940 / Died: 2017

United States

Website: http://www.suegrafton.com/

  • "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
  • "Y" is for Yesterday
  • A Poison That Leaves No Trace
  • Keziah Dane
  • Kinsey and Me: Stories
  • Lolly-madonna War
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1998
  • Writing Mysteries
  • Keziah Dane (1967)
  • Lolly-madonna War (1969)
  • A Poison That Leaves No Trace (1990)
  • Kinsey and Me: Stories (1991)
  • The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998)

Non-fiction

  • Writing Mysteries (1992)

The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series

  • "A" is for Alibi (1982)
  • "B" is for Burglar (1985)
  • "C" is for Corpse (1986)
  • "D" is for Deadbeat (1987)
  • "E" is for Evidence (1988)
  • "F" is for Fugitive (1989)
  • "G" is for Gumshoe (1989)
  • "H" is for Homicide (1991)
  • "I" is for Innocent (1992)
  • "J" is for Judgment (1993)
  • "K" is for Killer (1994)
  • "L" is for Lawless (1995)
  • "M" is for Malice (1996)
  • "N" is for Noose (1998)
  • "O" is for Outlaw (1999)
  • "P" is for Peril (2001)
  • "Q" is for Quarry (2002)
  • "R" is for Ricochet (2004)
  • "S" is for Silence (2005)
  • "T" is for Trespass (2007)
  • "U" is for Undertow (2009)
  • "V" is for Vengeance (2011)
  • "W" is for Wasted (2013)
  • "Y" is for Yesterday (2017)

Keziah Dane

Detailed book overview

Keziah Dane is a book by celebrated American writer Sue Grafton. Originally title The Seventh Day of Keziah Dane , the book was written by Grafton in 1967 when she was just 27-years old.

Keziah Dane lost her husband when the floods wreaked havoc on their small Kentucky town.

A widow, she barely manages to make ends meet for her children.

A drifter by the name Web wins over Keziah's trust, but then tries to rape her eldest daughter.

While repelling the attack, Keziah's daughter ends up killing Web in the process.

The body is dumped in the flooded town and unprecedented problems spring up for the Dane family.

This is a one of the few books written by Sue Grafton before she began The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series. Lolly-madonna War is a story revolving around two feuding families, and how their drive for violence impacts the lives of their families, and those around them.

This is based on originally written short stories by international renowned best-selling authors: Carol Higgins Clark, Nelson DeMille, Sue Grafton, and Julie Smith.

Your mission is to read the short story, assemble the 1,000-piece puzzle, and discover the hidden clues.

Once you’ve done that, solve the mystery by bringing together pieces in the story and in the puzzle.

This book is a gripping collection of stories that reveal Kinsey's origins—and Grafton's past.

Totaling to nine stories, the book tells of how fully formed Kinsey was from the beginning.

On the other hand, the thirteen stories in the second part—which were written in the decade after the death of her mother—feature Kit Blue; a younger version of Grafton herself.

It reflects on her problematic family life and how she remarkably journeyed from anger to understanding and forgiveness.

In The Best American Mystery Stories 1998, Sue Grafton has breathtakingly collected multiple stories that will not only amaze but also fulfill all emphatic lovers of the genre.

In this volume, best-selling writers as the likes of Mary Higgins Clark, Walter Mosley, Lawrence Block, Jay McInerney and Donald E. Westlake are at their very best, alongside an impressive group of fresh talent.

In Grafton’s own words, "Nowhere is iniquity, wrongdoing, and reparation more satisfying to behold than in the well-crafted yarns spun by the writers represented here."

In this incredible, exclusive compilation, more than three dozen members of the Mystery Writers of America pen their insights and thoughts that will go a long way in translating your writing dreams into reality. This book will teach you how to: Develop original ideas

Construct an airtight plot packed with plenty of captivation and suspense

Create interesting characters and creative settings

Create your own writing style

Write convincing dialogue

Come up with the most appropriate point of view

Work with an agent

Conduct error-free research

and many more!

There are also special guidelines for creating clues, dropping red herrings, and writing medical, legal, historical, true crime, and young adult mysteries.

This book has everything you will ever need to solve the mystery-writing riddle!

When Laurence Fife, a stony-hearted divorce attorney was found murdered, very few were moved by his death. Equally alleged to be a committed womanizer, a number of people in the beautiful Santa Teresa town in Southern California had every reason to want him dead—including his wife.

The police have Nikki, his young and stunning wife, as their prime suspect considering that she had all the motive, access and opportunity to kill Laurence. The jury is convinced she did it.

Released on parole eight years later, Nikki enlists Kinsey Millhone to help identify her late husband’s real killer who is still out there.

From a vulgar old woman to a young boy born deaf, from a lawyer supremely loyal to a dead partner to an ex-wife still bitter over her husband’s betrayal, the many unexpected twists will trail back to a killer devious enough to get away with murder.

Beverly Danziger’s obsessive chattering exposed the anxiety beneath her cool and assuring surface. Her nervousness emanated from the fact that she had an absent sister and a will that needed to be settled, which is why she hired private eye Kinsey Millhone.

A wealthy widow in her early forties, with condos in Boca Raton and Santa Teresa, it’s safe to say Elaine Boldt was flashier than her sister. According to the manager of the California building, she was last seen heading to her Boca Raton condo while adorning her $12,000 lynx coat, but the manager of the Florida building however claims she never got there.

More confusion emerges when Millhone is surprisingly ordered by Beverly Danziger to drop the case, and Aubrey Danziger comes out guns blazing with several accusations about his wife.

Murder upon murder drives Millhone into a desperate search for the truth; leading her to a place where danger is the only reality.

Kinsey could only imagine that the boy at the gym with a scared body and a half-collapsed face was once a handsome kid. For three weeks, she curiously observed as the twenty or so man put himself through a strenuous physical routine. Not a word was ever spoken by the boy during the time.

Yet when she was one deserted Monday morning told the story behind the scars by gym owner Bobby Callahan, Kinsey found it hard to believe what she so desperately wanted to know.

The scars were the outcome of a desperate effort by doctors to keep the boy alive following a devastating crash with his Porsche into a 400 feet canyon after a murderous assault; one that left his best friend dead, and much of his memory lost.

But Bobby Callahan dies just days after Kinsey takes on the case to help the brave boy.

Now, she really has to find the killer!

Kinsey’s job seemed simple enough. Hired by Alvin Limardo, she was to locate a kid and reward a $25,000 check for doing him a favor.

She however comes to learn that the man’s real name is John Daggett; a drunk, ex-con and perennial liar.

The man then dies in an alleged drowning incident, but Kinsey isn’t too sure of the unfolding of events.

Daggett had several enemies like his wife, daughter, the alleged Mrs. Daggett; not least of all the families of the five people he murdered.

As Kinsey takes on the case, she is reminded that "Some debts of the human soul are so enormous only life itself is sufficient forfeit"

Kinsey never believed in Santa Claus, which is why she wasn’t moved when $5,000 was mistakenly credited to her account. But it turns out that it wasn’t a mix-up but a calculated setup.

As she embarks to uncover the setup, Kinsey discovers the shocking truth of how her future is passionately entwined with one family's past—and to the terrible secret it has hidden for nearly two decades.

"E" is for evidence: evidence planted, evidence lost.

"E" is for ex-lovers, evasions, enemies and endings.

"E" is her license, her livelihood, and the name she has struggled to build. Basically everything she stands to lose if she can’t prove her innocence.

Six streets long and three deep, Floral Beach’s only striking feature was a strip of sand overlooking the Pacific. It was there that the strangled body of Jean Timberlake was discovered seventeen years ago.

Residents of Floral Beach never paid much attention to the small town’s history, especially after self-confessed killer, Bailey Fowler, was successfully convicted. They weren’t even bothered when Fowler walked away from prison a year after the murder—never to be seen again.

After all, wasn’t Jean just as untamable as her mother Shana Timberlake?

But when the police meet Bailey Fowler by chance, the seventeen-year-old case is reopened.

Despite having slim chances of succeeding, Kinsey Millhone takes on the case. The revelations on family ties and old wounds will be shocking.

Kinsey, on her 33rd birthday, is warned by a fellow detective that she is on the hit list of one Tyrone Patty; a murderer she helped track down.

Stubbornly not heeding to the advice of hiring a personal bodyguard, Kinsey instead proceeds with her next case of a client's outlandish mother who has gone missing from her trailer home on the edge of the Mojave Desert.

Kinsey, in the midst of all this, however finds herself in the hospital after her '68 Volkswagen is veered off the road by a red pickup truck.

This installation sees the introduction of a burnt-out detective, Robert Dietz, in a tale of horrifying villains and intense sexual encounters.

Parnell Perkins, a claims adjustor for California Fidelity, was murdered having been shot right outside his place of work shortly after midnight.

Police claim it’s a robbery gone bad, but Kinsey Millhone is convinced that her colleague and occasional drinking partner had been killed in cold blood.

Bibianna Diaz moves all the way from L.A. to Santa Teresa, since no one that offended Raymond Maldonado ever lived to tell about it. In need of quick money, she joins California Fidelity where her name soon pops up in Parnell Perkins's open files.

A twist of fate will make Kinsey babysit Bibianna, Raymond and his crew of masculine brutes in what is perhaps her most dangerous and complicated case yet.

When David Barney was absolved from allegedly shooting his wife Isabelle to death, many people felt that justice had been denied, none more so Kenneth Voight; Isabelle's former husband.

Five years later, Voight is the plaintiff in a civil suit where David stands accused of Isabelle's murder. Plenty is at stakes given that Isabelle has left behind an estate worth millions, while Voight is on the verge of being cut off by the statute of limitations.

Kinsey Millhone, an ex-cop and private eye, is enlisted by Voight to assemble the evidence. The case is however turned on its head when the intuitive detective soon discovers that the number of people who hated Isabelle were more than those who loathed David.

You know "I" is for Innocent when a manhunt for the real murderer begins.

When Wendell Jaffe's 35-foot Fuji ketch was discovered drifting off the Baja coast five years ago, it seemed certain that he had gone overboard. The note left behind telling of how terribly broke he was.

When the authorities were on his case after his real estate machination turned to be nothing more than a Ponzi scheme, they found that Jaffe had stripped his banks and books of everything there was.

He however had a $500,000 life insurance policy underwritten by California Fidelity, but the insurance company was reluctant to pay the claim given no body was ever discovered.

His wife, Dana Jaffe, therefore had to wait for the statutory five years before her missing husband could be declared dead by law.

But when Jaffe is seen at a dusty resort bar two months after the claim is paid, California Fidelity brings in Kinsey Millhone to uncover the sudden “resurrection”.

Lorna Kepler was beautiful and daring. Perhaps this is what got her killed.

The police suspected homicide, although they couldn’t quite find a motive or a suspect. Even worse was the fact that her body was discovered when it had already terribly decomposed, making it hard to tell whether she had died of natural causes. With time, it becomes yet another unsolved case; only kept alive by Lorna's mother who is bitter that her daughter’s killer still roams freely.

Ten months have now passed since the death of her daughter.

One evening, while leaving a support group session that clearly wasn’t helping, Janice Kepler is draw by a light in one of the offices of Millhone Investigations. She knocks at the door and is greeted by Kinsey Millhone.

Will Kinsey help Janice find the closure that she so desperately needs?

Kinsey Millhone is very dignified and astute at what she does, but "L" is for Lawless, and she is about to meet her match.

Hers skills will be tested to the very limit.

Whether you call it a mystery without a murder or a treasure quest without a map; Kinsey Millhone is in bad company, and she returns as a bad girl.

She will join forces with a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde in a comedy adventure that will not only take her halfway across the country, but also leave her with a headache and a depleted bank account.

"M" is for money; a ludicrous amount of money.

"M" is for Malek Construction; a family-run company that grew from nothing to become one of the three biggest construction companies in California, valued at $40 million.

"M" is for the Malek family: four sons, approaching middle age, and on the verge of inheriting a fortune. Nearly two decades ago, one of them disappeared without a trace.

"M" is for Millhone; called upon to trace the missing black sheep brother.

"M" is for memories; bitter memories of a family ever at war. Even the prodigal son will have no place on his family's table.

"M" is for malice.

"M" is for murder; quite often the ultimate consequence of hatred in the family.

Tom Newquist was a firm and honest cop adored by everyone. So when he died just sixty-five, the locals were saddened but not shocked. Serving as a detective at the sheriff's office in the Nota Lake, he worked too hard, exercised too little and smoked too much.

Although Selma Newquist, his widow, didn't doubt the coroner's report, she couldn’t understand why Tom was so bothered during his final weeks.

What could have made the tough cop prowl so restlessly at night? Selma is desperate for answers.

The case seemed like a wild goose chase, yet Kinsey never dropped it; choosing instead to set up camp in Nota Lake.

Much like in every goose chase, blood must be spilt; if not for the goose then for the hunter.

A guy who rummages for defaulted storage units at auction calls one Monday morning. He bought a stack a week ago which has Kinsey’s belongings. He is willing to sell them to her for thirty bucks but stingy Kinsey gets them for a good twenty; not because she values personal possessions, but rather to feed her curiosity.

Along with the childhood memorabilia is one old undelivered letter; one which will make her to reassess her beliefs about the ending of her first marriage.

After fourteen installments, we’ve come to know of Kinsey Millhone's aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her and the long-lost family somewhere in the California coast. Very little is however told of the first husband.

"O" is for Outlaw: a shocking revelation into Kinsey's past.

Dr. Dowan Purcell was quite a distinguished member of the Santa Teresa medical community. He didn’t have any notable enemies and was quite contented with his life. He operated a nursing care facility, and dearly loved his wife Crystal, and their two-year-old son.

At the time when Kinsey received a call about his disappearance, Purcell had been missing for a staggering nine weeks. But it wasn’t Crystal who made the call, but rather Purcell's ex-wife, Fiona.

Although Kinsey knew Fiona's expectations were beyond realistic realms, she still ends up taking the job; a decision she will live to regret.

Eighteen years ago, the decomposed body of a young, unidentified woman was discovered near a quarry just off Highway 1 in California. She was a Jane Doe.

The woman had several stab wounds, her throat had been slit and had her hands bound with a length of wire.

Months of investigations by the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department bore no fruits, and the case eventually remained unsolved.

Eighteen years later, the two men who discovered the body need closure before ending their longstanding careers in law enforcement.

Old and poorly, they seek for the services of Kinsey Millhone. Even identifying the victim will be considered great success for the elderly officers.

Kinsey takes up the assignment; embarking on a high voltage mission of not just identifying Jane Doe's real identity, but also finding her killer.

Reba Lafferty, the only child of Nord Lafferty, was a girl born with a silver spoon. At the time of her birth, her father who was well in his fifties, gave her everything she ever wanted.

Through the years, her father was able to discreetly settle her numerous run-ins with the law, but he couldn’t stop her from being convicted of embezzlement.

Having successfully served her first twenty-two months of a four-year sentence, the now thirty-two year old Reba is released on parole.

Nord Lafferty promptly hires Kinsey to help keep his daughter from courting trouble.

Kinsey was never going to say no to the offer. For that kind of money, who wouldn’t babysit even an adult?

Life is however never that simple, and everything comes crumbling down in just under twenty-four hours.

One fine day, Violet Sullivan wore her Sunday best and left to enjoy the yearly Fourth of July fireworks display. She has yet to return thirty-four years later.

A lot was said in the small town Serena Station in California. Some suggested that she had taken off with a lover, while other hush whispers claimed that she had been murdered by her husband.

But to Daisy, the daughter she left behind, Violet's mysterious disappearance was neither explained nor forgotten.

Nearly three decades and a half later, the not-so-seven-year-old daughter desperately wants the peace that comes with closure.

Kinsey Millhone gets to work.

“S" is for Silence.

"S" is for surprises.

"S" is for superb.

In this twentieth installation of The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series , Sue Grafton makes a bold, daring and direct confrontation with the forces of evil in what is quite arguably her most unnerving piece of writing.

The book, which typically starts slowly with the day-to-day life of an ex-cop turned private investigator, takes an abrupt shift from Kinsey Millhone to the voice of Solana Rojas; a horrifying sociopath.

Her name is not even Rojas to begin with. She stole the identity; one that gives her access to private jobs as a caregiver.

Set in the late eighties, dreadful things lie ahead.

Will Millhone notice it early enough to make a prompt intervention?

Identity theft, abuse of the elderly and outright betrayal, "T" is for Trespass.

The year is 1988. The month is April. Kinsey Millhone, a month away from 38th birthday, is alone and burying herself in paperwork when a young man shows up unannounced at her office. Michael Sutton may look like he isn’t old enough to buy alcohol, but he is actually a 27-year old unemployed college drop-out.

A four-year old girl mysteriously disappeared twenty-one years earlier and a recent mention of her kidnapping has brought memories flooding back. Convinced that he may have come across the place where the girl was buried when he was six years old, Sutton requests Millhone to help locate the remains of the child, and possibly identify the men who committed the brutal crime.

Kinsey however unfolds a staggering truth while conducting her investigations.

Is Sutton telling the truth or is it just another one of his many fabrications?

A woman with a dark past kills herself—or did she?

A spoiled kid submersed in gambling debt thinks he is too good for the system.

The life of a charming woman is about to scatter into a thousand shards.

A professional ring of shoplifters works for the Mob. Goods stolen are by the millions.

A dirty cop feels immune.

A gangster seemingly has no remorse.

A widower grieves over the death of his lover.

A private investigator gets two black eyes and a busted nose on her thirty-eighth-birthday.

V is for victim; v is for violence; v is for vengeance.

“The dead of two men changed the course of my life that fall. I knew one of them, while only saw the other for the first time in the morgue.”

Two deaths occur. The first was a local private eye who had been shot near the beach at Santa Teresa in what seemed like a robbery gone wrong. The second on the other hand was a body discovered on the beach six weeks later.

The man appeared homeless with no ID; the only clue being a piece of paper with Kinsey Millhone's name and number.

The deaths seemed utterly unrelated, as one was a blatant murder, and the other seemingly of natural causes.

As Millhone however studies the case more, mysterious linkages begin to crop up.

Beyond the surface are endless layers of deceit, misunderstandings, and murderous fraud.

X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss.

X: The shortest entry in Webster's Unabridged. Initially from Greek and Latin and commonly found in science, medicine, and religion. Quite rightly the most graphically dramatic letter. It’s very tricky to pronounce. Take xylophone for instance.

X: The twenty-fourth letter in the English alphabet.

This is the dark and spine tingling tale of a sociopath who murders and leaves no clues of his actions.

As ex-cop turned private investigator Kinsey Millhone tries to unravel the mystery, she must do so with caution and speed, before she becomes his next victim.

The year is 1979.

Four teenage boys from a prestigious private school not only sexually abuse a fourteen-year-old classmate, but they also disturbing film the attack.

The tape goes missing soon afterwards; with the suspected thief, who so happens to be a fellow classmate, ends up murdered.

In the case that ensues, one boy turns state's evidence whereas two of his peers are convicted.

As for the mastermind, he escapes without a trace.

A decade later, Fritz McCabe—one of the perpetrators—is been released from prison.

When a copy of the missing tape id delivered, along with a demand for ransom, McCabe enlists for the help of private eye Kinsey Millhone.

It turns out that Fritz isn’t the only one haunted by the past, as a brutal sociopath has a score to settle with Millhone.

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Sue Grafton Books In Order

Publication order of kinsey millhone books, publication order of kinsey millhone collections, publication order of standalone novels, publication order of short stories/novellas, publication order of non-fiction books, publication order of deadly allies books, publication order of anthologies, about sue grafton:.

Sue Grafton was an American author of suspense novels. Sue passed away on December 28th, 2017.

She was most well known for her detective stories. Sue Grafton was born on April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky. She is the daughter of famed detective novelist C.W. Grafton. Sue Grafton has stated that one of the biggest influences on her writing is the writer Ross Macdonald. She has been writing before her novels were published, writing scripts for made for television movies. Her mother is Vivian Harnsberger, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister.

Grafton grew up in Louisville with her sister. She first attended the University of Louisville and then attended the Western Kentucky University and then graduated in 1961 from the University of Louisville with a Bachelor of the Arts in English literature and minors in fine arts and the humanities. She was also a member of the sorority Pi Beta Phi. She worked as a clerk, cashier, and secretary after graduating from University of Louisville.

She began writing when she was eighteen. Sue Grafton completed her first novel at twenty two and wrote a total of seven manuscripts. Two of these seven manuscripts ended up getting published. She then spent fifteen years writing scripts for made for television movies. Some of the scripts Sue Grafton wrote included the projects “Nurse”, “Mark, I Love You”, “Sex And The Single Parent” and “Walking Through The Fire”. She adapted “A Caribbean Mystery” and “Sparkling Cyanide” by Agatha Christie for made for television movies. She also helped write “Killer In The Family” as well as “Love On The Run”. Sue Grafton also came up with the concept and story for the 1983 made for tv movie “Svengali”. Grafton used this experience in writing to confidently return to make an attempt at fiction writing once more, all the while being embroiled in a nasty divorce and custody case for her children that lasted six years. Grafton has been divorced twice and is married to Stephen Humphry.

Sue Grafton had long liked the idea of having connected titles, such as colors a la the works of John D. Macdonald. She came up with the concept of naming each novel for a letter in the alphabet when reading “The Gashlycrumb Tinies” by Edward Gorey, in which a disastrous or melancholy thing happens in each square, which designates a letter of the alphabet. Sue Grafton liked the concept and decided to integrate it into her books, coming up with as many mystery themes for letters of the alphabet as she could. This led to the writing and publication of the series for which Sue Grafton is famous for, the alphabet detective series.

Books And Series Sue Grafton Has Written

Sue Grafton is most famous for the Kinsey Millhone series, the alphabetized detective novel series based in Santa Theresa, California, which is based on Santa Barbera, near to where Sue Grafton lives. It follows Kinsey Millhone, a licensed private investigator. Sue Grafton was able to quit her screenwriting job and begin writing the series full time. The series don’t always take place in the time they are read, rather taking place in the past in place of current times. Grafton’s early novels include 1967’s “Keziah Dane” and “The Lolly-Madonna War”, published in 1969.

The Kinsey Millhone Series: A Is For Alibi

“A For Alibi” is the first novel in the alphabet detective series. It was first published in 1982. The novel is actually also set in the year 1982. The first print was of 7,000 copies. Grafton admits that she got a lot of inspiration and conceived a lot of the book over fantasies of murdering her ex-husband, who she was going through a divorce and custody battle with at the time. Kinsey Millhone is a thirty year old insurance investigator and private detective who lives in Santa Theresa, California, a tip of the hat from Grafton to her inspiration from John Macdonald’s novels. Santa Theresa is also the pseudonym John Macdonald used to substitute for Santa Barbera.

Kinsey is investigating the suspicious death of a well known and successful divorce lawyer, Laurence Fife. The homicide occurred eight years ago, and his wife was sent to jail over it. Now out of the clinker, Nikki Fife contacts Kinsey Millhone to help her clear her name and figure out what really happened. Kinsey becomes acquaintances with the wife’s former business associate Charlie Scorsoni while investigating, and begins to get a little warmer to the trail. She discovers that Laurence Fife’s death can be linked to the strange death of a woman in L.A. and that both died as a result of taking allergy pills that turn out to be laced with extract of oleander, a poison derived from a beautiful but deadly white flower that grows abundantly or as decoration on lawns in California. Kinsey goes to LA to interview Fife’s former secretary, but she is murdered before Kinsey can speak to her. Kinsey begins to find out more and more strange things. That Laurence was having an affair with his first wife, Gwen, while he was married to Nikki. As she begins to go deeper, she discovers that the truth may just be that simple, and that the killer is right under her nose.

The Kinsey Millhone Series: B Is For Burglar

“B Is For Burglar” is the second novel in the Kinsey Millhone series. In “B For Burglar”, Kinsey Millhone is called upon yet again. This time it’s to help a wealthy lady find her missing sister, Elaine Boldt. Elaine disappeared a while ago while in transit to Boca Raton, Florida. Her sister needs her signature on a form regarding an inheritance. Along the way, Kinsey thinks that the death of a neighbor and Elaine’s case may be related. Meanwhile, someone breaks into Kinsey’s apartment, apparently after Elaine’s passport. Kinsey is concerned for Elaine’s safety but when her sister objects to them going to the police and reporting Elaine missing, Kinsey ends their working relationship. But as Millhone goes along, the plot thickens, and even Millhone isn’t prepared for what comes next.

Books Made Into Movies By Sue Grafton

Sue Grafton’s early novel “The Lolly-Madonna War” was made into a movie in 1973 called “Lolly-Madonna XXX”. Directed by Richard C. Serafian, this movie starred Rod Steiger as Laban Feather, Robert Ryan as Pap Gutshall, and Jeff Bridges as Zach Feather. Her novel “B Is For Burglar” was adapted into a Japanese television movie called “Kako Kara No Koe” in 1988. Her novel “D Is For Deadbeat” was made into a tv movie in Japan in 1989.

6 Responses to “Sue Grafton”

Loved the alphabet books. Looked on line to see if she had any others and disappointed to see she’d died.RIP

I hope she left an outline for Z. I also think someone else wrote Y but maybe used an outline she might have left of the story. Robert B. Parker turned over some of his famous characters to other writers to continue after he died. If we are lucky maybe Sue Grafton did the same and we can have Kinsey Millhone can finish out her story.

I actually think the series ended with “X”. Y is for Yesterday is nothing like her previous books and she was battling cancer up until her death in December 2017. I think someone else wrote Y.

The alphabet ends at Y.

It is very sad that there will never be a Z. I loved Kinsey and her friends. She was very easy to like and Sue’s books were easy to read. I will miss Kinsey’s adventures and her misfit friends.

Never stop writing about Kinsey….I like her

love your books, hope your going to get to the end of the alphabet. just got W, patiently waiting for x, y, & z please don’t retire until you get kinsey to Z

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Sue Grafton (77) (4-24-40 ~ 12-28-17) Sue Grafton majored in English while she was attending college at University of Louisville. She began seriously writing at 18 and wrote her first novel at 22. Of the first seven novels that Grafton wrote, only two were published. The eighth novel she wrote was A for Alibi, the first in her wildly popular Alphabet series, featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Grafton is an international bestseller with a readership in the millions. She has been published in 28 countries and in 26 languages including Bulgarian and Indonesian. She has received many awards for her writing including the Cartier Dagger from the British Crime Writer's Association in 2008, honoring her lifetime achievement. In 2009, she was awarded the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Grafton and her husband have been married for more than 20 years and have three kids and four grandchildren. They split their time between Montecito, California and Louisville, Kentucky.

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A Is for Alibi

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Laurence Fife was a slick divorce lawyer and slippery ladies' man. Until someone killed him. The jury believed it was his pretty young wife Nikki, so they sent her to prison for eight years. Now, Nikki's out on parole and Kinsey Millhone's in for tro...

B Is for Burglar

Finding wealthy Elaine Boldt seems like a quickie case to Kinsey Millhone. The flashy widow was last seen wearing a $12,000 lynx coat, leaving her condo in Santa Teresa for her condo in Boca Raton. But somewhere in between, she vanished. Kinsey's cas...

C Is for Corpse

How do you go about solving an attempted murder when the victim has lost a good part of his memory? It's one of Kinsey's toughest cases yet, but she never backs down from a challenge. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Callahan is lucky to be alive after a ...

D Is for Deadbeat

When Alvin Limardo walks into P.I. Kinsey Millhone's office, she smells bad news. He wants Kinsey to deliver $25,000. The recipient: A fifteen-year-old boy. It's a simple matter. So simple that Kinsey wonders why he doesn't deliver the money himself....

E Is for Evidence

Being a twice-divorced, happily independent loner has worked like a charm for P.I. Kinsey Millhone--until holiday weekends like this one roll around. What she needs is a little diversion to ward off the blues. She gets her much-needed distraction wit...

F Is for Fugitive

When Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, it's hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake--a troubled teen who had a reputation with the b...

G Is for Gumshoe

Kinsey Millhone celebrates her thirty-third birthday as only she can-she moves back into her renovated apartment, gets hired to find an elderly lady supposedly living in the Mojave Desert by herself, and makes the top of triggerman Tyrone Patty's hit...

H Is for Homicide

THE LADY CAN WRITE . . . Any reader who needs a smart and sassy P.I. would do well to hire Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone. . . . 'H' is for Homicide continues to show the author in strong storytelling form. . . . [It] finds Kinsey Millhone working on ...

I Is for Innocent

Since she was fired by California Fidelity Insurance, Kinsey Millhone has lost her usual swagger. And her new case is no confidence builder. Attorney Lonnie Kingman is going to court on a civil suit in three weeks when his P.I. drops dead of a heart ...

J Is for Judgment

Wendell Jaffe has been dead for five years--until his former insurance agent spots him in a lusty resort bar. Now California Fidelity wants Kinsey Millhone to track down the dead man. Just two months before, his widow collected on Jaffe's $500,000 li...

K Is for Killer

When Kinsey Millhone answers her office door late one night, she lets in more darkness than she realizes. Janice Kepler is a grieving mother who can't let the death of her beautiful daughter Lorna alone. The police agree that Lorna was murdered, but ...

L Is for Lawless

When Kinsey Millhone agrees to do a favor for Henry Pitts, her lovable octogenarian landlord, she literally gets taken for the ride of her life. The family of a recently deceased WWII veteran wants her to find out why the military has no record of hi...

M Is for Malice

"M" is for money. Lots of it. "M" is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction, one of the few still in family hands. "M" is for the Malek family: four sons ...

N Is for Noose

Tom Newquist had been a detective in the Nota Lake sheriffs office--a tough, honest cop respected by everyone. When he died suddenly, the town folk were sad but not surprised. Just shy of sixty-five. Newquist worked too hard, drank too much, and exer...

O Is for Outlaw

Once Mickey Magruder was a cop with a wild streak. And Kinsey Millhone was a younger cop who adored and married him. Then Mickey was implicated in a fatal beating, and Kinsey walked out. Now, fourteen years later, she comes face-to-face with those tr...

P Is for Peril

Kinsey Millhone never sees it coming. She is mired in the case of a doctor who disappeared, his angry ex-wife, and beautiful current one -- a case that is full of unfinished business, unfinished homes, and people drifting in and out of their own live...

Q Is for Quarry

Back in 1969, a lot of young people were hitting the road and disappearing. More than one of them wound up dead--including the girl in daisy-patterned pants who was found in a quarry off Highway 1 in Lompoc, the victim of multiple stab wounds. Eighte...

R is for Ricochet

Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Nord Lafferty was already in his fifties when Reba was born, and he could deny her nothing. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but wasn't t...

S is for Silence

Cases don't get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised Daisy she'll try her best to loc...

T is for Trespass

Kinsey Millhone's elderly neighbor; Gus Vronsky, may have been the original inspiration for the term "Grumpy Gus." A miser and a hoarder; Gus is so crotchety that after he takes a bad fall, his only living relative is anxious to find him some hired h...

U is for Undertow

Looking solemn, Michael Sutton arrives in Kinsey Millhone's office with a story to tell. When he was six, he says, he wandered into the woods and saw two men digging a hole. They claimed they were pirates, looking for buried treasure. Now, all these ...

V Is For Vengeance

Private detective Kinsey Millhone feels a bit out of place in Nordstrom’s lingerie department, but she’s entirely in her element when she puts a stop to a brazen shoplifting spree. For her trouble she nearly gets run over in the parking lot by on...

Kinsey and Me

In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to Kinsey Millhone. Thirty years later, Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a number-one bestselling author. To mark this anniversary year, Sue has given us stories that reveal Kinsey’s origins an...

W Is for Wasted

Of the #1 New York Times -- bestselling Kinsey Millhone series, NPR said, "Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters.” Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I sa...

X

X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss. X: The shortest entry in Webster’s Unabridged. Derived from Greek and Latin and commonly found in science, medicine, and religion. The most graphically dramatic letter. Notori...

Y Is for Yesterday

The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate -- and film the attack. Not long aft...

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New York Times-bestselling author Sue Grafton is published in twenty-eight countries and twenty-six languages--including Estonian, Bulgarian, and Indonesian. Books in her alphabet series, begun in 1982, are international bestsellers with readership in the millions. And like Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald, Grafton has earned new respect for the mystery form. Readers appreciate her buoyant style, her eye for detail, her deft hand with character, her acute social observances, and her abundant storytelling prowess. She has been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America (2009) and is a recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award (2004). Sue Grafton has been married to Steve Humphrey for more than thirty years, and they divide their time between Montecito, California, and Louisville, Kentucky, where she was born and raised. Grafton, who has three children and four grandchildren, loves cats, gardens, and good cuisine.

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Mystery writer Sue Grafton dies; ‘the alphabet now ends at Y’

Sue Grafton was the author of the so-called Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series in which each book title begins with a letter from the alphabet. The last was “Y is for Yesterday.”

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LOS ANGELES — Sue Grafton, author of the best-selling “alphabet series” of mystery novels, has died in Santa Barbara. She was 77.

Grafton was surrounded by family, including husband Steven Humphrey, when she died Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer, her daughter, Jamie Clark, posted on the author’s website.

“Although we knew this was coming, it was unexpected and fast. She had been fine up until just a few days ago, and then things moved quickly,” the posting said.

Grafton began her “alphabet series” in 1982 with “A is for Alibi.” Her most recent book, “Y is for Yesterday,” was published in August.

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“Many of you also know that she was adamant that her books would never be turned into movies or TV shows, and in that same vein, she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name,” her daughter wrote. “Because of all of those things, and out of the deep abiding love and respect for our dear sweet Sue, as far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends at Y.”

Humphrey said Grafton had been struggling to find an idea for “Z” while undergoing treatment and losing weight.

“Nothing’s been written,” he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “There is no Z.”

He added with a laugh, “Nobody in this family will ever use the letter Z again.”

The fictional heroine of the series, Southern California private detective Kinsey Millhone, was Grafton’s alter ego, she told The Seattle Times earlier this year.

“I’m an introvert, so doing half of what Kinsey is beyond my poor capabilities,” Grafton said. “But it’s fun to get to live her life without penalty.”

Her husband agreed that Grafton was Kinsey.

“Yes, as Sue said, ‘We’re one spirit in two bodies, and she got the good one,’ ” Humphrey said.

While Grafton aged, her heroine didn’t quite as much.

“So when I started, she was 32, and I was 42. Now, she is 39, and I am 77. So there’s a little bit of injustice there, but she is single,” she told NPR in an interview earlier this year. “She’s been married twice. She has no kids, no pets, no house plants.”

She said she was looking forward to reaching the end of the alphabet with “Z is for Zero.”

Grafton began writing at 18, and wrote her first novel at 22. “A is for Alibi” was the eighth novel she wrote, and the third she had published.

On her blog, she said her ideas come from everywhere.

“I read newspapers, textbooks on crime. I talk to private investigators, police officers, jail administrators, doctors, lawyers, career criminals. Ideas are everywhere,” she said.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Grafton stayed tied to her roots, dividing her time between a home there and her home in California. In addition to her husband and daughter Jamie Clark, she is survived by another daughter, Leslie Twine, and her son, Jay Schmidt.

Grafton’s remains will be cremated and the family will hold a private memorial Sunday. Memorials also will be held in Louisville and New York City.

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Sue Grafton 's popular alphabet mysteries have been published in 28 countries and in 26 languages. After her experiences transforming early novels into films and as a screenwriter, she has refused to sell the film and television rights to her books. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1941, Grafton graduated from the University of Louisville. Often honored, she is the recipient of the Cartier Dagger for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Louisville and Montecito, California.

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Sue Grafton (1940-2017) was the American author behind the series of detective books starring Kinsey Millhone. This series of books is known as the “alphabet series” of books due to the title of the books all organized in alphabetical order.

Below is a list of the Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone series of books, which began in 1982:

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I have been out of the reading arena for awhile sooo is there a ” Z” ?

There will be noZ as per her request

Did she have a draft of “Z is for ….”?

Z is for Zero is slated for Fall 2019. I am unsure of how far along she was.

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All 25 Sue Grafton Books in Order | Kinsey Millhone Series

Sue Grafton’s fans number in the millions, and whether you’re a new reader looking for a list of all the Sue Grafton books in order, or whether you’re looking to reread the series, we are here for you.

The books have been published in 26 languages in 28 countries. Sue Grafton’s critical and commercial success has been widely recognized by many rewards and honors: 

  • A Lifetime Achievement Award awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America 
  • The Ross Macdonald Literary Award 
  • The Cartier Diamond Dagger Award awarded by Britain’s Crime Writers’ Association 
  • The Lifetime Achievement Award from Malice Domestic 
  • The Anthony Award awarded by ‘Bouchercon’, the world mystery convention 
  • Three Shamus Awards.

Many readers have also pointed out that it is fascinating to see how investigative work was done pre-Google and cell phones!

Who is Sue Grafton?

Sue Grafton was born on April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky. She had one older sister, Ann, and her parents were C.W. Grafton and Vivian Harnsberger. Both became alcoholics, so Grafton said that from the age of five she essentially had to raise herself as their family life disintegrated. 

Revealingly, her most notable creation, Kinsey Millhone, becomes an orphan at five. Her father, who also wrote mystery novels, was a municipal bond lawyer and her mother had been a high school chemistry teacher. Millhone’s father left to fight in World War II when she was three and came back when she was five. 

Grafton’s mother committed suicide in 1960 when she had esophageal cancer, and her father died in 1982, just a few months before the Kinsey Millhone series began when A Is for Alibi was published.

Whereas most writers prefer to distance themselves from their characters, Grafton has emphasized the similarities between herself and Kinsey. She even referred to Millhone as her alter ego. 

In her must-read autobiographical Kinsey and Me (1991, amended and republished 1992 and 2013), she notes that her and Kinsey’s sensibilities are the same, and that she regards them as having one soul in two bodies. She often feels Kinsey is peering over her shoulder and making remarks. Kinsey’s existence allows her to lead two lives: Kinsey’s and her own.

In a very real sense, therefore, Kinsey Millhone is simply Grafton by another name and living a parallel life. Their characters are both shaped by stressful childhoods that encouraged independence, prickliness, and rebelliousness.

Grafton died in 2017, leaving the Kelsey Millhone series unfinished with 25 books written.

We’re almost to the list of Sue Grafton books in order. Promise. But let’s learn a little bit more about the main character, Kinsey Millhone, first.

Who is Kinsey Millhone?

Kinsey Millhone is the self-sufficient and oddly captivating main protagonist of Sue Grafton’s phenomenally successful Alphabet series. She was born in the fictional town of Santa Teresa, California, to Randall and Rita Millhone. Kinsey’s mother came from a prominent and well-to-do family, but she became estranged from when she married Randall Millhone, a postal worker whom they considered beneath her.

When Kinsey was five, both her parents were killed in a car crash. Kinsey survived and went to live with her eccentric Aunt Gin, her mother’s sister, who was also estranged from the family. No-nonsense Aunt Gin would not have been everybody’s choice for a mother, but she did her best to raise Kinsey.

She inculcated a strong sense of self-sufficiency and independence in Kinsey. Other traits encouraged by Aunt Gin were disinterest in fashion, a love of books and reading, and an aversion to cooking. Aunt Gin died when Kinsey was in her early 20s.

Prickly, rebellious Kinsey didn’t do well at school. She hung out with the smokers and had occasional problems with discipline. Despite this, after graduation, she became a police officer with the Santa Teresa Police Department.

However, her independent nature ill-equipped her for dealing with the bureaucracy and the antiquated attitudes towards women in the police force of the time, so she resigned after two years. She then qualified as a private investigator, got her P.I. license, and got her first job with a highly-regarded detective agency. 

In her late 20s, Kinsey started her own PI agency in a shared office space with California Fidelity Insurance, that she had previously done part-time work for. When Kinsey was about 30, she moved into a studio apartment. She lives there throughout the series and is very friendly with her landlord, somewhere-in-his-80s, Henry Pitts.

Sue Grafton Books In Order

Now that we know more about the author, and her trusty fictional sidekick, let’s dive headfirst into the list of Sue Grafton books in order.

  • A is for Alibi (1982)
  • B is for Burglar (1985)
  • C is for Corpse (1986)
  • D is for Deadbeat (1987)
  • E is for Evidence (1988)
  • F is for Fugitive (1989)
  • G is for Gumshoe (1990)
  • H is for Homicide (1991)
  • I is for Innocent (1992)
  • J is for Judgment (1993)
  • K is for Killer (1994)
  • L is for Lawless (1995)
  • M is for Malice (1996)
  • N is for Noose (1998)
  • O is for Outlaw (1999)
  • P is for Peril (2001)
  • Q is for Quarry (2002)
  • R is for Ricochet (2004)
  • S is for Silence (2005)
  • T is for Trespass (2007)
  • U is for Undertow (2009)
  • V is for Vengeance (2011)
  • W is for Wasted (2013)
  • Y is for Yesterday (2017)

Where is Book Z?

And that — somewhat sadly — is it, folks, fans, and dedicated Alphabeteers! Though Sue Grafton was planning the final book in the series, Z Is for Zero, for publication in the fall 2019, she did not get to finish it. She died on December 28, 2017. 

She’d often been asked what would happen when she reached the end of her and Kinsey’s Alphabet. One of the options she offered was that she “ would retire with grace” . Ms. Grafton, you did so — and so did Kinsey Millhone. It was a pleasure and a privilege to know you both.

Do you need to read the Sue Grafton books in order? 

You do not need to read the Sue Grafton books in order. Strictly speaking, they are standalones, however they are strongly sequential. There are many recurring incidents, themes, and developments in the books. These materially impact the reader’s understanding and appreciation of the continuing storyline, so reading them in order is very much advocated. 

It is also strongly recommended that A Is for Alibi is always read first as it is the essential and classic introduction to Kinsey Millhone as a character and the series as a whole.

Now let’s take a closer look at the Sue Grafton books in order.

Will the Sue Grafton books in order be adapted for the screen?

The rights for an adaptation were acquired in October 2021 . This was the first time the rights were available and it prompted multiple bidders. A+E Studios had the successful offer for the television rights.

Sue Grafton’s husband, Steve Humphrey, will be an executive producer on the adaptations.

The announcement marks a departure from Grafton’s stance during her lifetime. Grafton had said that she would never adapt the Kinsey series and allegedly made her children swear they would never do so after her death.

Her daughter echoed this sentiment in announcing Grafton’s death, reiterating her mother’s wishes to never use a ghost writer or adapt the books. Grafton herself worked in Hollywood from 1973 to 1989 and this may have been part of her disinclination to adapt her most beloved series.

However, the family said the changing climate of book-to-screen adaptations led them to believe it was time for Kinsey Millhone to be introduced to a new audience.

There has been no casting or production announcements yet.

Summary of the Sue Grafton Books In Order

This section will provide you with more insight into each book. If all you want is the list of the Sue Grafton books in order, well that is above and your time with us is at its conclusion.

But if you’d like to read about each book individually, either because you don’t actually plan to read the Sue Grafton books in order, or you just need a refresher on what happened, read on.

A Is for Alibi Sue Grafton Books in Order

1. A is for Alibi

But A can also stand for avenger and the wrongly accused. Tough and resourceful former cop, now private investigator, Kinsey Millhone has established her one-woman detective agency in Santa Teresa, California. Twice-divorced, Kinsey is a loner with few personal commitments or attachments, but she has a stubborn thing for underdogs and seeming lost causes. 

So when desperate Nikki Fife turns to her, Kinsey takes the case. Nikki was wrongly convicted of killing her womanizing husband, high-profile divorce lawyer Laurence Fife, eight years before. She’s now out on parole and wants Kinsey’s help to find the real killer. 

When Kinsey’s investigation uncovers a second death, and then another woman dies as more suspects and motives for murder become apparent, Kinsey herself is placed in great danger. 

B Is for Burglar Kinsey Millhone

2. B is for Burglar

At first, P.I. Kinsey Millhone is reluctant to accept Beverly Danziger’s case to find her sister, Elaine Boldt. It seems so straightforward that she thinks Beverly can handle it herself. But Beverly is insistent as she needs Elaine’s signature on documents relating to an inheritance. 

Elaine has supposedly flown to Boca Raton but seems to have disappeared en route as Kinsey can find no trace of her in Florida. Pat Usher says Elaine sublet her apartment to her and is traveling, though no-one else can confirm this. 

As Kinsey investigates, nothing seems to add up. Apartments are ransacked and burgled (including her own), a house is destroyed by arson, and a woman is violently killed. As Beverly becomes a suspect in Elaine’s disappearance, Kinsey’s simple investigation morphs into a potentially deadly one… 

C Is for Corpse Sue Grafton

3. C is for Corpse

But also for Callahan, crash, calculated crime, and confusing complexity. If the victim of an attempted murder has lost a big chunk of his memory, how on earth do you go about solving the crime? 

Kinsey faces one of her most challenging cases yet when she is approached by 23-year-old Bobby Callahan who has had his Porsche forced off a bridge. The crash has left Bobby with partial amnesia, but he believes that he’s still in danger. A little red address book and the name Blackman are the only leads Bobby can give Kinsey, though he can’t even remember whom he entrusted the address book to for safekeeping. 

And then there’s no chance of Bobby regaining his memory when he dies in another car accident a mere three days after hiring Kinsey. When Kinsey discovers that Bobby did indeed have a secret worth killing for, uncovering it is potentially deadly for her.  

D Is for Deadbeat Kinsey Millhone

4. D is for Deadbeat

Alvin Limardo does not inspire confidence. He wants to hire Kinsey to deliver a cashier’s check for $25,000 to 15-year-old Tony Gahan. But why doesn’t he just do it himself?

However, Kinsey’s rent is due, so she accepts Limardo’s retainer check against her better judgment. Sure enough, the check bounces and Kinsey makes further unwelcome discoveries. Alvin Limardo is really John Daggett, an alcoholic ex-con convicted of vehicular manslaughter. Several people would like to see him dead. And he seems to have two wives — religious fanatic Essie and faithless Lovella.

So when Daggett’s corpse show up floating in on the Santa Teresa surf the cops rule it an accident, but Kinsey’s pretty sure it’s murder. Many things aren’t quite what they seem, however, and when Billy Polo is killed with Kinsey’s own gun, the case really seems to be getting away from her. 

E Is for Evidence Sue Grafton Books in Order

5. E is for Evidence

Two days after Christmas, Kinsey’s bank account suddenly shows an unexplained credit of $5,000. Kinsey has just finished investigating a fire for California Fidelity at a factory in Colgate owned by the Wood family, which she judged to be an industrial accident. 

However, when she submits her report, she discovers that important documentation has been removed from the file and other papers have been substituted. It now looks as if Lance Wood, that she’s known from her school days, has bribed Kinsey to rule that the fire wasn’t arson and California Fidelity suspends Kinsey. 

As Kinsey battles to prove her innocence, she almost dies from a bomb wrapped left on her doorstep. Then, just as Kinsey manages to unravel the tortuous web of deceit and double-dealing, a second bomb is left in her apartment…  

F Is for Fugitive Kinsey Millhone

6. F is for Fugitive 

After it was destroyed in the previous book, Kinsey’s beloved apartment is being rebuilt by her landlord, Henry Pitts. Meanwhile, she is hired by terminally ill Royce Fowler to prove his son, Bailey Fowler, is innocent of the murder of Jean Timberlake, his girlfriend from 17 years before.

Bailey pleaded guilty and was sent to prison. While he escaped shortly afterwards, he has now been recaptured. He also now claims that he did not, in fact, kill Jean. 

In Floral Beach, Kinsey stays with the Fowler family in their hotel and quickly discovers that suspects abound as Bailey’s lawyer, Jack Clemson, provides more details about the case. Jean, then 17, was a problem child who did badly at school. She’d also had sexual encounters with the numerous local boys and men, and was pregnant at the time she died. 

Then Tap Granger is killed helping Bailey escape yet again. As Kinsey proceeds with her investigation, she not only discovers many things about the dysfunctional Fowler family, but also about herself.

G Is for Gumshoe Sue Grafton

7. G is for Gumshoe

As is often said, things seem to come in threes. On Kinsey Millhone’s 33rd birthday, she moves back into her newly rebuilt and renovated apartment. She is hired by Irene Gersh to locate her elderly mother living alone in the Slabs in the Mojave Desert. And she finds out that ex-con Tyrone Patty, whom she helped the Carson police to apprehend, has hired a hitman to kill her. 

The reality of the threat comes home to her when she is deliberately run off the road by a man in a pick-up truck. She is injured and her beloved old VW is trashed. So Kinsey gets Porsche-driving PI, Robert Dietz, to be her bodyguard. With Dietz watching her, Kinsey starts investigating. Before it’s over, she’ll uncover the chilling truth about an old betrayal and have to face her own mortality…

H Is for Homicide Kinsey Millhone

8. H is for Homicide

Kinsey’s friend and colleague, Parnell Perkins, is found dead in the lot behind California Fidelity Insurance. Is his death connected to Bibianna Diaz, apparently an accomplished insurance hustler?

But when Kinsey goes undercover to cozy up to Bibianna and attempt to con her in turn, they both end up in jail. When they’re released, Bibianna’s jealous, ill-tempered, and thuggish ex-fiancé, Raymond Maldonado, awaits them.

Kinsey soon comes to the conclusion that Maldonado is behind Bibianna’s numerous other fraudulent insurance claims. Was Maldonado also behind Perkins’s death? Can Kinsey bring one of the most dangerous and duplicitous criminals she’s ever had to confront to justice — and survive? 

I Is for Innocent Sue Grafton Books in Order

9. I is for Innocent

David Barney was acquitted five years before of the murder of his wealthy wife, Isabelle. Lawyer Lonnie Kingman believes the jury released a guilty man. He is putting together a civil suit on behalf of the dead woman’s ex-husband and child to strip David Barney of the ill-gotten gains of that murder. But time is of the essence as the statute of limitations on the crime is about to run out. 

Then Morley Shine, the experienced PI who does Lonnie’s legwork, has a fatal heart attack. When P.I. Kinsey Millhone agrees to take over, she thinks it’ll just be a matter of wrapping up a few loose ends. But, no — everything is in disarray, the key informant untrustworthy, and the witnesses deny ever speaking with Morley. Even worse, every claim David Barney made can be verified. 

So if Barney didn’t kill his wife, who did? Someone has obviously been getting away with murder and might be tempted to repeat the exercise.

J Is for Judgment Kinsey Millhone

10. J is for Judgment

Wendell Jaffe has been dead for five years. His empty 35-foot Fuji ketch was found drifting off the Baja coast. He’d obviously gone overboard. The note he left revealed his business was bankrupt, he was flat broke, and his real estate business nothing but a Ponzi scheme. 

But then Jaffe’s was seen in a bar in a one-horse town between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas. And California Fidelity just paid out Dana Jaffe’s $500,000 death claim in full. Now they want the truth and they get Kinsey to investigate. 

Her investigation takes her into dark realms where fraudulent dealings and murder are often at play. And it may also reveal secrets about Kinsey’s own past…

K Is for Killer Sue Grafton

11. K is for Killer

Late one night, Kinsey Millhone opens her office door to Janice Kepler. Janice mourns the death of her beautiful daughter Lorna who was murdered 10 months before. No suspect was ever found, and though the trail is now stone cold, Kinsey reluctantly agrees to investigate.

And startling facts emerge. Far from just having a dull day job at a water treatment plant, Lorna had an extremely lucrative sideline in prostitution and pornography. 

So did a client kill her? Was she really supposed to marry a high-powered racketeer in Las Vegas when she disappeared? And surely, she could not also have been involved with elderly Clark Esselmann, upright pillar of the community? So how come Lorna’s sister Berlyn suddenly has money and is wearing Lorna’s diamond earrings? And did Leda have a tape recorder under Lorna’s floor? 

L Is for Lawless Kinsey Millhone

12. L is for Lawless

Kinsey’s landlord, Henry Pitts, asks Kinsey for help. Their neighbor, impoverished Johnny Lee, died recently and his grandson Bucky is trying to ensure he gets a military funeral. But then Gilbert Hays and Ray Rawson, both old acquaintances of Johnny, turn up. They seem inordinately interested in Johnny’s meager possessions. 

In truth, they are hoping to find the proceeds of a bank robbery they all committed 40 years before. As a search ensues for the secret location where Johnny allegedly buried the money, violence, kidnapping, coercion, and double-crossing all rear their dangerous heads.

And Kinsey’s cousin Tasha urges her to come to a Thanksgiving reunion of the family Kinsey never even knew she had. 

M Is for Malice Sue Grafton Books in Order

13. M is for Malice

In order for the three Malek sons to inherit the fortune tied up in Malek Construction, they must find their fourth brother. He is inconveniently missing and has been so since he disappeared 18 years before. So Kinsey Millhone must try to find a man who has vanished without a trace.

Did he run away? Was it an abduction? What motives were at play here? 

With greed running rampant and loyalties under strain, Kinsey’s skills are tested to the limit as a race against time ensues. And nobody’s safety, least of all Kinsey’s, is a guarantee…  

N Is for Noose Kinsey Millhone

14. N is for Noose

Tom Newquist was a tough, honest, and highly respected detective in the Sheriff’s Office of Nota Lake. His wife, Selma, accepts the coroner’s report of why he died, but she wants to know what had bothered him so much in the last six weeks of his life. Why was he so restless and what made him brood so incessantly? 

Kinsey is reluctant to accept the vague, rather hopeless case, but she launches an investigation in Nota Lake. And things do not go smoothly. Tom’s partner, Rafer LaMott, and his brother, Macon, seem to have closed ranks around Tom’s memory, and the whole town is uncooperative. 

Then Kinsey is threatened by a masked driver, and even attacked in the dreary Nota Lake Cabins where she’s staying. As the whole town becomes openly hostile, Kinsey battles to crack the code of Tom’s notes. 

O Is for Outlaw Sue Grafton

15. O is for Outlaw

Kinsey gets a call from a man who buys the auctioned contents of defaulted storage units. He’s just bought some of Kinsey’s possessions that she left with her ex-husband, Mickey Magruder, whom she married when she was only 21. She left Mickey when she thought he was trying to obtain from her a false alibi in an assault case that then escalated into manslaughter. 

Kinsey buys the box for $20. Amongst the stuff in the box is an old letter that proves Michael could not have been guilty of the assault. Realizing that she had done Mickey an injustice, Kinsey sets out to find him. 

She is shocked to discover he is in a coma, after being shot with a gun registered to her! The gun was a present from Mickey and she left it with him along with the other stuff she abandoned. So Kinsey is on the suspect list for the shooting. When she finds weapons and false IDs in Mickey’s apartment, she finds herself in ever greater danger.

P Is for Peril Kinsey Millhone

16. P is for Peril

Nine weeks ago 69-year-old Dr. Dow Purcell said goodnight to his colleagues at the Pacific Meadows nursing home. Then he climbed into his car, drove away, and vanished without a trace. His embittered first wife, Fiona, is absolutely sure he is still alive. His second wife and former stripper, Crystal, 40 years younger than him, is equally sure he’s dead. 

Enter right is P.I. Kinsey Malone, who has been hired by Fiona to investigate. Enter left is Tommy Hevener, a good-looking 20-something. He is one of the landlords of the new dream office space Kinsey has just rented. He also has Kinsey in his romantic sights, but he and his brother Richard are men with interesting pasts…

Kinsey’s investigation quickly uncovers fraudulent medical aid activity at Pacific Meadows. Was Dr. Purcell involved or just negligent? And then Dr. Purcell’s car is discovered in a lake close to Fiona’s house…

Q Is for Quarry Sue Grafton Books in Order

17. Q is for Quarry

After months of police investigation, the identity of Jane Doe is still unknown. She’s a young white woman, stabbed, hands bound with wire, throat slashed, discovered off California’s Highway 1 near a quarry. And 18 years later, her case remains open. 

The two men who found the body want one last attempt at solving it. Con Dolan, Kinsey’s grouchy cop buddy, is on medical leave, and Stacey Oliphant, his partner, is enjoying retirement. So they need someone to do their legwork, and Kinsey is the logical one to turn to. Intrigued, Kinsey agrees to the job. 

But digging into the past can be an extremely hazardous occupation. What started as a search for Jane Doe’s identity soon turns into a deadly search for her killer.

This Kinsey Millhone book is based on an actual unsolved 1969 homicide. Jane Doe’s body was exhumed in 2001 and a well-known forensic artist did the facial reconstruction featured at the end of Q Is for Quarry. The hope is that the photograph may trigger somebody’s memory somewhere to get a positive identification of the nameless Jane Doe. So far it hasn’t happened.

R Is for Ricochet Kinsey Millhone

18. R is for Ricochet

Reba Lafferty is the only child of besotted father, Nord Lafferty. In his 50s when Reba was born, Nord fixed all the problems she got herself into growing up. Until there was one he couldn’t fix and she was convicted for embezzlement and incarcerated in the California Institution for Women. 

Now, at 32, she is coming out of parole, and Nord engages P.I. Kinsey Millhone to supervise Reba for a week or so until she settles in, and make sure she sticks to the rules of her parole. Reba seems friendly, remorseful, and cooperative. 

But less than 24 hours after Reba’s release, the wheels are already wobbling. The police want Reba to provide proof that her boss, Alan Beckwith, does money laundering. And Reba, though she is in love with two-timing Alan, is also very angry with him.

Soon Reba is smoking and drinking again, and then she goes to Reno to meet up with Misty Raine, a friend from prison. No wonder Kinsey gets knocked unconscious…

S Is for Silence Sue Grafton

19. S is for Silence

In July 1953, Violet Sullivan, local good-time girl from Serena Station, California, drives off in her brand-new Chevy Bel Air bought mere days before — and vanishes. Her young daughter, Daisy, and her volatile husband, Foley, are left behind. But now, 34 years on, Daisy wants closure, and she wants P.I. Kinsey Millhone to get it for her.

Reluctantly Kinsey Millhone agrees to five days of investigation. Initially believing that Violet simply moved on, Kinsey soon discovers that it may not be that simple. Many people shared a past with Violet that some are desperate to keep hidden. And why had Tom Padgett given Violet a dog all those years ago?  

When Kinsey notices a car-sized oblong depression in the soil close to Tannie’s property some shocking discoveries are made.

T Is for Trespass Kinsey Millhone

20. T is for Trespass

In Sue Grafton’s most direct confrontation with evil, Grafton introduces Solana Rojas, a sociopath with no scruples. A stolen identity gives Rojas access to private caregiving jobs.

So when Gus, Kinsey’s grumpy neighbor, is injured in a serious fall, he employs Solana Rojas to care for him. But when Gus becomes withdrawn and isolated, Kinsey becomes suspicious. She suspects Solana is not what she seems.  

The novel builds with sizzling tension. Will Kinsey realize the full implications of what is happening in time to intervene? Solana is a dangerous sociopath who works with an accomplice. She has a history of clients who died whilst in her care. Will Kinsey be able to engineer a rescue while she is also working on a case of insurance fraud?

Though set in the late 1980s, T Is for Trespass is a remarkably relevant novel to present times. It highlights identity theft, the betrayal of trust by people in authority, elder abuse, and the breakdown of institutions caring for the weak and dependent. 

U Is for Undertow Sue Grafton Books in Order

21. U is for Undertow

Shortly before Kinsey Millhone’s 38th birthday, Michael Sutton arrives at her office and tells her a story.

More than two decades before, a four-year-old girl disappeared. A recent newspaper story about the kidnapping has triggered his memory. He believes he saw her killers as they were getting ready to bury her and could still identify them. He wants Kinsey to help him find the grave and the men. Despite it being unlikely, Kinsey agrees to investigate for one day.

And they do indeed find a grave, but it is the grave of a wolfdog named Ulf. Was Ulf buried there to hide something? And why is bystander Walker McNally, who’s been watching the police digging up the dog grave, so upset?

He drinks so much over the weekend that he kills a young woman on Sunday whilst driving drunk. And what is the link with the kidnapping of Rain, another little girl, though she was returned unharmed after the ransom was paid? 

V Is for Vengeance Kinsey Millhone

22. V is for Vengeance

A tangled cat’s cradle of dangerous relationships underpins this novel.

A woman with a questionable past jumps off a bridge — or was she pushed? A spoiled rich kid, drowning in gambling debts, believes he can beat the system, but it will cost him more than his Porsche. A beautiful woman’s marriage is at risk. A dirty cop believes himself to be above the law. 

P.I. Kinsey Millhone witnesses a woman shoplifting in Nordstrom’s. The woman, named Audrey, is arrested. After being released from jail, Audrey apparently commits suicide. Her boyfriend then hires Kinsey to investigate the theory that a professional shoplifting syndicate is racking up millions from shoplifting.  

And Kinsey is not particularly happy with her 38th birthday present — a punch in the face from Dante leaving her with a broken nose and two black eyes… 

W Is for Wasted Sue Grafton

23. W is for Wasted

Two dead men impacted the course of Kinsey’s life that fall. One was a local P.I. of doubtful reputation, Pete Wolinsky, who was gunned down near the beach. The other is a homeless man, RT Dace, found dead on the beach some six weeks later — with Kinsey’s name and phone number in his pocket. 

On further investigation, Kinsey realized she opened the lid to a veritable Pandora’s box. One of the surprising facts that flew out is that RT Dace has about $600,000 to his credit. The other is that he is related to Kinsey.

Last but not least, Kinsey is not just as his executor, but she in fact inherits everything. Although Dace’s children wanted nothing to do with him when he was a pathetic, homeless drunk, their attitude changes somewhat now with the discovery of his money. 

And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is drawn into a compromising position and a tale rife with betrayals, misunderstandings, and downright murderous fraud. 

X Kinsey Millhone

When a woman asks P.I. Kinsey Millhone to find the son she put up for adoption 32 years before, it seems like an easy way to earn $200 bucks. However, when a cop tells her she was paid with marked bills, and her client can’t be found, there’s clearly something questionable in the undergrowth.

And Ruth, widow of recently murdered P.I. Pete Wolinsky, needs Kinsey’s help with her IRS audit. This straightforward task takes on a perilous turn when Kinsey comes across a coded list amongst Pete’s papers. The list leads her to a man with a slew of ruined lives in his wake. Yet he still walks free.

Can Kinsey risk becoming his next target? Could she possibly prove a case against him without becoming his next victim?

Y Is for Yesterday Sue Grafton Books in Order

25. Y is for Yesterday

Again based on two real cases , the origins of resourceful P.I. Kinsey Millhone’s last case goes back to 1979. Four teenaged boys from a prestigious private school sexually assaulted a 14-year-old classmate and recorded it on film. When the tape is stolen, another classmate, who is thought to be the thief, turns up dead. In the investigation and prosecution that follow, two boys are convicted as one boy turns state’s evidence. However, the instigator of the whole appalling episode gets off scot-free and disappears.

Now, it is 10 years later. One of the rapists, Fritz McCabe, is now out of prison. He is morose, angry, and unapologetic as his ever-vigilant parents turn him into a virtual prisoner at home. 

But then a copy of the assault tape arrives along with a demand for ransom. The McCabes call on experienced P.I. Kinsey Millhone to investigate and keep an eye on Fritz. 

As Kinsey is inevitably drawn into the whole distressing affair, the past threatens to claim more victims. Kinsey continuously lives in fear and feels a continuous sense of threat.

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List of the best Sue Grafton books, ranked by voracious readers in the Ranker community. With commercial success and critical acclaim, there's no doubt that Sue Grafton is one of the most popular authors of the last 100 years. Her detective novels are wildly popular, especially her "alphabet series" featuring Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator. If you're a huge fan of her work, then vote on your favorite novels below and make your opinion count. This poll is also a great resource for new fans of Sue Grafton who want to know which novels they should start reading first. With memorable characters and excellent storytelling, there's no reason why you shouldn't check out her work if you're a big reader.  

"B" Is for Burglar

"B" Is for Burglar

"M" Is for Malice

"M" Is for Malice

"G" Is for Gumshoe

"G" Is for Gumshoe

"A" is for Alibi

"A" is for Alibi

"S" Is for Silence

"S" Is for Silence

"U" Is for Undertow

"U" Is for Undertow

"O" Is for Outlaw

"O" Is for Outlaw

"J" Is for Judgment

"J" Is for Judgment

"T" Is for Trespass

"T" Is for Trespass

"C" is for Corpse

"C" is for Corpse

"N" Is for Noose

"N" Is for Noose

"H" Is for Homicide

"H" Is for Homicide

"F" Is for Fugitive

"F" Is for Fugitive

"I" Is for Innocent

"I" Is for Innocent

"K" Is for Killer

"K" Is for Killer

"Q" is for Quarry

"Q" is for Quarry

"L" Is for Lawless

"L" Is for Lawless

"P" is for Peril

"P" is for Peril

R is for Ricochet

R is for Ricochet

"D" Is for Deadbeat

"D" Is for Deadbeat

"V" Is for Vengeance

"V" Is for Vengeance

"E" Is for Evidence

"E" Is for Evidence

"W" Is for Wasted

"W" Is for Wasted

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Sue Grafton is the #1 New York Times bestselling mystery author of the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series , which has been around since 1982 and has a readership in the millions. Grafton has been named a Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America and is a recipient of the Ross MacDonald Literary Award. If you are a fan of enthralling mystery books that always keep you guessing, you have to check out these books to read if you like Sue Grafton!

Books To Read If You Like Sue Grafton

Lies in high places, dana killion.

Release Date: October 27, 2017

As investigative journalist Andrea Kellner heads out of town for a long weekend, the driver in front of her is shot and killed. For the third time in a month, Chicago’s gang violence has spread to a major expressway. Andrea is convinced there is something else at play and is determined to discover the real truth behind the shootings.

Undertow of Loyalty

M. d. davies.

Release Date: November 17, 2017

Neil Henberlin has agreed to be a spy for Canada’s Security Intelligence Service to trap a foreign government stealing his company’s super-computer technology. All he has to do is pretend to be seduced by a Chinese double agent. It should be simple. The problem is his wife doesn’t know about the plan and thinks the affair is real.

The Good Samaritan

Release Date: December 1, 2017

People call the End of the Line when they need help and to be convinced life is worth living. But some of them get Laura on the other end of the line. She doesn’t want them to get help, she wants them to die… But Ryan is on to her. When his pregnant wife ends her life, hand-in-hand with a stranger, he is desperate for answers. Although he has no idea of the desperate lengths Laura will go to.

Hardcore Twenty-Four

Janet evanovich.

Release Date: November 14, 2017

Headless bodies are starting to appear across town. Initially, it’s just corpses from the morgue and funeral home, but when a homeless man is murdered, Stephanie Plum is the only one that can catch the killer. If that’s not enough, Diesel is back in town and not everyone is happy about it.

Insidious Intent

Val mcdermid.

Release Date: December 5, 2017

Tony Hill and former police detective Carol Jordan are searching for a serial killer that targets women at weddings without a date. These women are being lured away from weddings and their dead bodies are found in their own burned-out cars in remote locations. This may be one of their toughest cases to date.

Killman Creek

Rachel caine.

Release Date: December 12, 2017

Gwen Proctor saved her children from her serial killer ex-husband and his league of psychotic accomplices. But when Melvin breaks out of prison, she knows she is in danger. Especially when she receives a chilling text… “ You’re not safe anywhere now .”

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A is for Alibi

When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients, Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. More...

B is for Burglar

Beverly Danziger looked like an expensive, carefully wrapped package from a good but conservative shop. Only her compulsive chatter hinted at the nervousness beneath her cool surface. It was a nervousness out of all proportion to the problem she placed before Kinsey Millhone. More...

C is for Corpse

He was young—maybe twenty or so—and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scars, his face half-collapsed. It saddened Kinsey and made her curious. More...

D is for Deadbeat

He called himself Alvin Limardo, and the job he had for Kinsey was cut-and-dried: locate a kid who'd done him a favor and pass on a check for $25,000. It was only later, after he'd stiffed her for her retainer, that Kinsey found out his name was Daggett. John Daggett. More...

E is for Evidence

It was the silly season and a Monday at that, and Kinsey Millhone was bogged down in a preliminary report on a fire claim. Something was nagging at her, but she couldn't pin it. The last thing she needed in the morning mail was a letter from her bank recording an erroneous $5,000 deposit in her account. Kinsey had never believed in Santa Claus and she wasn't about to change her mind now. More...

F is for Fugitive

Floral Beach wasn't much of a town: six streets long and three deep, its only notable feature a strip of sand fronting the Pacific. It was on that sandy beach seventeen years ago that the strangled body of Jean Timberlake had been found. More...

G is for Gumshoe

Kinsey is run off the road by a red pickup truck, wrecking her '68 Volkswagen and landing herself in the hospital. Maybe a bodyguard is a good idea after all...Enter Robert Dietz, a burnt-out detective, "late forties, five ten, maybe 170, [who arrives in] jeans, cowboy boots, a tweed sport coat with a blue toothbrush protruding from the breast pocket like a ballpoint pen." More...

H is for Homicide

His name was Parnell Perkins, and until shortly after midnight, he'd been a claims adjustor for California Fidelity. Then someone came along and put paid to that line of work. And to any other. Parnell Perkins had been shot at close range and left for dead in the parking lot outside California Fidelity's offices. More...

I is for Innocent

Readers of Sue Grafton's fiction know she never writes the same book twice, and "I" is for Innocent is no exception. Her most intricately plotted novel to date, it is layered in enough complexity to baffle even the cleverest among us. More...

J is for Judgment

"J" is for Jaffe: Wendell Jaffe, dead these past five years. Or so it seemed until his former insurance agent spotted him in the bar of a dusty little resort halfway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Five years ago, when Jaffe's thirty-five-foot Fuji ketch was found drifting off the Baja coast, it seemed a sure thing he'd gone overboard. More...

K is for Killer

Lorna Kepler was beautiful and willful, a loner who couldn't resist flirting with danger. Maybe that's what killed her. Her death had raised a host of tough questions. The cops suspected homicide, but they could find neither motive nor suspect. Even the means were mysterious. More...

L is for Lawless

Kinsey's skills are about to be sorely tested. She is about to meet her duplicitious 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. More...

M is for Malice

"M" is for money. Lots of it. "M" is for Malek Construction, the $40 million company that grew out of modest soil to become one of the big three in California construction, one of the few still in family hands. "M" is for the Malek family: four sons now nearing middle age who stand to inherit a fortune. More...

N is for Noose

Kinsey Millhone should have done something else—she should have turned the car in the direction of home. Instead, she was about to put herself in the gravest jeopardy of her career. More...

O is for Outlaw

The call comes on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. The weekend before, he'd bought a stack of cardboard boxes. In one, there was a collection of childhood memorabilia with Kinsey's name all over it. For thirty bucks, he was offering Kinsey the lot. More...

P is for Peril

Dr. Dowan Purcell had been missing for nine weeks when Kinsey got a call asking her to take on the case. A specialist in geriatric medicine, Purcell was a prominent member of the Santa Teresa medical community, and the police had done a thorough job. Purcell had no known enemies and seemed contented with his life. More...

Q is for Quarry

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. More...

R is for Ricochet

Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Nord Lafferty was already in his fifties when Reba was born, and he could deny her nothing. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn't there for her when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institute for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a four-year sentence. More...

S is for Silence

In "S" is for Silence , Kinsey Millhone's nineteenth excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure, "S" is for surprises as Sue Grafton takes a whole new approach to telling the tale. And S is for superb: Kinsey and Grafton at their best. More...

T is for Trespass

In what may be her most unsettling novel to date, Sue Grafton's "T" is for Trespass is also her most direct confrontation with the forces of evil. Beginning slowly with the day-to-day life of a private eye, Grafton suddenly shifts from the voice of Kinsey Millhone to that of Solana Rojas, introducing readers to a chilling sociopath. More...

U is for Undertow

It's April, 1988, a month before Kinsey Millhone's 38th birthday and she's alone in her office doing paperwork when a young man arrives unannounced. He has a preppy air about him and looks as if he'd be carded if he tried to buy booze, but Michael Sutton is 27, an unemployed college drop-out. Twenty-one years before, a four-year old girl disappeared. A recent reference to her kidnapping has triggered a flood of memories. Sutton now believes he stumbled on her lonely burial when he was six years old. More...

V is for Vengeance

The new Kinsey Millhone novel from the #1 New York Times -bestselling author. "I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. 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." More...

W is for Wasted

Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He'd been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He'd been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with Millhone's name and number was in his pants pocket. More...

Perhaps her darkest and most chilling novel, it features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this sociopath. The test is whether Kinsey can prove her case against him before she becomes his next victim. More...

Y is for Yesterday

The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate—and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. More...

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Sue Grafton

  • An interview with Sue Grafton about V is for Vengeance
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  • G is for Grafton , a biography of Sue

#1 New York Times -bestselling author Sue Grafton is published in twenty-eight countries and in twenty-six languages—including Estonian, Bulgarian, and Indonesian. Books in her alphabet series, beginning with A is for Alibi in 1982 and most recently, X , are international bestsellers with readership in the millions. Named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, she has also received many other honors and awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, the Ross Macdonald Literary Award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award from Britain’s Crime Writers’ Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Malice Domestic, the Anthony Award given by Bouchercon, and three Shamus Awards.

Like Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald, Grafton has earned new respect for the mystery form. Her readers appreciate her buoyant style, her eye for detail, her deft hand with character, her acute social observances, and her abundant storytelling talents.  But who is the real Sue Grafton? Many of her readers think she is simply a version of her character and alter ego Kinsey Millhone. Here are Kinsey's own words in the early pages of  N Is for Noose :

"So there I was barreling down the highway in search of employment and not at all fussy about what kind of work I'd take. I wanted distraction. I wanted some money, escape, anything to keep my mind off the subject of Robert Deitz. I'm not good at good-byes. I've suffered way too many in my day and I don't like the sensation. On the other hand, I'm not that good at relationships. Get close to someone and the next thing you know, you've given them the power to wound, betray, irritate, abandon you, or bore you senseless. My general policy is to keep my distance, thus avoiding a lot of unruly emotion. In psychiatric circles, there are names for people like me."

Those are sentiments that hit home for Grafton's readers. And she has said that Kinsey is herself, only younger, smarter, and thinner. But are they an apt description of Kinsey's creator? Well, she's been married to Steve Humphrey for more than thirty-five years and has three children, four granddaughters, and one great grandson.  She loves cats, gardens, and good cuisine—not quite the nature-hating, fast-food loving Millhone. So: readers and reviewers beware. Never assume the author is the character in the book. Sue, who has a home in Montecito, California ("Santa Teresa") and another in Louisville, the city in which she was born and raised, is only in her imagination Kinsey Millhone—but what a splendid imagination it is.

Sue passed away in December 2017.

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