F is for Fugitive (Sue Grafton)

Grafton, Sue

ISBN 10: 0394579836 ISBN 13: 9780394579832

Publisher: Random House Audio, 1989

Synopsis

2 cassettes / 3 hours
Read by Judy Kaye

"One can only marvel at Grafton's seemingly endless stock of adventurous and inventive plots and hope that a finite alphabet won't limit her to just 26 mysteries."
-Booklist
How do you prove the innocence of a man already found guilty of murder?

That's the task Kinsey Millhone is faced with when she takes on the case of Bailey Fowler.  These are the facts: Jean Timberlake, Bailey's girlfriend, was found dead on the sands of Floral Beach, California, seventeen years ago.  Bailey, drug addict and convicted felon, with no good alibi, was sent to the slammer - even though he swore he didn't do it.  After escaping less than a year before, he successfully disappeared until he was picked up on a fluke of mistaken identify.  Can Kinsey prevent him from being sent back to prison by finding the real killer?  And what kinds of deadly passions and murderous intentions will she stir up as she searches for the truth?
"Sue Grafton has created perhaps the most likable female private eye in the business."
--Boston Globe

About this title

From the Publisher

Everyone knew the kind of girl Jean Timberlake was -- ask anybody in the sleepy surf town of Floral Beach and they'd say Jean was wild, looking for trouble. But she certainly wasn't looking for murder. She was found dead on the beach seventeen years ago, and a rowdy ex-boyfriend named Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned -- and then Bailey escaped. Now private eye Kinsey Millhone steps into a case that should have never been closed, in a town where there's no such thing as a private investigation.

From the Back Cover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton crafts a thriller set in a town so small that P.I. Kinsey Millhone wonders just how private her investigation can be...

F IS FOR FLIGHT
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 boys―was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped.

F IS FOR FEAR
After all this time, Bailey's finally been captured. Believing in his son's innocence, Bailey's father wants Kinsey to find Jean's real killer. But most of the residents in this tight-knit community are convinced Bailey strangled Jean. So why are they so reluctant to answer Kinsey's questions? If there's one thing Kinsey's got plenty of it's persistence. And that's exactly what it's going to take to crack the lid on this case.

F IS FOR FUGITIVE
As Kinsey gets closer to solving Jean's murder, the more dirty little secrets she uncovers in a town where everyone has something to hide―and a killer will kill again to keep the past buried...

"With this complex mystery and her ever-deeper glimpses into its heroine, Grafton's series promises to hold readers all the way to Z."
--Publishers Weekly

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Audio
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0394579836
• ISBN 13: 9780394579832
• Binding: Audio Cassette
• Language: English