"M" IS FOR MALICE.

Grafton, Sue.

ISBN 10: 1568652305 / ISBN 13: 9781568652306

Published by HOLT., NY, 1996

About this Item

First edition. SIGNED by Sue Grafton on title page. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Top & bottom edges lightly foxed. ) Kinsey Millhone. ; 6 1/4" X 9 1/2"; 300 pages. Seller Inventory # 7447

Bibliographic Details

Title: "M" IS FOR MALICE.

Publisher: HOLT., NY

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

M is for Malice by Sue Grafton

Review:

"Every investigation has a nature of its own, but there are certain shared characteristics," explains private eye Kinsey Millhone in her 13th alphabetic outing. "Here's what you hope for: a chance remark from the former neighbor on a skip-trace, a penciled notation on the corner of a document, an ex-spouse with a grudge, the number on an account, an item overlooked at the scene of a crime. Here's what you expect: the dead ends, bureaucratic bullheadedness, the cul-de-sacs, trails that go nowhere or simply fade into thin air, denials, prevarications, the blank-eyed stares from all the hostile witnesses. Here's what you know: that you've done it before and you have the toughness and determination to pull it off again. Here's what you want: justice. Here's what you'll settle for: something equivalent, the quid pro quo." All of the above are on display in Grafton's latest entry in her increasingly popular series set in a thinly-disguised Santa Barbara, as the virtually ageless Kinsey finds and loses a missing heir and gets back an old lover.