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Kinsey Millhone Séries

Cette série suit une détective privée débrouillarde qui explore les mystères d'une ville côtière californienne. Chaque affaire plonge dans des relations humaines complexes et des motivations cachées, offrant un mélange captivant de suspense et de narration centrée sur les personnages. Les lecteurs sont attirés par l'esprit vif et la détermination inébranlable de la protagoniste alors qu'elle démêle des énigmes complexes. C'est une collection appréciée par ceux qui aiment le travail de détective classique avec une héroïne indépendante et distincte.

F Is For Fugitive
E is for evidence
D is for Deadbeat
C comme Cadavre
B is for burglar
"A" is for alibi

Ordre de lecture recommandé

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    "A" is for alibi

    • 112pages
    • 4 heures de lecture
    3,9(171214)Évaluer

    "My name is Kinsey Millhone and I'm a private detective. I'm thirty- two years old, and I live and work in Santa Teresa, in southern California. The day before yesterday I killed someone. I had to do it, but knowing that doesn't make me happy. I'm a nice person. I have a lot of friends. Killing someone has made me feel bad. I've already given a signed statement about the death to the police. I've also written a report for the client that I was working for. But now I want to tell the whole story."--Cover.

    "A" is for alibi
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    C comme Cadavre

    3,7(449)Évaluer

    J'ai rencontré Bobby Callahan un lundi. Le jeudi, il était mort. Il était persuadé que quelqu'un essayait de le tuer. Et les faits ont prouvé qu'il avait raison. Malheureusement, personne ne l'a compris à temps. C'était la première fois de ma vie que je travaillais pour un mort, et j'espère que cela ne se reproduira jamais. D'autant que, pour mettre un peu plus de gaieté dans mon enquête, Bobby avait été employé de la morgue...

    C comme Cadavre
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    D is for Deadbeat

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    3,7(384)Évaluer

    The alphabet mysteries continue with another curious case for private investigator Kinsey Millhone.

    D is for Deadbeat
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    E is for evidence

    • 240pages
    • 9 heures de lecture
    3,9(34666)Évaluer

    Anyone who knows me will tell you that I cherish my unmarried state. I’m female, twice divorced, no kids and no close family ties. I’m perfectly content to do what I do . . . It was two days after Christmas when Kinsey Millhone received the bank slip showing a credit for five thousand dollars. The account number was correct but Kinsey hadn’t made the deposit. Then came the phone call and suddenly everything became clear. The frame-up was working and Kinsey was trapped . . .

    E is for evidence
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    F Is For Fugitive

    3,8(305)Évaluer

    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?

    F Is For Fugitive
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    "G" is for Gumshoe

    3,8(489)Évaluer

    The divorced ex-cop, Kinsey Millhone, turns 33, is hired to bring a mother back from the desert, and makes a top slot on Tyrone Patty's hit list, all on the same day.

    "G" is for Gumshoe
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    "H" is for Homicide

    3,8(555)Évaluer

    2 cassettes / 3 hours Read by Judy Kaye Kinsey Millhone, the irreverent, wise-cracking P.I. with a style reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, is back in a high-stakes adventure. His name was Parnell Perkins and until shortly after midnight, he'd been a claims adjuster for California Fidelity. Then someone had come along and ended his career . . . permanently. To the cops, his death looked like a robber gone sour; to Kinsey Millhone, it looked strangely suspicious. Particularly when Bibianna Diaz's name surfaced in one of Perkins' files. It seems she had pulled an insurance scam, with California Fidelity as her mark. Now, Kinsey was after her. But so, too, was her spurned suitor, Raymond Maldonado. he had a rap sheet as long as his arm and an inability to take no for an answer. Could Kinsey get to Bibianna first and solve the mystery of Perkins' murder? Or would she find that once you crossed Raymond Maldonado, you didn't live to tell the tape?

    "H" is for Homicide
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    I Is for Innocent: A Kinsey Millhone Novel

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,0(311)Évaluer

    When David Barney was acquitted in the shooting death of his wife, Isabelle, a good many thought that justice had not been served -- including Kenneth Voight, Isabelle's former husband. Now, five years later, Voight is the plaintiff in a civil suit in which Barney stands accused of Isabelle's wrongful death. The stakes are high -- Isabelle's estate is worth millions -- but time is running short: the statute of limitations will cut Voight off in only a matter of weeks. Enter sexy, savvy ex-cop-turned-P.I. Kinsey Millhone, brought in by Voight to gather the necessary damning evidence. It doesn't take long, however, for Kinsey to find that while a lot of people hate David Barney, a lot more hated Isabelle. Suddenly a simple civil case becomes a deadly hunt for someone who once got away with murder -- and may again ..

    I Is for Innocent: A Kinsey Millhone Novel
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    K is for Killer

    3,7(663)Évaluer

    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 a suspect was never apprehended and the trail is now ten months cold. Kinsey pieces together Lorna's young life: a dull day job a the local water treatment plant spiced by sidelines in prostitution and pornography. She tangles with Lorna's friends: a local late-night DJ; a sweet, funny teenaged hooker; Lorna's sloppy landlord and his exotic wife. But to find out which one, if any, turned killer, Kinsey will have to inhabit a netherworld from which she may never return.

    K is for Killer
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    Comme lequel

    • 315pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    3,9(30541)Évaluer

    Pour Bucky, Pappy Johnny Lee fut un héros de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et il aimerait bien que le Ministère des Anciens Combattants lui fasse un enterrement militaire. Refus du Ministère : Johnny Lee ? Connaît pas. L'imbroglio bureaucratique s'épaississant, devinez à qui Bucky fait appel ? A Kinsey Minlhone, votre privé préférée. Et moi, bonne poire, j'accepte gracieusement d'aider le jeune homme. Arrivée d'un vieil et curieux ami de Lee, cambriolage, coffre-fort qui livre une clé qui n'ouvre rien. Bien fait pour moi, d'autant plus que l'enquête patauge. Jusqu'au jour où je me lance à la poursuite d'un sac et de l'inconnu qui vient de le dérober chez Bucky. Le voyage sera long, dangereux et comique à la fois. Johnny Lee était vraiment un sacré lascar. Face à la tradition établie par les prêtresses du polar made in England, Sue Grafton, Américaine du Kentucky, impose un nouveau style de roman noir.

    Comme lequel
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    M Is for Malice

    • 314pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    4,1(67220)Évaluer

    Renowned for her gripping storytelling, Sue Grafton delivers a compelling narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. This book promises a thrilling experience filled with intricate plots and well-developed characters. Critics have praised it as both electrifying and satisfying, highlighting Grafton's mastery in weaving suspense and intrigue. Fans of mystery and crime genres will find themselves captivated by the twists and turns that define her signature style.

    M Is for Malice
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    N is for noose

    • 368pages
    • 13 heures de lecture
    4,0(32833)Évaluer

    Kinsey Millhone should have turned the car back. In the direction of home. Instead, she was about to put herself in the gravest jeopardy of her career.Tom Newquist had been a detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office for years--a tough, honest cop respected by everyone. When he died suddenly, the townsfolk were saddened but not surprised. Just shy of sixty-five, Newquist worked too hard, smoked too much, and exercised too little. That plus an appetite for junk food made him a poster boy for an American Heart Association campaign.Newquist's widow didn't doubt the coroner's report. But what Selma couldn't accept was not knowing what had bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life. What was it that had made him prowl restlessly at night, that had him brooding constantly? Selma wanted to find out what it was that had so bedeviled her husband.The case was vague and hopeless, like looking for a needle in a haystack. Kinsey set up shop in Nota Lake where she found that looking for that needle can draw blood. Very likely, her own. "N Is for Noose" is a novel in which Kinsey Millhone becomes the target and an entire town seems in for the kill.

    N is for noose
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    O is for Outlaw

    • 416pages
    • 15 heures de lecture
    4,0(26160)Évaluer

    The alphabet mysteries continue with a very personal case for private investigator Kinsey Millhone.

    O is for Outlaw
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    P comme péril

    3,8(157)Évaluer

    Le Dr Dowan Purcell, soixante-neuf ans, a disparu depuis neuf semaines lorsque sa première femme, Fiona, demande à la célèbre détective privée Kinsey Millhone de le retrouver. La police a déjà fait tout ce qu'elle pouvait et l'affaire a toutes les chances d'être classée... Pourtant, pour le personnel de la maison de retraite que dirige le docteur, celui-ci a été enlevé. Pour Fiona, il aurait fui Crystal, sa seconde épouse, qui ne pense qu'à le ruiner. Pour elle, bien sûr, Purcell est mort. Bref, c'est à contrecœur que Kinsey Millhone s'engage dans une enquête qui promet de déboucher sur une impasse, le seul indice sérieux étant la disparition de trente mille dollars sur le compte du docteur : pour l'heure il n'est plus question d'enterrer ce dossier, mais bien de le résoudre.

    P comme péril
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    Q is for Quarry

    • 576pages
    • 21 heures de lecture
    3,9(388)Évaluer

    'Kinsey Millhone is up there with the giants of the private eye genre' Times Literary Supplement

    Q is for Quarry
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    R is for ricochet

    • 300pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    4,0(31784)Évaluer

    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 Institution for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months of a four-year sentence. Nord Lafferty wants to be sure she stays straight, stays at home and away from the drugs, the booze, the gamblers." "It seems a straightforward assignment for Kinsey: babysit Reba until she settles in, make sure she follows all the rules of her parole. Maybe all of a week's work. Nothing untoward - the woman seems remorseful and friendly. And the money is good." But life is never that simple, and Reba is out of prison less than twenty-four hours when one of her old crowd comes circling round.

    R is for ricochet
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    S is for Silence

    3,9(24985)Évaluer

    Thirty-four years ago, Violet Sullivan put on her party finery and left for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. She was never seen again. In the small California town of Serena Station, tongues wagged. Some said she'd run off with a lover. Some said she was murdered by her husband. But for the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter Daisy she left behind, Violet's absence has never been explained or forgotten. Now, thirty-four years later, she wants the solace of closure

    S is for Silence
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    T is for Trespass

    • 500pages
    • 18 heures de lecture
    4,0(25802)Évaluer

    When her elderly neighbour Gus has an accident, Kinsey Millhone is relieved when his niece organises a nurse for him. Verifying a background check on Solana Rojas doesn't turn up anything suspicious. But Kinsey's not convinced - especially when Gus seems to be getting worse under his nurse's tender care.

    T is for Trespass
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    V is for vengeance

    4,0(93)Évaluer

    V is for Vengeance Las Vegas, 1986. A young college graduate is murdered when he is unable to pay back a loan. Two years later private investigator Kinsey Millhone finds herself assisting to apprehend a shoplifter - Audrey Vance - in a shopping centre. Events take a much darker turn when her body is discovered beneath the Cold Spring Bridge, a local suicide spot. Full description

    V is for vengeance
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    W is for Wasted

    3,6(180)Évaluer

    "Two dead bodies changed the course of my life that fall" October 1988 Santa Teresa California narrates PI Kinsey Milhone 38. One is shady PI Pete Wolinsky, shot and robbed. Second is homeless alcoholic Terrence Dace from kidney and liver failure. He rejected children, bequeathed fortune to Kinsey. Pete's gun shows up in Kinsey's car, dropped by Felix, killed after he retrieved friend Dace's stolen stuff.

    W is for Wasted
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    X

    • 529pages
    • 19 heures de lecture
    3,9(56)Évaluer

    “An inventive plot and incisive character studies elevate MWA Grand Master Grafton’s twenty-fourth Kinsey Millhone novel...This superior outing will remind readers why this much-loved series will be missed as the end of the alphabet approaches.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss... Perhaps Sue Grafton’s darkest and most chilling novel, X 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 deadly sociopath. The test is whether private investigator Kinsey Millhone can prove her case against him—before she becomes his next victim.

    X
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  27. Třikrát Kinsey Millhoneová

    4,5(78)Évaluer

    Kniha obsahuje tři případy : 1. A jako Alibi - přeložila Eva Klimentová. 2. B jako běs - přeložila Stanislava Pošustová. 3. C jako corpus delicti - přeložila Ivana Doležalová. Doslov „Ostrá žena s něžným srdcem“ napsala Eva Klimentová. Vydání první

    Třikrát Kinsey Millhoneová

  29. O is for Outlaw and P is for Peril

    A double dose of Sue Grafton and a realtreat. Two absolutely cracking books tokeep you reading until all hours. The onlydownside is you get to the end and wantmore. Fortunately there is more.

    O is for Outlaw and P is for Peril

  30. Kinsey y yo

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture
    3,3(25)Évaluer

    Más de tres décadas después de que se publicara la primera novela protagonizada por Kinsey Millhone, cuando el Alfabeto del Crimen ha alcanzado un clamoroso éxito internacional, la investigadora privada debe resolver nueve casos. Impregnados por la vigorosa voz narrativa, el afiladísimo ingenio y las irreverentes observaciones que han cautivado a los lectores desde A de adulterio, estos relatos nos recuerdan el cambio sísmico que la irrupción de Millhone provocó en la novela policiaca: las mujeres dejaron de ser meras comparsas para convertirse en protagonistas con carácter y opiniones propias. Como colofón, trece breves relatos protagonizados por Kit Blue, una versión más joven de la propia Sue Grafton, en los que la escritora encara su pasado con emotividad: el resultado es un viaje desde su infancia en el seno de una familia problemática, marcada por el alcoholismo de la madre o la falta de supervisión durante la niñez de la propia Sue, en un ejercicio autobiográfico que pocos autores acometen.

    Kinsey y yo

  31. Kinsey and Me

    Stories

    • 304pages
    • 11 heures de lecture
    3,8(92)Évaluer

    The collection features stories that intertwine the beloved series detective Kinsey Millhone with personal insights from the author. It offers readers a unique blend of mystery and self-reflection, showcasing the author's signature style while providing deeper context into her creative process and character development.

    Kinsey and Me

  32. Kinsey and Me

    3,7(30)Évaluer

    In 1982, Sue Grafton introduced us to private investigator Kinsey Millhone and the Alphabet series. Now Kinsey is an established international icon and Sue, a number-one bestselling author. To mark this achievement, Sue has written short stories that reveal Kinsey's origins and Sue's past.

    Kinsey and Me

  33. Kinsey a já : Uzavřený kruh a jiné povídky

    • 256pages
    • 9 heures de lecture
    3,7(22)Évaluer

    Každá z devíti povídek v úvodu knihy je klenotem detektivní fikce. Hrdinka Kinsey, která se objevila v převratné vlně detektivního románu, přestala být pouze oddanou parťačkou drsných detektivů a začala vyslovovat vlastní názory a postřehy. Její výmluvnost a ostrovtip si čtenáři zamilovali již od první knihy. Druhá část souboru, obsahující třináct povídek, byla napsána během deseti let po matčině smrti a představuje Kit Blueovou, mladší alter ego autorky. Tyto temné příběhy nesou spodní proud zármutku a tiché bolesti, reflektující rodinné ztráty a cestu od vzteku k odpuštění a lásce. Autorka se v minulosti zmínila o alkoholismu svých rodičů, což ovlivnilo její dětství a pocit volnosti, ale i citovou rozháranost. Sue Graftonová si hlídá své soukromí a její nynější otevřenost naznačuje vyrovnání se s minulostí. Přesto cítí rozpaky ohledně sdílení svého života, touží po možnosti přepsat svou minulost a odstranit slabá místa. Uvědomuje si, že zakrývání nepříjemností může vést k ztrátě dobrých vzpomínek. Minulost je komplexní a zkušenosti, které získala, měly svou cenu, s níž se ztotožňuje každý, kdo se odvážil ohlédnout za svým životem.

    Kinsey a já : Uzavřený kruh a jiné povídky

  35. A Is for Alibi & B Is for Burglar

    3,8(26)Évaluer

    A Is for Alibi & B Is for Burglar collects the first two novels in the #1 New York Times bestselling Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton... In A is for Alibi, tough-talking private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced loner with few personal attachments, she's got a soft spot for lost causes. That's why she draws clients like Nikki Fife. Nikki is out on parole after serving time for allegedly killing her husband, and needs Kinsey's help to find the real killer. But clearing Nikki's name won't be easy.... In B is for Burglar, Kinsey is reluctant to take on the case of locating Beverly Danziger's sister Elaine. It's a small matter that Beverly should be able to handle herself. So why is she enlisting Kinsey's services? And if there's something she's learned in her line of work, it's to always follow your instincts...

    A Is for Alibi & B Is for Burglar