Judy Kaye

Private investigator Kinsey Millhone finds shocking connections between two seemingly unrelated deaths in this #1 New York Times bestselling mystery in the Alphabet series.
The first victim is a local PI of suspect reputation, gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. The second is a John Doe found on the beach six weeks later with a slip of paper with private detective Kinsey Millhone’s name and number in his pocket.
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'E' is for evidence: evidence  planted, evidence lost. 'E' is for ex-lovers and  evasions, enemies and endings. For Kinsey, 'E' is  for everything she stands to lose if she can't  exonerate herself: her license, her livelihood, her  good name. And so she takes on a new client: namely,  Kinsey Millhone, thirty-two and twice divorced,  ex-cop and wisecracking loner, a California...

California PI Kinsey Millhone investigates the death of Audrey Vance, a woman she helped arrest for shoplifting, and antagonizes just about everyone, including Audrey's fiancé, several loan sharks, a stone-cold killer, and a hapless burglar who knows more than is healthy for him.

"One of the sassiest, most appealing of the recent spate of female gunshoes . . . 'G' is for glorious, galloping read, and I can't wait for 'H' ."
—Louise Bernikow, Cosmopolitan
Good and bad things seem to be coming in threes for Kinsey Millhone: on her thirty-third birthday 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 ex-con...

The client came to Kinsey Millhone with an easy  job — just deliver $25,000 to a fifteen-year-old  kid. A little odd, and a little too easy, but  Kinsey took Alvin Limardo's retainer check anyway. It  turned out to be as phony as he was. In real life,  his name was John Daggett, a chronic drunk with a  record as long as your arm and a reputation for  sleazy deals. But he wasn't...

Thirty-four years after Violet Sullivan's unexplained disappearance, Daisy--the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter she left behind--enlists the assistance of private detective Kinsey Millhone to help her find the truth.

Kinsey Millhone, a female private detective, is hired by a wife who did time for her husband's murder to find out who really killed him.

All Kinsey Millhone must do is keep Reba Lafferty out of trouble after she is released from prison for embezzlement. Her father, Nord Lafferty, is paying Kinsey a lot of money to see that Reba follows all the rules of her parole: no drugs, no booze, no gambling. It seems simple and easy enough, but nothing in life is simple or easy.

"G" is for gumshoe: Kinsey Millhone's thrity-third birthday brings about final renovations to her apartment, a new ase, and the top slot on Tyrone Patty's hit list. "H" is for homicide: To Kinsey Millhone, the death of claims adjuster Parnell Perkins looks strangely suspicious. As the evidence leads her to an insurance scammer, she must race to get to her before the scammer's spurned and violent suitor does. "I" is for innocent: After being acquitted...

Includes stories that detail Alphabet series heroine Kinsey MIllhone's origins, as well as true tales of the author's past.