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Kinsey Millhone Serie

Questa serie segue una scaltra investigatrice privata che si muove tra i misteri di una città costiera della California. Ogni caso approfondisce complesse relazioni umane e motivazioni nascoste, offrendo un avvincente mix di suspense e narrazione incentrata sui personaggi. I lettori sono attratti dall'acuta intelligenza e dall'incrollabile determinazione della protagonista mentre svela intricati enigmi. È una collezione amata da coloro che apprezzano il classico lavoro da detective con una protagonista femminile distinta e indipendente.

F is for Fugitive
E come esplosione
D is for deadbeat. Kinsey Millhone. 4. díl
C come cadavere
B is for burglar
A come alibi

Ordine di lettura consigliato

  1. A come alibi

    • 236pagine
    • 9 ore di lettura

    Paziente, metodica, sensibile e decisamente simpatica, Kinsey Millhone, «investigatrice privata con regolare licenza dello stato della California», fa parte della ristrettissima schiera dei grandi protagonisti della narrativa gialla. In questo romanzo, che ha segnato il suo sorprendente esordio, è alle prese con un caso che tutti vorrebbero dimenticare: l’assassinio di Laurence Fife. Un caso «vecchio» di otto anni, un omicidio passionale, una brutta faccenda chiusa per tutti. Per tutti tranne che per la moglie della vittima, Nikki Fife. Per la giuria non c’erano stati dubbi: Nikki aveva il movente, la possibilità e l’occasione, e la condannò. Ora Nikki è fuori sulla parola e ha un solo pensiero in mente: dimostrare la sua innocenza e scoprire la verità. E incarica Kinsey Millhone di farlo...

    A come alibi1
    3,9

  2. B is for burglar

    • 363pagine
    • 13 ore di lettura

    Kriminalroman. En rig enke forsvinder fra sit hjem i Californien, og privatdetektiven KInsey Millhone, der har påtaget sig sagen, opdager snart, at den har forbindelse med en tidligere mordbrand i naboejendommen

    B is for burglar2
    3,9

  3. C come cadavere

    • 236pagine
    • 9 ore di lettura

    È giovane Bobby Callahan, e doveva anche essere un bel ragazzo, prima che un pauroso incidente d'auto lo riducesse in quello stato. Quell'incidente gli ha tolto quasi tutto: la giovinezza, la forza, la lucidità e il suo migliore amico. Bobby non ricorda più nulla ma sa che qualcuno voleva ucciderlo, forse per farlo tacere, forse per impedirgli di svelare qualcosa che ora non riesce più a ricordare... Alla disperata ricerca di qualche indizio, chiede aiuto a Kinsey Millhone. Dire di no a una richiesta del genere non è nello stile di Kinsey, che comincia a raccogliere informazioni, per un'indagine destinata a trasformarsi in pochissimo tempo in qualcosa di molto più pericoloso...

    C come cadavere3
    3,7

  4. D is for deadbeat. Kinsey Millhone. 4. díl

    • 322pagine
    • 12 ore di lettura

    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. She's almost certain something is off. But with rent due, Kinsey accepts Limardo's retainer against her better judgment… When Limardo's check bounces, Kinsey discovers she's been had big time. Alvin Limardo is really John Daggett—an ex-con with a drinking problem, two wives to boot, and a slew of people who would like to see him dead. Now Kinsey is out four hundred dollars and in hot pursuit of Daggett. When Daggett's corpse shows up floating in the Santa Teresa surf, the cops rule the death an accident. Kinsey thinks it's murder. But seeking justice for a man who everyone seemed to despise is going to be a lot tougher than she bargained for—and what awaits her at the end of the road is much more disturbing than she could've ever imagined…

    D is for deadbeat. Kinsey Millhone. 4. díl4
    3,7

  5. E come esplosione

    • 222pagine
    • 8 ore di lettura

    Per prima cosa è comparso un misterioso bonifico di cinquemila dollari sul suo conto, poi è arrivata una telefonata al suo capo in cui viene accusata di essersi sempre lasciata comprare. Kinsey Millhobe, ex poliziotta ed investigatrice privata, è in trappola. Il suo lavoro, la licenza professionale, la sua stessa rispettabilità sono in gioco. Per non perdere tutto, Kinsey dovrà affrontare la più delicata e dolorosa delle sue indagini, scavando a fondo nel passato di una certa famiglia e inseguendo il filo criminoso che condurrà diritto alla porta di casa sua.

    E come esplosione5
    3,9

  6. F is for Fugitive

    • 272pagine
    • 10 ore di lettura

    "It was an old man's dying wish. To clear his son's name and reunite his family. But Bailey Fowler had been missing for 16 years and there was more than one person in Floral Beach who didn't want him found. Until the cops turn him up - by accident. And suddenly murder is the hottest game in town all over again. Kinsey Millhone was summoned for the fairy tale ending ... ." -- back cover.

    F is for Fugitive6
    3,8

  7. G come guai

    • 283pagine
    • 10 ore di lettura

    Il cinque maggio e Kinsey sta festeggiando il suo trentatreesimo compleanno. Fra i suoi regali c'è la telefonata di un detective, un collega che la mette in guardia: il suo nome è nella lista delle vittime designate di Mark Messinger, uno psicopatico ingaggiato da un ergastolano per vendicarsi di lei, che lo aveva arrestato. Ma l'investigatrice di Santa Monica ha altre cose per la testa: deve indagare sulla scomparsa di una bizzarra e arzilla ottantenne che vive sola in una roulotte nel deserto californiano del Mojave...

    G come guai7
    3,8

  8. "H" is for Homicide

    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 Homicide8
    3,8

  9. "I" come innocente

    Quando David Barney è stato assolto per l'omicidio della moglie Isabelle, molti hanno pensato che la giustizia non fosse stata servita, incluso Kenneth Voight, l'ex marito di Isabelle. Cinque anni dopo, Voight è il querelante in una causa civile in cui Barney è accusato della morte ingiusta di Isabelle. Le poste in gioco sono alte: il patrimonio di Isabelle vale milioni, ma il tempo stringe: la prescrizione lo escluderà in poche settimane. Entra in scena Kinsey Millhone, ex poliziotta diventata investigatrice privata, ingaggiata da Voight per raccogliere le prove necessarie. Tuttavia, Kinsey scopre rapidamente che, sebbene molte persone odino David Barney, molte di più odiavano Isabelle. Improvvisamente, un semplice caso civile si trasforma in una pericolosa caccia a qualcuno che una volta l'ha fatta franca per omicidio e potrebbe farlo di nuovo.

    "I" come innocente9
    4,0

  10. "J" is for Judgment

    While investigating the reappearance of the long-presumed-dead Wendell Jaffe, Kinsey Millhone uncovers some unpleasant truths about her own family in the process

    "J" is for Judgment10
    3,6

  11. Kinsey Millhone - 23: K come killer

    • 281pagine
    • 10 ore di lettura

    Rude e disincantata, ma dotata di una straordinaria carica umana e di una rara intelligenza pratica, Kinsey Millhone è una delle investigatrici più simpatiche e accattivanti apparse da molto tempo sulla scena del giallo. Questa volta, alle prese con la morte di Lorna Kepler, una ragazza che non sapeva resistere al fascino del pericolo, Kinsey si trova risucchiata nell'universo oscuro della prostituzione, dove il pericolo è sempre in agguato. Uno dei romanzi più tesi e avvincenti dell'"alfabeto del crimine" di Sue Grafton, autrice che sa unire magistralmente la grande tradizione del giallo all'inglese con l'azione e la ricostruzione di ambienti tipica dei thriller americani.

    Kinsey Millhone - 23: K come killer11
    3,7

  12. "L" is for Lawless

    A Kinsey Millhone Novel

    • 290pagine
    • 11 ore di lettura

    PI Kinsey Millhone of California goes looking for the loot of a $500,000 robbery, an assignment filled with danger as one of the robbers is a psychopath. By the author of "K" Is for Killer

    "L" is for Lawless12
    3,9

  13. "M" is for Malice

    Brace yourself for an "Electrifying and thoroughly satisfying" read (Publishers Weekly) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton "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--four men with very different outlooks, temperaments, and needs, linked only by blood and money. Eighteen years ago, one of them--angry, troubled, and in trouble--went missing. "M" is for Millhone, hired to trace that missing black sheep brother. "M" is for memories, none of them happy. The bitter memories of an embattled family. This prodigal son will find no welcome at his family's table. "M" is for malice. And in brutal consequence, "M" is for murder, the all-too-common outcome of familial hatreds. "M" is for malice . . . and malice kills. "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 "X"

    "M" is for Malice13
    4,1

  14. N come nodo

    Un'indagine di Kinsey Millhone

    • 273pagine
    • 10 ore di lettura

    Kinsey avrebbe dovuto fare inversione e tornare a casa. Invece finisce per cacciarsi in un caso molto pericoloso. Tom Newquist era un poliziotto di Nota Lake, Nevada, un uomo forte e onesto. La sua improvvisa morte per infarto non stupisce nessuno: a sessantré anni lavorava troppo. Ma cosa turbava Tom nelle ultime settimane di vita? Dove andava ogni notte? Incaricata di trovare la risposta Kinsey Millhone ribalta la cittadina in cerca di indizi. Sotto la patina della tranquilla vita di campagna emerge un fosco vespaio di doppi giochi, conflitti di famiglia e misteriosi omicidi. Kinsey scopre presto che cercare un ago in un pagliaio può portare a spargimenti di sangue, soprattutto il suo.

    N come nodo14
    4,0

  15. O Is For Outlaw

    • 354pagine
    • 13 ore di lettura

    Through fourteen books, fans have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past, a morsel here, a dollop there. We know of Aunt Gin who raised her, the second husband who left her, and the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one was only a blip on the screen until now.Kinsey gets a call on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last week he bought a stack of boxes. They had stuff in them—Kinsey stuff. For thirty bucks, he'll sell her the lot. She has never been one for personal possessions, but curiosity wins out and she hands over a twenty. Kinsey may be curious but she loves to bargain! What she finds amid childhood memorabilia is an old undelivered letter.It will force her to reexamine her beliefs about the breakup of her first marriage, about the honor of Mickey, that first husband, and about an old unsolved murder. It will put her life in the gravest peril. "O Is for Outlaw" is Kinsey Millhone's fifteenth adventure into the dark side of human nature.

    O Is For Outlaw15
    4,0

  16. P Is for Peril

    • 370pagine
    • 13 ore di lettura

    It is now nine weeks since Dr Dowan Purcell vanished without trace. The sixty-nine-year-old doctor had said goodnight to his colleagues at the Pacific Meadows nursing home, had climbed into his car and driven away never to be seen again. His embittered first wife Fiona is convinced he is still alive. His second wife, Crystal a former stripper forty years his junior is just as sure he is dead. Enter private investigator Kinsey Malone, hired by Fiona to find out just what has happened to the man they loved. Enter also Tommy Hevener, an attractive flame-haired twenty-something who has set his romantic sights on Kinsey. And Tommy is a man with a very interesting past

    P Is for Peril16
    3,9

  17. Q is for Quarry

    • 400pagine
    • 14 ore di lettura

    Based on an unsolved homicide that occured in 1969 Q is for Quarry, and Sue Grafton's interest in the case, has generated renewed police efforts. In the last year, the body has been exhumed, and a facial reconstruction made that appears in the last pages of the novel. It is hoped that the photograph will trigger memories that may lead to a positive identification.

    Q is for Quarry17
    3,9

  18. R is for ricochet

    • 300pagine
    • 11 ore di lettura

    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 ricochet18
    4,0

  19. S is for silence

    • 562pagine
    • 20 ore di lettura

    "Thirty-four years after Violet Sullivans unexplained disappearance, Daisy - the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter she left behind - seeks the solace of closure and enlists the assistance of private detective Kinsey Millhone to help her find the truth." -- back cover.

    S is for silence19
    3,9

  20. T is for Trespass

    trespass \'trespes\ n: a transgression of law involving one's obligations to God or to one's neighbor; a violation of moral law; an offense; a sin-Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, Unabridged 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. Rojas is not her birth name. It is an identity she cunningly stole, an identity that gives her access to private caregiving jobs. The true horror of the novel builds with excruciating tension as the reader foresees the awfulness that lies ahead. The suspense lies in whether Millhone will realize what is happening in time to intervene. Though set in the late eighties, T is for Trespass could not be more topical: identity theft; elder abuse; betrayal of trust; the breakdown in the institutions charged with caring for the weak and the dependent. It reveals a terrifying but all-too-real rip in the social fabric. Once again, Grafton opens up new territory with startling results.

    T is for Trespass20
    4,0

  21. U is for undertow

    In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned . . . When the case is reopened after twenty years, a man - Michael Sutton - contacts private detective Kinsey Millhone for help. He claims to have recalled a strange and disturbing memory which just might provide the key to the mystery. He may have stumbled across the kidnappers burying Mary Claire Fitzhugh's body . . . But Michael's account is indistinct -he was only six years old at the time of the kidnapping; and even members of his family try to discredit his evidence. But Kinsey is certain there is something vital within Michael's recollections. And even when what is eventually unearthed isn't what anyone expected, she can't quite let go of the case. As Kinsey gradually brings to light the stories of the protagonists involved in the tragedy, from Country Club parents to their free-living, hippy children, the truth finally begins to emerge. And while stepping back into the past, Kinsey discovers more about her own history too . . .

    U is for undertow21
    4,0

  22. V is for vengeance

    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 vengeance22
    4,0

  23. W is for Wasted

    "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 Wasted23
    3,9

  24. X

    • 529pagine
    • 19 ore di lettura

    “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.

    X24
    4,0

  25. 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. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns state’s evidence and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader escapes without a trace. Now, it’s 1989 and one of the perpetrators, Fritz McCabe, has been released from prison. Moody, unrepentant, and angry, he is a virtual prisoner of his ever-watchful parents—until a copy of the missing tape arrives with a ransom demand. That’s when the McCabes call Kinsey Millhone for help. As she is drawn into their family drama, she keeps a watchful eye on Fritz. But he’s not the only one being haunted by the past. A vicious sociopath with a grudge against Millhone may be leaving traces of himself for her to find…

    Y is for Yesterday25
    4,0

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