{"product_id":"h-is-for-homicide-a-kinsey-millhone-novel-hardcover","title":"H Is for Homicide: A Kinsey Millhone Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis name was Parnell Perkins, and until shortly after midnight, he'd been a claims adjustor for California Fidelity. Then someone came along and put paid to that line of work. And to any other. Parnell Perkins had been shot at close range and left for dead in the parking lot outside California Fidelity's offices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo the cops, it looked like a robbery gone sour. To Kinsey Millhone, it looked like the cops were walking away from the case. She didn't like the idea that a colleague and sometime drinking companion had been murdered. Or the idea that his murderer was loose and on the prowl. It made her feel exposed. Vulnerable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBibianna Diaz was afraid for her life. If there was one thing she knew for sure, it was that you didn't cross Raymond Maldonado and live to tell the tale. And Bibianna had well and truly crossed him, running out on his crazy wedding plans and going into hiding in Santa Teresa--light years away from the Los Angeles barrio that was home turf to Raymond and his gang. Now she needed money to buy time, to make sure she'd put enough space between them. And the quickest way she knew to get money was to work an insurance scam--just like the ones Raymond was running down in L.A. The trouble was, Bibianna picked California Fidelity as her mark. And it wasn't long before her name surfaced in one of Parnell Perkins's open files and Kinsey was on her case. But so, too, was her spurned suitor, Raymond Maldonado. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe had a rap sheet as long as his arm, a hair-trigger temper that was best left untested, and an inability to take no for an answer. He also had Tourette's syndrome, which did nothing to smooth out the kinks in his erratic and often violent behavior. All in all, Raymond Maldonado was not someone to spend a lot of time hanging out with. Unfortunately for Kinsey, she didn't have a lot of choice in the mater. Not after the love-sick Raymond kidnapped Bibianna. Like it or not, Kinsey was stuck babysitting Bibianna along with Raymond and his macho crew. You might say she was a prisoner of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt may be Kinsey Millhone's most complicated and risk-filled case. It certainly is Sue Grafton's wittiest venture into low-life crime. It's \u003ci\u003eH is for Homicide\u003c\/i\u003e, and it confirms yet again that Kinsey Millhone is a wonderful character, tough but not brutish, resourceful and sensitive, a fit knight to walk those mean streets with her male predecessors (the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and that Sue Grafton is a heads-up delight (\u003ci\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Is for Alibi\u003cbr\u003eB Is for Burglar\u003cbr\u003eC Is for Corpse\u003cbr\u003eD Is for Deadbeat\u003cbr\u003eE Is for Evidence\u003cbr\u003eF Is for Fugitive\u003cbr\u003eG Is for Gumshoe\u003cbr\u003eH Is for Homicide\u003cbr\u003eI Is for Innocent\u003cbr\u003eJ Is for Judgment\u003cbr\u003eK Is for Killer\u003cbr\u003eL is for Lawless\u003cbr\u003eM Is for Malice\u003cbr\u003eN Is for Noose\u003cbr\u003eO Is for Outlaw\u003cbr\u003eP Is for Peril \u003cbr\u003eQ Is for Quarry\u003cbr\u003eR Is for Ricochet \u003cbr\u003eS Is for Silence \u003cbr\u003eT Is for Trespass\u003cbr\u003eU Is for Undertow \u003cbr\u003eV Is for Vengeance \u003cbr\u003eW Is for Wasted \u003cbr\u003eX\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis name was Parnell Perkins, and until shortly after midnight, he'd been a claims adjuster for California Fidelity. Then someone came along and put paid to that line of work. And to any other. Parnell Perkins had been shot at close range and left for dead in the parking lot outside California Fidelity's offices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cb\u003e Sue Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2017) entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of\u003ci\u003e 'A' Is for Alibi\u003c\/i\u003e, which introduced female hard-boiled private investigator, Kinsey Millhone, operating out of the fictional town of Santa Teresa, (aka Santa Barbara) California, and launched the bestselling Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries. In addition to her books, she'd published several Kinsey Millhone short stories, and with her husband, Steven Humphrey, wrote numerous movies for television, including \"A Killer in the Family\" (starring Robert Mitchum), \"Love on the Run\" (starring Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist) and two Agatha Christie adaptations, \"Sparkling Cyanide\" and \"Caribbean Mystery,\" which starred Helen Hayes. Grafton is published in 28 countries and in 26 languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.26 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761327604000,"sku":"9780805010848","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b780b96e83f89dfac63bb75a3d48dd89.webp?v=1780204627","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/h-is-for-homicide-a-kinsey-millhone-novel-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}