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Kinsey Millhone Reeks

Deze serie volgt een vindingrijke privédetective die de mysteries van een kustplaats in Californië ontrafelt. Elke zaak duikt in complexe menselijke relaties en verborgen motieven, wat een boeiende mix van spanning en karaktergedreven verhaal biedt. Lezers worden aangetrokken door de scherpe humor en onwrikbare vastberadenheid van de protagonist terwijl ze ingewikkelde puzzels oplost. Het is een geliefde collectie voor diegenen die houden van klassiek detectivewerk met een uitgesproken, onafhankelijke vrouwelijke hoofdpersoon.

"F" Is For Fugitive
E van explosief
"D" is for Deadbeat
C is for Corpse
B is for burglar
"A" is for alibi

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  1. "A" is for alibi

    • 112bladzijden
    • 4 uur lezen

    "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.

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  2. B is for burglar

    • 363bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    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
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  3. C is for Corpse

    • 243bladzijden
    • 9 uur lezen

    Kinsey met Bobby Callahan in the gym on Monday morning. His story was hard to credit: a murderous assault by a tailgating car on a lonely rural road, a roadside smash into a canyon 400 feet below, his porsche a ruin, his best friend dead, and his memory severly impaired. He was convinced someone was trying to kill him. By Thursday he was dead. But Kinsy wasnt going back on a deal. She has been hired to prevent a murder. Now she was looking for the murderer....

    C is for Corpse3
    3,7

  4. "D" is for Deadbeat

    • 240bladzijden
    • 9 uur lezen

    Following the successes of her previous "Alphabet" mysteries, Grafton puts Kinsey Millhone back on the case. This time, the feisty female P.I. gets pulled into a former client's suspicious life--and death--and soon discovers an impressive list of potential murderers among the mourners.

    "D" is for Deadbeat4
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  5. E van explosief

    • 224bladzijden
    • 8 uur lezen

    Een vrouwelijke privé-detective neemt zichzelf als nieuwe cliënte aan.

    E van explosief5
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  6. "F" Is For Fugitive

    When Kinsey Millhone first arrives in Floral Beach, California, it's hard for her to picture the idyllic coastal town as the setting of a brutal murder. Seventeen years ago, the body of Jean Timberlake--a troubled teen who had a reputation with the boys--was found on the beach. Her boyfriend Bailey Fowler was convicted of her murder and imprisoned, but he escaped. After all this time, Bailey's finally been captured. Believing in his son's innocence, Bailey's father wants Kinsey to find Jean's real killer. But most of the residents in this tight-knit community are convinced Bailey strangled Jean. So why are they so reluctant to answer Kinsey's questions? If there's one thing Kinsey's got plenty of it's persistence. And that's exactly what it's going to take to crack the lid on this case. As Kinsey gets closer to solving Jean's murder, the more dirty little secrets she uncovers in a town where everyone has something to hide--and a killer will kill again to keep the past buried...

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    3,8

  7. G staat voor Genadeloos

    • 287bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen

    'Op of omstreeks 5 mei, wat behalve Cinco de Maya in Californië tevens mijn verjaardag is, gebeurden er drie dingen. Afgezien van het feit dat ik 33 werd (na 12 schijnbaar eindeloze maanden waarin ik 32 was), vonden er ook nog de volgende gebeurtenissen plaats: 1. De verbouwing van mijn appartement was voltooid zodat ik het weer kon betrekken; 2. Ik werd ingehuurd door een zekere mrs. Clyde Gersh om haar moeder terug te halen uit de Mojave woestijn; 3. Ik kwam hoog op Tyrone Patty's lijst van uit de weg te ruimen personen. Ik vermeld deze gebeurtenissen niet noodzakelijkerwijs in volgorde van belangrijkheid.' Aldus begint G van Genadeloos waarin het incasseringsvermogen van privédetective Kinsey Millhone tot het uiterste op de proef gesteld wordt. Als blijkt dat men het ook op haar leven gemunt heeft, wordt de zaak er niet eenvoudiger op. G staat voor Gangsters en Geweld, voor Gruwel en Gevaar en de Grimmige man met de Genadeloze zeis.

    G staat voor Genadeloos7
    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 is for Innocent

    • 286bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen

    Fired by the insurance agency for whom she investigates, Kinsey is forced to take on a last-minute murder investigation in which the ex-husband of a murdered artist claims that David Barney, her current husband, is guilty as sin. Barney gets to Kinsey and insists he's innocent. But if he is, who's guilty? In trying to learn who's been getting away with murder, Kinsey may be courting her own.

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  10. J is for judgment

    • 359bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    While investigating the reappearance of the long-presumed-dead Wendell Jaffe, Kinsey Millhone uncovers some unpleasant truths about her own family in the process. By the author of "G is for Gumshoe."

    J is for judgment10
    3,6

  11. K Is for Killer

    • 364bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    Sue Grafton Janice Kepler is on the way home from the support group she joined after the death of her beloved daughter, Lorna. When she sees a light on in the offices of Millhone Investigations, she believes it's a sign...and decides to knock on the door. Janice has waited long enough for Lorna's case to pick up steam, and she is relieved when Kinsey Millhone agrees to finish the work authorities left undone. Ten months before, local police had suspected homicide, but never could find a suspect-or a motive. The trail went cold. And Lorna's death remained a mystery... Now Kinsey is about to be pulled into a netherworld of unavenged murder and damaged survivors...where sometimes it takes a deal with the devil to survive.

    K Is for Killer11
    3,7

  12. L staat voor Leugens

    • 240bladzijden
    • 9 uur lezen

    Wanneer een oude buurtgenoot is overleden, wordt Kinsey Millhone een kleine vriendendienst gevraagd. De man heeft tijdens de oorlog in het leger gediend en heeft dus recht op een offici�le militaire begrafenis; de nabestaanden op een kleine financi�le vergoeding. Maar de naam van de overledene komt op geen enkele Defensielijst voor. Of Kinsey de familie even wil helpen? Kinsey zegt A, maar of B nou wel zo verstandig is? In ieder geval zit ze voor ze het goed en wel beseft in een vliegtuig naar Texas, waar Kinsey een meedogenloze crimineel te slim af moet zijn. En dat leidt tot veel hoofdpijn en schulden bij de bank.

    L staat voor Leugens12
    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
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  14. Kinsey Millhone - 14: N Is For Noose

    • 312bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen

    Early Spring in the Sierra Nevada, bringing the usual driving sleet and snow. PI Kinsey Millhone is on her way west when she detours into Nota Lake (pop. 2356) to check out a new client. And encounters a chill she can scarcely believe. Only six weeks have passed since sheriff's detective Tom Newquist died of a heart attack. His widow is sure he was keeping secrets from her just before he died - and she hires Kinsey to find out exactly what. But all Kinsey can uncover is that Newquist led an exemplary life, so what could he possibly have to conceal? And why has the town, to the last threatening redneck, closed ranks on her? Kinsey's on the point of giving up, Until she discovers a chilling new clue: a childish drawing of a thick length of rope - fashioned into a hangman's noose...

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  15. O is for Outlaw

    Carrying on in the tradition of previous novels including M is for Malice, and N is for Noose, this Kinsey Millhone mystery becomes very personal when she examines her past, an unsolved murder and the break-up of her first marriage.

    O is for Outlaw15
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  16. P Is for Peril

    • 370bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    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

    • 400bladzijden
    • 14 uur lezen

    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. Kinsey Millhone - 18: R staat voor rekening

    Misdaadroman met de hartveroverende Kinsey Millhone in de hoofdrol

    • 336bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen

    De opdracht is eenvoudig: Kinsey Millhone moet Reba Lafferty na haar vrijlating uit de gevangenis opvangen en ervoor zorgen dat ze niet onmiddellijk weer het verkeerde pad op gaat. Het is hooguit een week werk, waar ze royaal voor wordt betaald. Reba is begin dertig, schandalig verwend door haar rijke vader en verslaafd aan alles wat God verboden heeft. Als Kinsey en Reba ergens zitten te eten, krijgen ze gezelschap van Alan Beckwith, Reba�s vroegere werkgever. Reba heeft honderdduizenden dollars uit zijn bedrijf verduisterd en is daarvoor vervolgd. Kinsey vertrouwt �Beck� niet en komt er snel achter dat de FBI hem verdenkt van witwasoperaties voor pornobazen en drugsbaronnen. En hij heeft niet alleen een verhouding met Reba, maar ook met haar beste vriendin Onni. Opeens is de zaak niet meer zo simpel...

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  19. S is for silence

    • 562bladzijden
    • 20 uur lezen

    "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. Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series - V: V Is for Vengeance

    • 368bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen

    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.

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  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.

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    3,9

  24. X

    • 529bladzijden
    • 19 uur lezen

    “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.

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  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…

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