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Author: Sue Grafton
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Sue Grafton _ Y is for Yesterday
same cup he always carried, his perpetual bourbon and Coke.
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Sue Grafton _ U is for Undertow
influenced, and I'd be corrupting his
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Sue Grafton _ H is for Homicide
We live in a society piously concerned about the rights of criminals when their victims' lives have been trashed without any consideration of the price in pain and suffering.
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Sue Grafton _ L is for Lawless
As usual, when confronted with heights, my greatest fear was the irresistible urge to fling myself off.
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Sue Grafton _ G is for Gumshoe
envied. I gathered they'd just returned from some kind of bridge-oriented cruise in which baby slams and gourmet foods were served up in equal measure. Much talk of no-trump, double finesses, and Sheinwold, whose strategies they were
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Sue Grafton _ L is for Lawless
Really, the boys reminded me of puppies playing tug-of-war with an old sock. The
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Sue Grafton _ Kinsey and Me: Stories
What I've noticed though is that any attempt to trim out the dark matter takes away some of the good that was also buried in the muck.
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Sue Grafton _ J is for Judgment
It looks like Wendell sailed the boat as far as Winterset and then headed out toward the islands. He left the sails up. There was no big sea running, but with the storms coming through, the normal northwesterlies were countered by the hurricane effect. The Lord probably has a seven-knot hull speed, and with the right puff of wind it should have gone much farther. When they found the boat, it was stalled and drifting. The jib was backwinded, sheeted to the windward side, in effect, blowing the bow
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Sue Grafton _ Y is for Yesterday
Why not? You've already interrupted my work." "Sorry about that, but here's the deal. I want to talk to the players in the case, but I have no cover story and no bargaining power. I can hardly pass myself off as a reporter." "Sure you can," she said. "People are more interested in talking than you'd think. I see it all the time when I'm trolling for interviews. Here's the trick. Imply you have the information and you're looking for confirmation. Better yet, tell 'em you'd like to hear their version of events before you go to press. Say your editor wants an update and he suggested you talk to them." "I wouldn't need press credentials?" "Only if you're crashing a rock concert. People assume you're who you say you are." "What about Sloan's mother? Do you think she'd agree to meet with me?" "God, you sound so tentative. I thought you had balls. Trust me, she'll talk. All she does is talk about Sloan's death. People who know her say she's obsessed. For years now, she's left Sloan's room as it was. Closed the door and locked it." "Someone else mentioned that," I said. "Sounds like she's still sensitive about the
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Sue Grafton _ N is for Noose
Death always leaves unfinished business in its wake, mysteries beyond fathoming, countless unanswered questions amid the detritus of life. All the stories forgotten, the memories lost."
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Sue Grafton _ Kinsey and Me: Stories
up. A singsong voice said, "At the sound of the tone, General Telephone time will be twelve o'clock, exactly." I burst out laughing and Althea looked at me.
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Sue Grafton _ M is for Malice
I'm not the kind of person who sentimentalizes nature. The outdoors, as far as I can see, is made up almost entirely of copulating creatures who eat one another afterwards.
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