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198816037New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805004599 . very nice copy no significant wear just some very VERY light soiling to the page edges trace evidence of a single careful reading by a singularly careful reader and a couple of tiny abrasions of mysterious origin on the rear pastedown; the jacket is darn near perfect with just a teensy bit of surface wear many would call it Fine without blinking but a bit of yellowing on the jacket flaps made me blink. The fifth -- wait wait A B C D E. -- yep fifth in the author's immensely popular and long-running Kinsey Millhone series. An awfully nice copy at an awfully nice price. No marks of any kind no spine lean full number line it's the real thing; if this one doesn't make you happy you're clearly the "glass half empty" type. . Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
199908368New York: Henry Holt 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY SUE GRAFTON ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst and his wife Sandy. First printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 318 pp. <br/><br/> Henry Holt hardcover books
1986250331New York: Henry Holt & Co 1986. First printing of the third Kinsey Millhone mystery. Spine heel bumped. Jacket age toned in Brodart. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Henry Holt & Co Hardcover
198816037New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. c.1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805004599 . very nice copy no significant wear just some very VERY light soiling to the page edges trace evidence of a single careful reading by a singularly careful reader and a couple of tiny abrasions of mysterious origin on the rear pastedown; the jacket is darn near perfect with just a teensy bit of surface wear many would call it Fine without blinking but a bit of yellowing on the jacket flaps made me blink. The fifth -- wait wait A B C D E. -- yep fifth in the author's immensely popular and long-running Kinsey Millhone series. An awfully nice copy at an awfully nice price. No marks of any kind no spine lean full number line it's the real thing; if this one doesn't make you happy you're clearly the "glass half empty" type. . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1989158<p>U. S. A.: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805004602 . The sixth Kinsey Millhone mystery. First edition/First printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is bumped at the top & bottom of the spine as well as at the top corners. In addition there is tanning to the pages and a minor tip crease on page 33. Dust jacket shows rubbing and edge creasing. ; Signed by Author .</p> Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1989001733New York: Henry Holt 1989 1989. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. New York: Henry Holt, (1989) unknown
199230062New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0805010858 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition with lightly bumped lower front corner in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear; Patterned along the lines of a legal case "I" Is For Innocent is seamlessly divided into thirds: one-third of the novel is devoted to the prosecution one-third to the defense and a final third to cross-examination and rebuttal resulting in a trial novel without a trial and a crime novel that resists solution right to the end; 8vo; 286 pages . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199230063New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0805010858 . A bright first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with bumped lower rear corner in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear particularly to lower rear corner and small puncture hole--diameter approximately 1/6"--extending from lower spine to lower rear panel; Patterned along the lines of a legal case "I" Is For Innocent is seamlessly divided into thirds: one-third of the novel is devoted to the prosecution one-third to the defense and a final third to cross-examination and rebuttal resulting in a trial novel without a trial and a crime novel that resists solution right to the end; 8vo; 286 pages; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199232533New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805010858 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with lightly soiled edges in alike dust-jacket with trivial edgewear; Patterned along the lines of a legal case "I" Is For Innocent is seamlessly divided into thirds: one-third of the novel is devoted to the prosecution one-third to the defense and a final third to cross-examination and rebuttal resulting in a trial novel without a trial and a crime novel that resists solution right to the end; 8vo; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199330061New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; "J" is for Jaffe: Wendell Jaffe dead these past five years. Or so it seemed until his former insurance agent spotted him in the bar of a dusty little resort halfway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Kinsey Millhone's tenth excursion into the dark places of the heart where duplicity is the governing rule and murder the too-frequent result; 8vo; xii 288 4 pages . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199530802New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805019375 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear and light scratches; Kinsey Millhone in bad company as bad girl poking her nose into everyone's dirty laundry that will take her halfway across the country and leave her with a major headache and an empty bank balance; 8vo; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199530058New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805019375 . A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; Kinsey Millhone in bad company as bad girl poking her nose into everyone's dirty laundry that will take her halfway across the country and leave her with a major headache and an empty bank balance; 8vo; 290 pages . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199530059New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805019375 . A smart first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minute closed tear to lower spine; Kinsey Millhone in bad company as bad girl poking her nose into everyone's dirty laundry that will take her halfway across the country and leave her with a major headache and an empty bank balance; 8vo; 290 pages; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1988616932Henry Holt 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed By Author on title page. A fine copy of the first edition 1st printing in a fine jacket stated 'first edition' number line to 1 FPT and $15.95 on flap. 227pp. Henry Holt hardcover
1987007192Henry Holt and Co. 1987. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. D Is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery by Sue Grafton. Inscribed by author on full title page. Signature only. Hardcover fist edition second printing. Page ends starting to yellow. <br/> <br/> Henry Holt and Co. hardcover
198839354New York: Henry Holt 1988. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed on the title page.Nice and tight tiny speck spot to fore edge. Owner bookplate to first endpaper. <br/> <br/> Henry Holt hardcover
198949241New York: Henry Holt and Company 1989. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed second printing of the sixth Kinsey Millhone mystery. In this mid-Alphabet installment of Grafton's classic detective series private eye Kinsey Millhone searches for a young woman's real killer seventeen years after her new client's son already confessed to the crime. "One of my beliefs" Grafton once said "is that we all have a homicidal rage within us." 8'' x 5.25''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped $15.95 color pictorial dust jacket. 262 pages. Signed by Grafton to title page. Jacket with a hint of edgewear. Binding with a touch of soil. Tight. Henry Holt and Company unknown
199016332New York: Henry Holt and Company 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a hint of wear to spine panel. A Kinsey Millhone mystery. ; Octavo. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1993005128Henry Holt 1993. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. First Edition/First Printing. Fine condition brodart protected. Ships in a box. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Henry Holt Hardcover
1995005123Henry Holt 1995. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. First Edition/First Printing. Fine condition. Brodart protected ships in a box. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Henry Holt
199632895New York: Henry Holt. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0805036377 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with cocked spine and lightly soiled bottom edge in alike dust-jacket with minimal edgewear; Sue Grafton's heroine Kinsey Millhone finds a missing heir to a family fortune feuding leads to murder. Kinsey's own hang-ups . Give her insight into the emotional war games families play. Obtain the complete Alphabet Series signed 1st/1st in Fine condition with completion guarantee at a 20% reduced price compared to individual titles; 8vo; xiv 300 6 pages; FSA . Henry Holt hardcover
199630057New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805036377 . A gorgeous first edition/first printing in Fine condition with minor soiling to bottom edge in alike dust-jacket; Sue Grafton's heroine Kinsey Millhone finds a missing heir to a family fortune feuding leads to murder. Kinsey's own hang-ups . Give her insight into the emotional war games families play. Obtain the complete Alphabet Series signed 1st/1st in Fine condition with completion guarantee at a 20% reduced price compared to individual titles; 8vo; 300 pages; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199873548New York: Henry Holt and Company 1998. First Edition Stated First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 12 289 3. Inscribed by the author on title page. Minor edge soiling. Sue Taylor Grafton born April 24 1940 is a contemporary American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the 'alphabet series' "A" Is for Alibi etc. featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton she has said the strongest influence on her crime novels is author Ross Macdonald. Prior to success with this series she wrote screenplays for television movies. Grafton chose to use the name Santa Teresa as a tribute to the author Ross Macdonald who had used it as a fictional name for Santa Barbara in his own novels. In the series In apparent tribute to Macdonald Millhone refers to her private investigator license as a "photostat" as did Macdonald's character Archer. Grafton's first book of this series is "A" Is for Alibi written and set in 1982. The series continues with "B" Is for Burglar "C" Is for Corpse and so on through the alphabet with the exception of the 24th novel simply titled "X". After the publication of "G" Is for Gumshoe Grafton was able to quit her screenwriting job and focus on her novels. The timeline of the series is slower than real time. "Q" Is for Quarry for example is set in 1987 even though it was written in 2002. Grafton has publicly stated that the final novel in the series will be titled "Z" Is for Zero. Grafton's novels have been published in 28 countries and in 26 languages including Bulgarian and Indonesian. "N" Is for Noose is the 14th novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone a private eye based in Santa Teresa California although much of this novel's action takes place outside that fictional city. The novel was a New York Times best-seller. This novel takes place mainly in the small-town mountain community of Nota Lake California where Kinsey has inherited a client called Selma Newquist from her periodic boyfriend Robert Dietz temporarily out of action back home in Carson City where Kinsey has reluctantly been taking care of him following knee surgery. Through much of the novel there is an oppressive feeling of both physical and metaphorical cold as Kinsey tries to cope with being out of her Santa Teresa comfort zone. Selma's brief is vague: she fears her husband Tom a sheriff's officer who died of a heart attack a few weeks before had something on his mind at the time of his death and she wants Kinsey to find out what it was. With very little to go on Kinsey needs all the help she can get but it is not forthcoming from the residents of the insular community where she finds Tom was held in high respect whilst reactions to Selma range from tolerance for Tom's sake to downright dislike. Tom's colleagues in the sheriff's department including Tom's partner Rafer LaMott and brother Macon Newquist close ranks around his memory though their respective wives as well as Selma's 25-year-old hunk of a son by her first marriage Brant are slightly more friendly and helpful as is CHP officer James Tennyson who found Tom's body. A frustrating search of Tom's home office reveals nothing more than some doodling and a list of phone numbers but it seems someone is worried about what Kinsey might find when she is first threatened by a masked driver and then attacked in her temporary accommodation the dismally unwelcoming Nota Lake Cabins run by Tom's elder sister Cecilia Boden. Kinsey follows up leads from the phone numbers she found in Tom's office from which she finds Tom was interested in the case of a petty criminal Alfie Toth whom he had traced to a hotel in Santa Teresa before Toth died in what might have been a murder or a bizarre suicide. Toth's unusual death has curious similarities to that of a prison associate of his career-criminal child-abuser and rapist Pinkie Ritter who died 5 years earlier but whose body only came to light near Nota Lake shortly before Toth was killed. Kinsey traces local sheriff's department officer Colleen Sellers who had been in love with Tom who reluctantly assists with information that Tom was suspicious that someone close to him was responsible for the deaths of both Toth and Ritter. When she also finds out that one of Ritter's daughters Margaret worked for Tom at the sheriff's department Kinsey reluctantly realizes she has to return to Nota Lake to wrap up the case. Now enduring open hostility in the town and a sinister atmosphere of danger and unsure who she can trust Kinsey discovers that Rafer's daughter Barrett has had Tom's missing field notes since his death - but they are in code. Kinsey cracks the code and realises that the threat comes not from one of Tom's colleagues but his step-son Brant who had himself been sexually abused by Ritter killed him in retaliation and then killed witness Toth later when he found out through Tom's investigation where Toth was. It was the realization that Brant had committed murder and that Brant had found Toth through him which was causing Tom's anguish before his death. Despite being unwittingly drugged by Brant in a final showdown Kinsey manages to subdue him much to Selma's horror. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199831098New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0805036504 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; It wasn't a surprise when detective Tom Newquist suddenly died he worked too hard drank too much and exercised too little. Still Newquist's widow Selma was wondering what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life and asks Kinsey Millhone to set up shop in Nota Lake; 8vo; xii 289 3 pages; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
199830969New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; It wasn't a surprise when detective Tom Newquist suddenly died he worked too hard drank too much and exercised too little. Still Newquist's widow Selma was wondering what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life and asks Kinsey Millhone to set up shop in Nota Lake; 8vo; xii 289 3 pages; FSA . Henry Holt and Company hardcover
