By Sue Grafton
A spiderweb of risky relationships lies on the middle of V is for Vengeance, Sue Grafton's bold new Kinsey Millhone novel.
A lady with a murky earlier who kills herself-or was once it homicide? A spoiled child awash in playing debt who thinks he can beat the procedure. A stunning lady whose existence is ready to splinter right into a thousand fragments. A expert shoplifting ring operating for the Mob, racking up hundreds of thousands from stolen items. A wandering husband, wealthy and ruthless. a filthy cop so entrenched at the strength he's resistant to publicity. A sinister gangster, conscienceless and brutal. A lonely widower mourning the loss of life of his lover, determined for solutions, that could be worse than the soreness of his loss. a personal detective, Kinsey Millhone, whose thirty-eighth-birthday reward is a punch within the face that leaves her with black eyes and a busted nose.
And a sublime and robust businessman whose dealings are certainly outdoors the legislation: the magus on the heart of the web.
V: sufferer. Violence. Vengeance.
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How odd was that? I skipped to the last line, which suggested that in lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the American Heart Association in Audrey’s name. The notice was short and on the stingy side. I went back to the beginning and read again with care. ” Not a word about her parents, her education, her hobbies, or good deeds. Her survivors included a son, Don, of San Francisco, and a daughter, Elizabeth, also living in San Francisco. ” In addition, she would be greatly missed by her fiance and loving companion, Marvin Striker.
As a matter of fact, we’re meeting for dinner at the club next Saturday. ” “Robert and I had business dealings in times past,” Dante said. ” “You don’t have to sound so surprised. You’re not the only one with friends,” he said. “At any rate, I talked to Maurice Berman this morning. He says you have a ring you’d like to sell. ” She reached into her bag and took out a ring box, which she handed him. He opened the box and found himself looking at a radiant-cut pink diamond, flanked by two white diamonds.
The women were all decked out in full-length gowns and fabulous jewelry, posed side by side with their self-important husbands. The men did look elegant in their tuxedos, though the pictures, two inches by two, were monotonously similar. The photographs represented the Who’s Who of Hollywood society with some couples in attendance at every event. She was secretly congratulating herself for ducking out on so many tedious evenings when she spotted a photograph of Channing with Abner and Meredith at the Denim and Diamonds Ball, which she’d also missed.