Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton's PI Kinsey Millhone tackles insurance fraud in her latest outing -- and finds that she'll have to commit some deceit of her own to catch a cold-blooded killer...

H IS FOR HUSTLER...
When PI Kinsey Millhone's good friend and colleague Parnell Perkins is found murdered in the parking lot behind California Fidelity Insurance, she can't believe he had any enemies. The only clue that raises a red flag for Kinsey is one of Parnell's files on a Bibianna Diaz, who appears to have made a lucrative career out of scamming insurance companies with phony claims...

H IS FOR HAZARDOUS...
Taking an alias, Kinsey goes undercover to befriend Bibianna, hoping she'll get close enough to catch the con artist at her own game. But Kinsey never dreams that hanging out with Bibianna will get them both thrown in jail. And when they're released, Bibianna's very jealous, very dangerous ex-fiancé Raymond Maldonado is waiting for them.

H IS FOR HOMICIDE
Kinsey soon discovers the short-tempered thug is the kingpin behind Bibianna's and countless other phony insurance claims. But was Raymond also responsible for Parnell's death? All Kinsey knows is that she'll have to think quick to nab one of the most treacherous criminals she's come face to face with -- and keep herself alive...

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide. A Kinsey Millhone Novel. St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN: 9781250029645 (July, 2013), 305 p., $14.99.

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide (UK 2012)

From the Publisher:
The eighth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look
It was one of those occasions when I suddenly realised how happy I was. I was female, single, with money in my pocket. I had nobody to answer to and no ties to speak of. As usual I'd forgotten how surges of goodwill merely presage bad news.

After a three-week-long investigation, Kinsey couldn't wait to get home. What she needed most was a few quiet days by herself - but two things happened to change all her plans. First she ran into a murder case. Then Kinsey met Bibianna Diaz, and before the night was over they were sharing a prison cell.

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Pan Macmillan, ISBN: 9781447212287 (May, 2012), 371 p., £6.99.

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
It was one of those occasions when I suddenly realised how happy I was. I was female, single, with money in my pocket. I had nobody to answer to and no ties to speak of. As usual I'd forgotten how surges of goodwill merely presage bad news.

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Pan Macmillan, ISBN: 9780330321952 (May, 2008), 371 p., £6.99.

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide (USA 2007)

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide. A Kinsey Millhone Novel. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312945655 (November, 2007), 371 p., $7.99.

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide (USA 1992)

From the Publisher:
"THE LADY CAN WRITE...
Any reader who needs a smart and sassy P.I. would do well to hire Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone... H' is for Homicide continues to show the author in strong storytelling form... [It] finds Kinsey Millhone working on a case involving the death of a claims adjuster for a California insurance company. The story takes her into the Los Angeles barrio in pursuit of a violent criminal, into jails and hospitals, and into a grungy bar named the Meat Locker... Count on Millhone not only to corner the murderer but also to make a statement against the foibles of the insurance game." - The New York Times

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Fawcett, ISBN: 0449219461 (March, 1992), $7.99.

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide (USA 1991)

From the Publisher:
His 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.

To 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.

Bibianna 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.

He 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.

It 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 "H" is for Homicide, 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 Los Angeles Times) and that Sue Grafton is "a heads-up delight" (Detroit News).

Sue Grafton: H is for Homicide. Henry Holt & Co., ISBN: 080501084X (May, 1991), 256 p., $17.95.