D Is for Deadbeat
- Published
- 1 January 1987
- Pages
- 261
- ISBN-13
- 9780553271638
- Type
- novel
About this book
D Is for Deadbeat (1987), the fourth book at 261 pages, continues Kinsey's sharp, wry first-person narration and Grafton's commitment to procedural authenticity over a softened, romance-driven detective.
Key facts about D Is for Deadbeat
D Is for Deadbeat is a novel by Sue Grafton. Readers have had it since 1987. It runs to 261 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of D Is for Deadbeat. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780553271638 to find the main one.
D Is for Deadbeat is book 4 of 25 in the Kinsey Millhone series. The series has 25 published books. However, the series starts with A Is for Alibi (1982).
That series sits on our hardboiled mystery shelf. Meanwhile, Y Is for Yesterday is the latest published Sue Grafton book on file, from 2017.
About Sue Grafton
Sue Grafton was an American mystery writer best known for her Kinsey Millhone "alphabet" series, twenty-five novels following a wisecracking, fiercely independent private investigator in fictional Santa Teresa, California, that ran from "A" Is for Alibi (1982) through "Y" Is for Yesterday (2017). See every Sue Grafton book in order.
Its place in Kinsey Millhone
D Is for Deadbeat is book 4 in the Kinsey Millhone series. It follows C Is for Corpse. It is followed by E Is for Evidence. See the full Kinsey Millhone reading order.
Kinsey Millhone is a twice-divorced, fiercely independent private investigator working out of the fictional Santa Teresa, California — a thinly veiled Santa Barbara — who solves cases the old-fashioned way: legwork, index cards, a battered Volkswagen, and a willingness to get punched. Sue Grafton built the series around a gimmick that became a genuine feat of sustained craft: 25 novels, each titled for a letter of the alphabet, A Is for Alibi through Y Is for Yesterday , published across 35 years without the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780805002485
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780553271638