Kinsey Millhone · Book 4
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.
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