Kinsey Millhone · Book 4

D Is for Deadbeat

by Sue Grafton

Published
1 January 1987
Pages
261
ISBN-13
9780553271638
Type
novel

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Cover of D Is for Deadbeat

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…

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