"D" is for Deadbeat (The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Sue Grafton (Author) "Later, I found out his name was John Dagget, but that's not how he introduced himself the day he walked into my office..." (more)
Key Phrases: Billy Polo, John Daggett, Barbara Daggett (more...)

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From Publishers Weekly
"D" is for Detective Kinsey Millhone, given $25,000 of stolen drug money by a drunkard named Daggett who then dies in a drowning. When she decides to deliver the money to Daggett's designee, a young man who was the sole survivor of an auto accident perpetrated by Daggett, Kinsey finds herself in a dilemma: too many "D's" are after the loot. There are two Mrs. Daggetts, a daughter, the drug dealers and a determined killer who soon claims a second life. At this point, Grafton's lively, well-written adventure develops a deadly flaw. Kinsey comes upon the second victim shortly after he's been shot. Though dying, he is conscious and coherent. Why, then, doesn't she ask who did it? When asked the same thing by the police, she says, "I didn't want the last minutes of his life taken up with that stuff"a humane but unlikely rejoiner from any private eye. Even so, the pleasure of this story comes through. Let's give it a "D" for Dandy.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"'D is for deft and diverting' Guardian; 'Witty and clever' The Times; 'Heart-pounding, totally mesmerizing suspense' New York Times" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (November 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312939027
• ISBN-13: 978-0312939021
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,678 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 4 in The Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mystery Series.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story with a surprise ending., January 20, 1999

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This review is from: D Is for Deadbeat (A Kinsey Millhone Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)

The alphabet detective is back and as good as ever. Grafton does a great job setting this mystery up and the ending is a complete surprise. The twists and turn in the book take you all over the place, where you end up is the one place you never would have figured. You will read this without putting the book down.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of suspects, December 10, 2002

By	Karen Potts (Lake Jackson, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: D Is for Deadbeat (A Kinsey Millhone Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)

Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone is back again in this fourth installment of Sue Grafton's alphabet series. This time she is offered a fee to give a $25,000 cashier's check to a young man named Tony Gahan. The check for the fee bounces and Kinsey is now looking for the man who gave it to her, plus the young man she is to give the cashier's check to. Everything she finds out about her client is bad. He is a drunk, who has killed several people in a car wreck, and appears to be a bigamist. When he is found dead, Kinsey has plenty of suspects including survivors of the dead motorists and two angry wives. This book is written in Grafton's usual breezy style, and Kinsey becomes more independent and more likeable with each book. I would recommend the whole series to mystery-lovers.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Serious fun!, December 4, 1996

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This review is from: D Is for Deadbeat (A Kinsey Millhone Mystery) (Mass Market Paperback)

No one can make a funeral funnier than Kinsey. For that matter, I laughed till I wheezed over her description of the deadbeat's wife--a somewhat unstable Fundamentalist--and the picture taken on their 40th wedding anniversary. But the last chapter is a real nail-biter, as usual, and looking through Kinsey's eyes, these folks may be quirky, but human just the same. I've read all the books in the series, but this is the one I'd recommend to someone who hasn't read any of these books yet. What a sleuth