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Title details for D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton - Available

D is for Deadbeat

#4 in series

by Sue Grafton
Mary Peiffer
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The client came to Kinsey Millhone with an easy  job — just deliver $25,000 to a fifteen-year-old  kid. A little odd, and a little too easy, but  Kinsey took Alvin Limardo's retainer check anyway. It  turned out to be as phony as he was. In real life,  his name was John Daggett, a chronic drunk with a  record as long as your arm and a reputation for  sleazy deals. But he wasn't just a deadbeat. By the  time Kinsey caught up with him, he was a dead body  — with a whole host of people who were delighted  to hear the news. But how do you make a stiff pay  up what he owes you?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Kinsey Millhone

  • Publisher

  • Awards

  • Release date

    October 18, 2005

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780739330326
      • File size: 191852 KB
      • Duration: 06:39:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 9-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Kinsey Millhone's latest client, Alvin Limardo, whose real name is John Daggett, turns up dead. The police call it an accident, but too many people hated Daggett to suit Kinsey. Mary Peiffer does an exceptional job reading this first-rate whodunit. Male and female voices are easily differentiated, and Kinsey herself is brought to life, neither too masculine nor cutsie. The narrative voice and style are consistent and well-paced as the mystery unravels. Peiffer and Grafton are a dynamite pairing; they should leave listeners waiting for more. S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 12, 1987
      "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.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:9-12

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