Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat (USA 2012) From the Publisher: D IS FOR DEADBEAT Pulled into the detritus of a dead man's life, Kinsey soon realizes that Daggett had an awful lot of enemies. There's the daughter who grew up with a cheating drunk for a father, and the wife who's become a religious nut in response to an intolerable marriage. There's the lady who thought she was Mrs. Daggett -- and has the bruises to prove it -- only to discover the legal Mrs. D. And there are the drug dealers out $25,000. But most of all, there are the families of the five people John Daggett killed, victims of his wild, drunken driving. The D.A. called it vehicular manslaughter and put him away for two years. The families called it murder and had very good reason to want John Daggett dead. Deft, cunning, and clever, this latest Millhone mystery also confronts some messy truths, for, as Kinsey herself says, "Some debts of the human soul are so enormous only life itself is sufficient forfeit" -- but as she'd be the first to admit, murder is not a socially acceptable solution. Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat. A Kinsey Millhone Novel. St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN: 9781250020260 (October, 2005), 305 p., $14.99.
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Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat (UK 2012) From the Publisher: It was late October, the day before Halloween. He introduced himself as Alvin Limardo. The job he hired Kinsey to do seemed easy enough... until his cheque bounced. His real name was Dagett. John Dagett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident -- death by drowning. Kinsey wasn't so sure. The man, it seemed, had a lot of enemies... Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Pan, ISBN: 9781447212249 (May, 2005), 352 p., £7.99.
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Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat (UK 2007) From the Publisher: When Limardo's check bounces, Kinsey discovers she's been had big time. Alvin Limardo is really John Daggett -- an ex-con with a drinking problem, two wives to boot, and a slew of people who would like to see him dead. Now Kinsey is out four hundred dollars and in hot pursuit of Daggett. When Daggett's corpse shows up floating in the Santa Teresa surf, the cops rule the death an accident. Kinsey thinks it's murder. But seeking justice for a man who everyone seemed to despise is going to be a lot tougher than she bargained for -- and what awaits her at the end of the road is much more disturbing than she could've ever imagined... Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Pan, ISBN: 9780330455534 (August, 2007), 352 p., £6.99 (?).
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Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat (USA 2005) From the Publisher: When Limardo's check bounces, Kinsey discovers she's been had big time. Alvin Limardo is really John Daggett -- an ex-con with a drinking problem, two wives to boot, and a slew of people who would like to see him dead. Now Kinsey is out four hundred dollars and in hot pursuit of Daggett. When Daggett's corpse shows up floating in the Santa Teresa surf, the cops rule the death an accident. Kinsey thinks it's murder. But seeking justice for a man who everyone seemed to despise is going to be a lot tougher than she bargained for -- and what awaits her at the end of the road is much more disturbing than she could've ever imagined... Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat. A Kinsey Millhone Novel. St. Martin's Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780312939021 (November, 2005), 305 p., $7.99.
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Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat (USA 1991) From the Publisher: Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Bantam, ISBN: 0553271636 (August, 1991), 240 p., $6.99.
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Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat (USA 1988) From the Publisher: Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Bantam, ISBN: 0553271636 (May, 1988), 240 p., $5.99.
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Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat (USA 1987) From the Publisher: Pulled into the detritus of a dead man's life, Kinsey soon realizes that Daggett had an awful lot of enemies. There's the daughter who grew up with a cheating drunk for a father, and the wife who's become a religious nut in response to an intolerable marriage. There's the lady who thought she was Mrs. Daggett--and has the bruises to prove it--only to discover the legal Mrs. D. And there are the drug dealers out $25,000. But most of all, there are the families of the five people John Daggett killed, victims of his wild, drunken driving. The D.A. called it vehicular manslaughter and put him away for two years. The families called it murder and had very good reason to want John Daggett dead. Deft, cunning, and clever, this latest Millhone mystery also confronts some messy truths, for, as Kinsey herself says, "Some debts of the human soul are so enormous only life itself is sufficient forfeit"--but as she'd be the first to admit, murder is not a socially acceptable solution. Sue Grafton: D is for Deadbeat. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Henry Holt, ISBN: 0805002480 (May, 1987), 229 p., $16.95 (?).
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