Kinsey Millhone #3
"C" is for Corpse
Then one Monday morning when there was no one else in the gym, Bobby Callahan approached her. His story was hard to credit: a murderous assault by a tailgating car on a lonely rural road, a roadside smash into a canyon 400 feet below, his Porsche a bare ruin, his best friend dead. The doctors managed to put his body back together again - sort of. His mother's money had seen to that. What they couldn't fix was his mind, couldn't restore the huge chunks of memory wiped out by the crash. Bobby knew someone had tried to kill him, but he didn't know why. He knew he had the key to something that made him dangerous to the killer, but he didn't know what it was. And he sensed that someone was still out there, ready to pounce at the first sign his memory was coming back. He'd been to the cops, but they'd shrugged off his story. His family though he had a screw loose. But he was scared - scared to death. He wanted to hire Kinsey.
His case didn't have a whole lot going for it, but he was hard to resist: young, brave, hurt. She took him on. And three days later, Bobby Callahan was dead.
Kinsey Millhone never welshed on a deal. She'd been hired to stop a killing. Now she'd find the killer.
181 pages, Hardcover
First published November 24,1986
This edition
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181 pages, Hardcover
- Published
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January 1, 1986 by Henry Holt and Company
- ISBN
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9781568652337
- ASIN
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156865233X
- Language
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English
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Kinsey Millhone
One of the notable fictional characters in the mystery field to come out of the late 20th century. Shes in her 30s, twice divorced, and a former police officer turned private eye in Santa Teresa, California. A loner with no close family, she is meth...
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Jonah Robb
A sergeant. Later lieutenant. When we meet him, Jonah is a recently separated police officer on the Santa Teresa force. Later back with his wife. Attracted to Kinsey and its mutual. He is helpful in her detecting efforts. Gets involved in the ...
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Bobby Callahan
A young man, 23. He has recently graduated from university and wants to get into medical school. About 9 months earlier he was in a car accident that nearly killed him. His father lives in Tibet - no love lost!...
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Glen Callaghan
Bobby Callahans mother. Rich. Good looking. She dotes on her only child, Bobby.more...
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Kitty Wenner
Bobbys step-sister. Seventeen and a druggy. Anorexic, in and out of trouble. Her step-mother Glen has no patience for her but Bobby gets along with her. more...
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Nola Fraker
A red-head. The doctors wife. She had been married before but he died in a burglary 5 or 6 years ago.more...
About the author
Grafton never wanted her novels to be turned into movies or TV shows. According to her family she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name. Because of these things, and out of respect for Sue's wishes, the family announced the alphabet now ends at “Y”
Grafton was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, the Ross Macdonald Literary Award, three Shamus Awards, and many other honors and awards.
Grafton had three children from previous marriages and several grandchildren, including a granddaughter named Kinsey. She and her husband lived in Montecito, California, and Louisville, Kentucky.
