"G" is for Gumshoe

Abridged
Author: Sue Grafton
Narrator: Judy Kaye
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
Date: September 2001
Length: 3 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4/5
Formats:
  • CD

Overview

One of the sassiest, most appealing of the recent spate of female gunshoes . . . 'G' is for glorious, galloping read, and I can't wait for 'H' ."
--Louise Bernikow, Cosmopolitan

Good and bad things seem to be coming in threes for Kinsey Millhone: on her thirty-third birthday she moves back into her renovated apartment, gets hired to find an elderly lady supposedly living in the Mojave Desert by herself, and makes the top of ex-con Tyrone Patty's hit list. It's the last that convinces Kinsey even she can't handle whoever's been hired to whack her, and she gets herself a bodyguard: Robert Dietz, a Porsche-driving P.I. who takes guarding Kinsey's body very seriously. With Dietz watching her for the merest sign of her usual recklessness, Kinsey plunges into her case. And before it's over, she'll unearth the gruesome truth about a long-buried betrayal and, in the process, come fact-to-face with her own mortality. . . .

"Wit is the most versatile weapon in Sue Grafton's well-stocked arsenal, and she uses it with disarming precision. . . . Grafton excels in this milieu."
--Newsweek

Reviews (4)

"G" is for Gumshoe

Written by Anonymous on September 25th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 3/5

A good listen as always but I have enjoyed others in the series more. Judy Kaye is a great reader.

Very good! Kinsey does it again.

Written by DelphiDiva on August 13th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

This is another great Grafton book. I really enjoy listening to the books of this series and think that Judy Kaye has one of the most enjoyable voices for audio books. I would definitely recommend the alphabet murders to anyone that likes female detective stories.

G is for Good Book

Written by becky in TN on August 15th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I always love a Kinsey Milhone and the narrator of this series is especially good. The abridgment seems choppy, though. These books would be so much better in an unabridged version but even this short it is still a great listen.

Eh....

Written by Erika Jones on July 7th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 1/5

It was okay. Nice little twist at the end but the book didn't engage my senses enough. Other books such as Eragon or the Davinci Code cause me to want to listen in my car, at work, at the gym and even when I am just at home. However this story and maybe even the story teller just didn't seem to move me. Very forgettable.

Author Details

Author Details

Grafton, Sue

"New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton is published in 28 countries and 26 languages?including Estonian, Bulgarian, and Indonesian. Books in her alphabet series, begun in 1982, are international bestsellers with readership in the millions. And like Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Robert Parker, and John D. MacDonald?the best of her breed?Sue Grafton has earned new respect for the mystery form. Her readers appreciate her buoyant style, her eye for detail, her deft hand with character, her acute social observances, and her abundant storytelling talents.

Sue divides her time between Montecito, California and Louisville, Kentucky, where she was born and raised. She has three children and two grandchildren. Grafton has been married to Steve Humphrey for more than twenty years. She loves cats, gardens, and good cuisine."