Her latest client is Nikki Fife, second wife of a successful divorce attorney, who was sent to prison eight years ago for his murder. Grafton had three children from previous marriages and several grandchildren, including a granddaughter named Kinsey.

We get an intimate look into her mind as she interviews the suspects and slowly unravels the mystery.This is just one of the lines of enquiry Kinsey finds herself thrown down as she tries to prove that a woman has been wrongly convicted, and the closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she is in. What I particularly like about A is for Alibi is the plain, straight forward plot and the fact that, through Millhone, Grafton shows us a much more plausible tale of investigating than some of the more higher profile, blockbusting thrillers on the market. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Nikki hired Wilfred Brentnell from Los Angeles: a legal whiz with a reputation as the patron saint of lost causes. Perhaps her darkest and most chilling novel, it features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes.

Grafton should be forced to wear the cone of shame for eternity for writing someone as stupid as Kinsey. The novel's style typical hardboiled detective fiction, according to the authors of ' G' is for Grafton, who describe it as "laconic, breezy, wise-cracking". She’s not good at intimate relationships (witness her two divorces) and she can be stubborn and prickly. Thirty years after the publication of "A" Is for Alibi, Kinsey Millhone still soldiers on and Grafton has nearly reached the end of the alphabet. you are never disappointed' Guardian; 'Will keep you awake until the last page has been turned' Daily Mail" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.Eight years later and out on parole, Nikki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her late husband. I like my cars cramped and this one was filled with files and law books, a briefcase where I keep my little automatic, cardboard boxes, and a case of motor oil given to me by a client. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. I won't be forgetting the twist of who it was and how no one is safe from being the big bad villain.

But the police and prosecutors argued that only Nikki could have poisoned one of Laurence's allergy capsules and she was thus convicted on this rather flimsy evidence.She's a twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments but with a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes.