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H is for Homicide is the eighth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton. It was one of those occasions when I suddenly realised how happy I was. I was female, single, with money in my pocket . . . I had nobody to answer to and no ties to speak of. As usual I'd forgotten how surges of goodwill merely presage bad news. After a three-week-long investigation, Kinsey couldn't wait to get home. What she needed most was a few quiet days...

The fourth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

The third novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

The second novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

The first novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

T is for Trespass is the twentieth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.It was like being in the presence of a snake, first hissing its presence and then coiled in readiness. I didn't dare turn my back or take my eyes off of her. I stood very still. I let go of my fight-or-flight defense and decided to play dead. If you run from a bear, it gives chase. That's the nature of the beast. Likewise a snake. If I moved, she might stri...

The twenty first novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

The eighteenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

The seventeenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

The sixteenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

The thirteenth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series, now with a stunning new look

N is for Noose is the fourteenth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.Sometimes I think about how odd it would be to catch a glimpse of the future, a quick view of events lying in store for us. Some moments we saw would make no sense at all and some, I suspect, would frighten us beyond our endurance . . . Early spring in the Sierra Nevada, bringing the usual driving sleet and snow. Private investigator Kinsey Millhone is on her...

In hindsight, I marvel at how clueless I was . . . What I ask myself even now is whether I should have picked up the truth any faster than I did, which was not nearly fast enough. A glamorous redhead wants to locate the son she put up for adoption thirty-two years ago - an easy two hundred bucks for P. I. Kinsey Millhone. But when Kinsey finds she was paid with marked bills, and her client is nowhere to be found, it becomes clear the mystery w...

‘Kinsey Millhone is up there with the giants of the private-eye genre . . . Exhilarating’ Times Literary SupplementIn 1979, four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate – and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns in evidence for the state and two of his peers are convicted....

Excerpt from Vocation or the Call of the Divine, Master to a Sister's Life: And Other Writings on the Religious Life The Work of Sisterhoods now recognized by the Church - Many Questions asked concerning their Interior Government and Life - Classes specially interested, Clergy, Parents, and Aspirants - The Information and Help the Book is intended to give. Sisterhoods have now for a long time been established in our Church. The first efforts...

Excerpt from A Journey Godward of Doulos Iesou Kristou (a Servant of Jesus Christ)Many parts of Boston have undergone changes, not merely social and structural, but geographical and almost geological. Water has been made into land and hills carried into the sea. But the site of the house where Bishop Grafton was born is still occupied by a habitation, being a part of that upon which the Touraine, the chief hotel, now stands.About the Publisher...

Excerpt from Christian and Catholic The professional proselytizer, as we know the class, is a repulsive character. He studies the art of injecting doubts into devout minds, of playing on the weaknesses and vanities of his proposed con verts. He exaggerates the discords within their church, the contrariant opinions, the lack of discip line. Sometimes he cajoles, sometimes he seeks to terrify, sometimes he tries to in¿uence by social ad vantage...

Excellent coverage of the raising and subsequent services of the Corps and of its many sub-units. Numerous nominal rolls of officers in text, Company by Company, and as at 22 February 1918. The organisation of the Corps is explained in tabular form. This is a very helpful record.

Excerpt from Sermons Preached in the Church of the Advent, Boston, on the Day of Its Consecration and the Sunday Following, 1894 The Church of the Advent was consecrated to the Service of Almighty God on Saturday the first day of December, 1894. The Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, S.T.D., the Bishop of the Diocese, performed the ceremony. There were also present the Rt. Rev. Henry A. Neely, D.D., Bishop of Maine, the Rt. Rev. C. C. Grafton, D.D., ...

Excerpt from A Catholic Atlas, or Digest of Catholic Theology: Comprehending Fundamentals of Religion, Summary of Catholic Doctrine, Means of Grace, Perfection With Its Rules and Counsels, Worship and Its Laws Dear Reader: - Thou wilt find somewhat in this book that will disagree with thee. And in what it disagrees with thee thou wilt find thy most advantage. If it be not writ by the Spirit mayest thou be enlightened to the answering thereof...