![]() ![]() ![]() She discovers that Laurence Fife was killed using a poison called powdered oleander, and that a young accountant from Los Angeles suffered the same fate just four days prior to Fife’s death. Kinsey turns to an old friend at the police station, Detective Con Dolan, in order to review the case files. Kinsey has mixed feelings about accepting the case, but decides to look into it in the event that some piece of evidence might have been overlooked at the time of the trial. The woman’s name is Nikki Fife and she explains that she waited until being released from prison in the hope of finding someone who would agree to help her track down her husband’s killer. In Kinsey’s opinion, the parolee would not want the past to be dredged up again if she had been guilty of the crime. She is not optimistic about being able to make a difference, but agrees to investigate on behalf of a prisoner who was recently released on parole. In A is for Alibi Kinsey Millhone is enlisted to reopen an eight year old case. Before embarking on her career as a private investigator, Kinsey worked as a police officer and insurance company investigator. ![]() Kinsey Millhone, the central character, is a thirty-two year old private detective in Santa Teresa, a fictional city in southern California. Subsequent installments include titles such as B is for Burglar and C is for Corpse. In 1982 novelist Sue Grafton kicked off her Kinsey Millhone series of “alphabet” mysteries with A is for Alibi. ![]()
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