Kinsey Millhone

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Biography

Kinsey Millhone was born on May 5, 1950. Her unusual first name was her mother's surname before her marriage to Kinsey's father. Kinsey lived with her parents until they were killed in a car wreck when she was five. Kinsey survived in the car for several hours before she was rescued. She then moved in with her aunt (her mother's sister) Gin, who was the only relative still in contact with her mother; the rest of the family disapproved of her marriage and cut off contact with her. It is from Aunt Gin that Kinsey has taken a few of her eccentricities, such as her liking for peanut-butter and pickle sandwiches. In high school, Kinsey was a delinquent. After three semesters at the local community college she realized that academic life was not for her and she took a job with the Santa Teresa police force. After two years, Kinsey quit the police force and became an investigator for California Fidelity, an insurance company. Eventually, she became a self-employed private investigator, solving various disappearances and murders, clearing names and dodging hitmen.

Kinsey is 5'6" and weighs about 118 pounds. She has short, dark, thick hair that she trims with nail scissors, being generally uninterested in her physical appearance. She does, however, place a great premium on physical fitness and jogs three miles every day. At the same time, she is an enthusiastic junk food fanatic. Kinsey has been divorced twice. Her first husband Mickey, an ex-cop, appears in "O" is for Outlaw and her second husband Daniel, a struggling musician, appears in "E" is for Evidence. Kinsey has no children, and she lives in a garage converted into an apartment. Her landlord is a young-at-heart octogenarian named Henry Pitts who enjoys creating crossword puzzles and is famous for his baking; Kinsey herself states that she has a crush on Henry. She suffers from tinnitus, caused when she shot an attacker from inside a trash can. Kinsey has had several relationships in the series, beginning with Charlie Scorsoni, continuing through Jonah Robb and Robert Dietz, until the present novels in which she's begun an affair with longtime friend Cheney Phillips. cruzer micro u3

Having lived for most of her life with very few family members (for most of the series, her "family" consisted of Henry, her landlord and his siblings, the local tavern owner Rosie, and the generous natured employees in nearby offices), Kinsey received a shock when her cousin Tasha reached out to her. Meeting Tasha and her sister, Lisa, for lunch revealed they are very similar in appearance. Kinsey and Tasha form a business relationship in "M" Is for Malice. wintv usb

Kinsey Millhone novels kingmax super stick

"A" Is for Alibi (1982)

"B" Is for Burglar (1985)

"C" Is for Corpse (1986)

"D" Is for Deadbeat (1987)

"E" Is for Evidence (1988)

"F" Is for Fugitive (1989)

"G" Is for Gumshoe (1990)

"H" Is for Homicide (1991)

"I" Is for Innocent (1992)

"J" Is for Judgment (1993)

"K" Is for Killer (1994)

"L" Is for Lawless (1995)

"M" Is for Malice (1996)

"N" Is for Noose (1998)

"O" Is for Outlaw (1999)

"P" Is for Peril (2001)

"Q" Is for Quarry (2002)

"R" Is for Ricochet (2004)

"S" Is for Silence (2005)

"T" Is for Trespass (2007)

"U" Is for Undertow (2009)

Grafton has stated that the twenty-sixth and final book in the series will be titled "Z" Is for Zero. In 2009, she revealed to a Los Angeles Times interviewer that this final novel will "coincide with Kinsey's 40th birthday in 1990".

Also published

Kinsey and Me (1992) - a collection of Kinsey Millhone short stories along with other short stories about Grafton's own mother.

The Lying Game (2003) - a Kinsey Millhone short story which appeared in the September 2003 special 40th anniversary Lands' End catalogue.

Kinsey Millhone in other works

Kinsey has made cameo appearances in crime novels by other authors. In Double, Bill Pronzini and Marcia Muller's detective spots Kinsey at a convention in Chicago. In one novel by Sara Paretsky, her detective, V.I. Warshawski, wishes at one point that her business records were as organized as Kinsey's.

References

^ a b Weinman, Sarah (December 17, 2009). "Closing in on the letter Z". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-sue-grafton17-2009dec17,0,3603461.story. Retrieved December 27, 2009. "And with the end of the alphabet in sight, no author is more closely identified with reader expectations -- especially when "Z Is for Zero" shepherds Kinsey and her hometown of Santa Teresa to a fictional end." 

^ Everett, Todd (1991-05-23). "Mystery Town: Whodunit author Sue Grafton lines in Santa Barbara and sets her tales in Santa Teresa". Los Angeles Times: p. J15. 

External links

Kinsey Millhone biography

Sue Grafton's official website

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Alphabet novels

"A" Is for Alibi  "B" Is for Burglar  "C" Is for Corpse  "D" Is for Deadbeat  "E" Is for Evidence  "F" Is for Fugitive  "G" Is for Gumshoe  "H" Is for Homicide  "I" Is for Innocent  "J" Is for Judgment  "K" Is for Killer  "L" Is for Lawless  "M" Is for Malice  "N" Is for Noose  "O" Is for Outlaw  "P" Is for Peril  "Q" Is for Quarry  "R" Is for Ricochet  "S" Is for Silence  "T" Is for Trespass  "U" Is for Undertow

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