"E" is for Evidence

By Sue Grafton

  • Release Date: 1988-05-15
  • Genre: Women Sleuths
Score: 4.5
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From 427 Ratings

Description

No one writes a thriller like #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton. In E is for Evidence, PI Kinsey Millhone becomes the victim of a nasty frame-up…

E IS FOR EX

It was the silly season and a Monday at that, and Kinsey Millhone was bogged down in a preliminary report on a fire claim. Something was nagging at her, but she couldn't pin it. The last thing she needed in the morning mail was a letter from her bank recording an erroneous $5,000 deposit in her account. Kinsey had never believed in Santa Claus and she wasn't about to change her mind now. Resigning herself to a morning of frustration, she phoned the bank and, assaulted by canned carols, waited on hold for an officer to clear up the snafu.

It was with something less than Christmas cheer that Kinsey faced off only minutes later with California Fidelity's Mac Voorhies. Voorhies was smart, humorless, stingy with praise, and totally fair. He was frowning now.

"I got a phone call this morning." he said, his frown deepening. "Somebody says you're on the take."

Suddenly the $5,000 deposit clicked into place. It wasn't a mistake. It was a setup.

"E" is for evidence: evidence planted, evidence lost. "E" is for ex-lovers and evasions, enemies and endings. For Kinsey, "E" is for everything she stands to lose if she can't exonerate herself: her license, her livelihood, her good name. And so she takes on a new client: namely, Kinsey Millhone, thirty-two and twice-divorced, ex-cop and wisecracking loner, a California private investigator with a penchant for lost causes--one of which, it is to be hoped, is not herself.

As Kinsey begins to unravel the frame-up, she finds that her future is intimately tied to one family's past and to the explosive secret it has protected for almost twenty years. Digging deeper, she discovers that probing the past can have lethal consequences as she follows a trail of murder that leads to her own front door. And in what may well be her most challenging case, Kinsey comes up against the fact that sometimes, "E" is forever.

"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
"V" Is for Vengeance
"W" Is for Wasted
"X"

Reviews

  • Plot twists galore!

    4
    By TempiToo
    Simple writing that keeps you on the edge of your seat-lots of twists & turns to keep you guessing !
  • E is for Evidence

    5
    By ChartreusePeony
    When I need some comfort reading I turn to any of the Sue Grafton mysteries. Like spending the day with that close friend you have known forever, a rainy afternoon with Kinsey is a familiar treat. I've been reading and rereading each and every letter over and over for the past twenty years. And when my two book clubs pick doozies that I have to slog through, I turn to Sue's books to remind myself why I love to read. It's a great legacy, not to mention great feat, for an author to be able to create a likable, believable character and sustain her for so long through so many different stories. Never once did Sue resort to formulatic mystery writing, nor did she get silly as do many of her contemporaries. I'm sure I won't be the only one filled with emotion when we open the cover to begin "Z".
  • Great story!

    5
    By Jopennoppie
    Laughed out loud many times; couldn't bear to put the book down the rest of the time. All the great elements of a twisted murder mystery. Kinsey Millhone is m'girl!
  • E is for evidence

    5
    By Kweeple
    Best one yet!
  • E is for Evidence

    4
    By GrammyGlo
    I always enjoy Sue Grafton's style of writing, and I was not disappointed in this book! Excellent, suspenseful.

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