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O is for Outlaw

Audiobook
1 of 2 copies available
1 of 2 copies available
O IS FOR OUTLAW
Read by Judy Kaye
6 casseettes / approx. 10 hours
The call comes on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction.  The weekend before, he'd bought a stack of cardboard boxes.  In one, there was a collection of childhood memorabilia with Kinsey's name all over it.
Though she's never been one for personal possessions, curiousity is a power force.  What she finds among the items is an old undelivered letter to her that will force her to reexamine her beliefs about the breakup of her first marriage...about the honor of her first husband...and about an unsolved murder.  It will put her life in the gravest peril.
Through fourteen books, listeners have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past:  a morsel here, a dollop there.  We know about the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, the long-lost family up the California coast.  But husband number one has remained a blip on the screen.  Until now.  "O" Is for Outlaw:  a revealing excursion into Kindey's past.
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    • AudioFile Magazine
      If you're just beginning Grafton's Alphabet Series, welcome to the world of Kinsey Millhone. If this alphabet crusade is not new to you, welcome back to the '80s. Judy Kaye is no newcomer to the series, and she slips comfortably back into the personas of familiar characters. She sets a steady and smooth pace through the narrative passages that tell of Kinsey's life with her first husband. Kaye also adopts the precise hint of sarcasm that sometimes gets Kinsey in trouble and that routinely serves as a shield when things get too uncomfortable. A range of voices depicts Kinsey's dialogues with an assortment of characters. J.E.M. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from October 4, 1999
      Grafton's fans will be thrilled with this knockout 15th Kinsey Millhone mystery, which deals with Kinsey's first marriage. In a complex story that zigzags between past and present, the California PI gets involved again with her first ex-husband, former cop Michael "Mickey" Magruder, who initially reappears in her life by chance when she comes across memorabilia he kept after their separation 14 years earlier. The mementos include an undelivered letter addressed to Kinsey, providing Mickey with an alibi for the beating death of Vietnam vet Benny Quintero, the unproven charge against Mickey that prompted Kinsey to leave him. Conscience-stricken, Kinsey looks up acquaintances from her early marriage, questioning her judgment and values at the time. Then two Los Angeles police detectives inform her that Mickey has been shot and is in a coma, and Kinsey decides to investigate. As usual in Grafton's novels, the PI encounters a string of offbeat characters who lead or mislead her in a gyre of confusion; here, many of them had motive and opportunity to shoot Mickey. In time, Kinsey stumbles on a clue--at first bewildering--that leads back to the Vietnam War and, eventually, points the way to Benny's killer and Mickey's assailant. In addition to her distinctive humor, sharp sense of place and crisp dialogue defining character, Grafton adds depth to this outing through unexpected details of Kinsey's past. Meanwhile, Kinsey's examination of her youthful self-righteousness and na vet initiates a provocative contemplation of guilt, morals and loyalty that graces one of the very best entries in a long-lived and much-loved series. Agent, Molly Friedrich at Aaron Priest. $500,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club main selection; author tour.

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