When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients, Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including, thought the cops, his young and beautiful wife...(展开全部)

READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL "Take it from the top in #"1 New York Times" bestselling author Sue Grafton's knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone--and a hot new attitude--to crime fiction..."""A IS FOR AVENGERA tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Sa...(展开全部)

Does charitable giving still matter but need to change? Philanthropy, the use of private assets for public good, has been much criticised in recent years. Do elite philanthropists wield too much power? Is big-money philanthropy unaccountable and therefore anti-democratic? And what about so-called “tainted donations” and “dark money” funding pseudo-philanthropic political projec...(展开全部)

Best-selling writer Neil Gaiman’s M is for Magic is his first collection for readers of all ages, in the tradition of such Ray Bradbury classics as R is for Rocket and S is for Space. In M is for Magic, readers will be enchanted by a neighborhood cat that fights a nightly battle to save his family from evil, a hardboiled nursery rhyme story, and many other delights as only Neil...(展开全部)

He was young-maybe twenty or so-and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scars, his face half-collapsed. It saddened Kinsey and made her curious. She could see he was in a lot of pain. But for three weeks, as Kinsey'd watched him him doggedly working out at the local gym, putting himself through a grueling exercise ro...(展开全部)

Beverly Danziger looked like an expensive, carefully wrapped package from a good but conservative shop. Only her compulsive chatter hinted at the nervousness beneath her cool surface. It was a nervousness out of all proportion to the problem she placed before Kinsey Millhone. There was an absent sister. A will to be settled--a matter of only a few thousand dollars. Mrs. Danzige...(展开全部)

Wendell Jaffe looks great for a dead man He's been six feet under for five years ago--until his former insurance agent spots him at a dusty resort bar in Mexico. Now California Fidelity wants its insurance money back. Can P.I. Kinsey Millhone get on the case?Just two months earlier, Jaffe's widow pocketed $500,000 in insurance benefits after Jaffe went overboard. Was his "pseu...(展开全部)

Ms. Grafton writes a smart story and wraps it up with a wry twist.THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWWendell Jaffe has been dead for five years--until his former insurance agent spots him in a dusty resort bar. Now California Fidelity wants Kinsey Millhone to track down the dead man. Just two months before， his widow collected on Jaffe s $500，000 life insurance policy--her only lega...(展开全部)

苏‧格拉夫顿 Sue Grafton （1940— ） 苏‧格拉夫顿一九四〇年出生于美国肯塔基州路易维尔市，是一位杰出的小说家和电视剧作家。格拉夫顿的创作天赋在早期小说及长篇剧作中已初现端倪。二十世纪八十年代末期，她甚至将阿加莎•克里斯蒂的英国作品改编为充满美国风情的电视剧集。 一九八二年苏•格拉夫顿推出的“金西‧米尔虹探案系列”，每部作品皆按英文字母的排列顺序命名，其创新手法一直为推理小说迷津津乐道。格拉夫顿运用人物侧写的手法，有效地拓展了侦探小说的视野，让人物回归为小说的第一主题，同时也使曲折的情节有更进一步的深化空间。其作品笔触果断、情节多变，读来令人大呼过瘾。 字母系列首部作品《A：不在现场》入选美国推理作家协会（MWA）评出的最经典的一百部推理小说，《B：窃贼》和《C：尸体》接连包揽两届安东尼读者票选最佳小说奖和夏姆斯奖。二〇〇八年，苏•格...(展开全部)

When Alvin Limardo walks into P.I. Kinsey Millhone's office, she smells bad news. He wants Kinsey to deliver $25,000. The recipient: A fifteen-year-old boy. It's a simple matter. So simple that Kinsey wonders why he doesn't deliver the money himself. She's almost certain something is off. But with rent due, Kinsey accepts Limardo's retainer against her better judgment... When L...(展开全部)