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Kinsey Millhone goes undercover to investigate a insurance fraud ring and solve an insurance adjusters murder out of LA. (

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FMRox | Mar 9, 2009 |

I have to give this one a thumbs up. I think it was actually one of the better books in the series. Really sucked me in towards the end! I like a book that I have a hard time putting down. (

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miyurose | Dec 13, 2008 |

Have A-E in paperback, F&G in bookclub. Have met Sue 3 times. Charming and delightful lady. Early books are laugh outloud funny. (

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fordbarbara | Oct 28, 2008 |

All of the "Alphabet" Sue Crafton books are pleasurable reading. Time fillers that you can put down and pick back up without having to remember a convoluted plot or time warps of character studies. (

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gtaymon | Sep 20, 2008 |

I still can't make my mind up about this series, reading them passes the time quite nicely, so I don't hate them. But on the other hand they aren't memorable and I haven't bonded with Kinsey as a character, and this is the eighth book in the series I have read. I've got two more books in the series on my tbr pile so I will read those (every book that comes into the house has to be read) but, unless something amazing happens in these books, won't be rushing to read the remainder of the series. (

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Series (with order)

The Alphabet Mysteries (08)

Canonical Title

H is for Homicide

Original publication date

1991-05-15

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Kinsey Millhone

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Santa Teresa, California, USA

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New York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1991)

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0394586980, Audio Cassette)

A Kinsey Millhone mystery. . .

"THE LADY CAN WRITE . . .

Any reader who needs a smart and sassy P.I. would do well to hire Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone. . . . H' is for Homicide continues to show the author in strong storytelling form. . . . [It] finds Kinsey Millhone working on a case involving the death of a claims adjuster for a California insurance company. The story takes her into the Los Angeles barrio in pursuit of a violent criminal, into jails and hospitals, and into a grungy bar named the Meat Locker. . . . Count on Millhone not only to corner the murderer but also to make a statement against the foibles of the insurance game."
--The New York Times

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