Sue grafton books list of books by author sue grafton. Her father, cw grafton, was a lawyer and occasional writer of. Y is for yesterday 2017, the 25th book in the series, was published just months before graftons death. Buy a cheap copy of y is for yesterday book by sue grafton. It features kinsey millhone, a private detective based in the fictional city of santa teresa, california the novel, set in 1989, finds kinsey getting pulled into a decadeold case involving a. Update, december 2017 the alphabet sadly ends at y, with the news of much beloved writer sue graftons death, after a 2 year battle with cancer. With y is for yesterday, sue grafton prepares for the alphabet.
Sue grafton, author of the kinsey millhone mystery series. After her death, sue graftons z is for zero remains an unsolved mystery. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read y is for yesterday. Sue grafton 19402017 was the american author behind the series of detective books starring kinsey millhone. Sue taylor grafton april 24, 1940 december 28, 2017 was an american author of detective novels.
The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of kinsey millhone, y begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteenyearold classmateand film the attack. Sue grafton liked the concept and decided to integrate it into her books, coming up with as many mystery themes for letters of the alphabet as she could. In sue grafton s bestselling mystery series, hardboiled detective kinsey millhone is an excop and rebellious loner. In 1979, four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteenyearold classmate. Sue grafton, whose detective novels spanned the alphabet. But that still leaves 25 books in the alphabet series, covering letters a through x. In 1982, sue grafton introduced us to kinsey millhone. The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of kinsey millhone, y is for yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteenyearold classmate and film the attack. The 10 most essential sue grafton mysteries barnes. Read an excerpt from sue graftons new y is for yesterday. Born in louisville, kentucky in 1941, grafton graduated from the university of louisville. And grafton aged her deliberately over the course of 25 books, planning to have millhone celebrate her 40th birthday in book 26.
She began her alphabet series in 1982, and they have become international bestsellers, with readership in the millions. Ive read all 25 lettered kinsey millhone mystery books and am forever left lamenting and sorrow filled that such a great and wonderful construction of detective novels will. This led to the writing and publication of the series for which sue grafton is famous for, the alphabet detective. After her experiences transforming early novels into films and as a screenwriter, she has refused to sell the film and television rights to her books. In 1979, four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteenyearold.
In 1979, four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteenyearold classmateand film the attack. Books in her alphabet series, begun in 1982, are international bestsellers with readership in the millions. To mark this anniversary year, sue has given us stories that reveal kinseys origins and sues past. Sue graftons a is for alibi was published some thirtyfive years ago. With only two letters left, grafton s many devoted readers will share that sentiment. It follows kinsey millhone, a licensed private investigator. And now, sue grafton has her latest book out, y is for yesterday, which, by the way, is out on tuesday, leaving only one more letter, one.
Born in kentucky in 1940, she began her career as a tv scriptwriter before the kinsey millhone novels became international bestsellers. Readers of sue graftons fiction know she never writes the same book twice, and i is for innocent is no exception. I have long been a sue grafton fan and have read all of the books in the kinsey millhone series. Grafton is a writer who consistently breaks the bonds of genre while never writing the same book twice. Her 25 novels featuring the private eye kinsey millhone, which began with a is for alibi in 1982 and. The alphabet now ends at y, her daughter jamie clark said. Sadly, even the most familiar, pleasurable things in life tend to fade over time. Judy kayes narration was perfect for me and sue graftons plot and characterisation has me hooked. The subject matter is indeed dark and disturbing, involving an amateur porno tape and a high school murder. Like raymond chandler and ross macdonald, she earned new respect for the mystery form. This series of books is known as the alphabet series of books due to the title of the books all organized in alphabetical order. With only two letters left, graftons many devoted readers will share that sentiment. Grafton initially wanted to write a z novel, but she died before she was able to do so. Y is for yesterday is the twentyfifth in the kinsey millhone alphabet mystery series by sue grafton.
Soon after, both writer and heroine became icons and international bestsellers. Thirty years later, kinsey is an established international icon and sue, a numberone bestselling author. Below is a list of the sue grafton kinsey millhone series of. Sue grafton was the author of the socalled kinsey millhone alphabet series in which each book title begins with a letter from the alphabet. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author. Y is for yesterday by sue grafton 2017, hardcover a kinsey millhone novel.
The twoway grafton wrote 25 page turners following the spunky female detective. Along with all the other readers of the kinsey millhone series, i approached sue graftons latest novel with both anticipation and despair. Sue grafton is the american author of the popular kinsey millhone crime mystery series, which is known even by those who havent read the books yet by the fact that each book starts with a letter of the alphabet sadly, the author sue grafton passed away on december 28, 2017, at the age of 77 from a 2year battle with cancer of the appendix, one that she lost. Grafton was a writer who consistently broke the bonds of genre while never writing the same book twice. In an interview with npr on august 20, 2017, grafton stated the basis of the book was an amalgamation of two actual events. Sue grafton, age three, and her sixyearold sister, with their mother and father. Grafton was a writer who consistently broke the bonds. Sue graftons death means there will be no z finale in her alphabet detective series. The death of internationally acclaimed author sue grafton means at least one mystery will remain unsolved. W is for wasted kinsey millhone alphabet series book 23 english edition.
Sue grafton hardcover books for sale in stock ebay. Here are details on plans to publish the final book in the kinsey millhone series. The final book in the 26volume series, z is for zero, will be out in 2019. Sue grafton, who has died aged 77, was a trailblazing writer of american detective stories. New york timesbestselling author sue grafton is published in twentyeight countries and twentysix languagesincluding estonian, bulgarian, and indonesian.
The collection kinsey and me 20 includes autobiographical tales from graftons childhood and short stories that feature millhone. Sadly, grafton passed away before the final book could be written today, in fact, wouldve been her 78th birthday. Speaking of little groups, theres a lovely nod to life on y is for yesterdays dedication page which begins, this book is dedicated to those in our small clan, who will carry forward into the future oh, thats my next generation, says grafton. Y is for yesterday book by sue grafton thriftbooks. Sue grafton 19402017 was a new york times bestselling author published in twentyeight countries and twentysix languages. Paperback r is for ricochet kinsey millhone novel by sue grafton.
Make offer j is for judgment by sue grafton 1993, paperback published by ballantine books kinsey millhone mystery. She is best known as the author of the alphabet series a is for alibi, etc. Named a grand master by the mystery writers of america. A loss for her family and her many, many devoted readers. Her final book in the kinsey millhone series of novels, y is for yesterday, was published in august. Sue grafton, the mystery writer who penned bestselling novels with alphabetbased titles, starting with a is for alibi and ending with y is for yesterday, has died, her daughter, jamie clark. Named a grand master by the mystery writers of america, her awards and honors include. Sue grafton, author of the kinsey millhone alphabet series. The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of kinsey millhone, y is for yesterday begins in 1979, when four. Grafton received the grand master award of the mystery writers of america in 2009. Sue grafton is most famous for the kinsey millhone series, the alphabetized detective novel series based in santa theresa, california, which is based on santa barbera, near to where sue grafton lives. Y is for yesterday might make you wish the alphabet had a few more letters. In s is for silence, kinsey millhones nineteenth excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure, s is for surprises as sue grafton takes a whole new approach to telling the tale. Now a private investigator, she solves all the most difficult cases in fictional santa theresa, california.
Y is for yesterday is the twentyfifth and final novel in the alphabet series of mystery novels by sue grafton. Sue grafton s popular alphabet mysteries have been published in 28 countries and in 26 languages. This, the penultimate book in sue graftons series, reminds us that the respectfully submitted tales of kinsey millhones 1980s adventures, have almost reached their alphabetic conclusion. Sue grafton, bestselling author of kinsey millhone.