Book description
Sometimes I think about how odd it would be to catch a glimpse of the
future, a quick view of events lying in store for us. Some moments we
saw would make no sense at all and some, I suspect, would frighten us
beyond our endurance . . .
Early spring in the Sierra Nevada, bringing the usual driving sleet and
snow. PI Kinsey Millhone is on her way west when she detours into Nota
Lake (pop. 2356) to check out a new client. And encounters a chill she
can scarcely believe.
Only six weeks have passed since sheriff’s detective Tom Newquist died
of a heart attack. His widow is sure he was keeping secrets from her
just before he died - and she hires Kinsey to find out exactly what.
But all Kinsey can uncover is that Newquist led an exemplary life, so
what could he possibly have to conceal? And why has the town, to the
last threatening redneck, closed ranks on her?
Kinsey’s on the point of giving up. Until she discovers a chilling new
clue: a childish drawing of a thick length of rope - fashioned into a
hangman’s noose . . .
'I love Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone novels . . . you are never
disappointed' Guardian
Sue Grafton has become one of the most popular mystery writers, both
here and in the US. Born in Kentucky in 1940, the daughter of the
mystery writer C. W. Grafton, she began her career as a TV scriptwriter
before Kinsey Millhone and the ‘alphabet’ series took off. She lives and
writes in Montecito, California, and Louisville, Kentucky.
