The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 25 books · 1982 to 2017 · Set in the fictional Santa Teresa, California

Sue Grafton

Crime and mysteryPrivate eye

Kinsey Millhone, a twice-divorced private investigator in Santa Teresa, California, works her way through the alphabet in the 1980s, living in a converted garage owned by her eighty-something landlord Henry Pitts.

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Kinsey Millhone

25 books · Set in the fictional Santa Teresa, CaliforniaPrivate eye
  1. 1A Is for Alibi1982With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  2. 2B Is for Burglar1985With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  3. 3C Is for Corpse1986With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  4. 4D Is for Deadbeat1987With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  5. 5E Is for Evidence1988With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  6. 6F Is for Fugitive1989With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  7. 7G Is for Gumshoe1990With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  8. 8H Is for Homicide1991With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  9. 9I Is for Innocent1992With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  10. 10J Is for Judgment1993With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  11. 11K Is for Killer1994With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  12. 12L Is for Lawless1995With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  13. 13M Is for Malice1996With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  14. 14N Is for Noose1998With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  15. 15O Is for Outlaw1999With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  16. 16P Is for Peril2001With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  17. 17Q Is for Quarry2002With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  18. 18R Is for Ricochet2004With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  19. 19S Is for Silence2005With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  20. 20T Is for Trespass2007With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  21. 21U Is for Undertow2009With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  22. 22V Is for Vengeance2011With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  23. 23W Is for Wasted2013With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  24. 24X2015With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon
  25. 25Y Is for Yesterday2017With Kinsey MillhoneBuy on Amazon

Characters

8 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Santa Teresa