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Description edit
Kinsey Millhone, the irreverent, wise-cracking P.I. with a style reminiscent of Philip Marlowe, is back in an all-new, high-stakes adventure... His name was Parnell Perkins and until shortly after midnight, he'd been a claims adjuster for California Fidelity. Then someone had come along and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kinsey Millhone: Protagonist, PI from Santa Theresa, CA. She goes under cover to help break up an insurance fraud ring in Los Angeles led by Raymond Maldonado.
- Bibianna Diaz: Girlfriend of Raymond Maldonado. Kinsey is passed the claim file of Bibianna Diaz to investigate for possible fraud.
- Raymond Maldonado: Bibianna Diaz's x-boyfriend
- Hannah Moore: Kinsey's false identity while undercover.
- Luis: Raymond's bodyguard
- Dolan: Kinsey's contact at the Santa Theresa Police Department
- Jimmy Tate: grade school friend of Kinsey's and x-cop
- Dawna: Raymond's sister-in-law
- Mary Bellflower: A claims adjuster at California Fidelity Insurance Company who gave Kinsey a file to investigate.
- Perro: A Pit Bull at Raymond's apartment.
- Parnell: Worked only three months for California Fidelity as a claims adjuster.
- Vera: A Claims adjuster at California Fidelity and a good friend of Kinsey's.
- Tomas: A Hispanic guy filling out insurance papers at Raymond's.
- Nettie: She was arrested for attempting to inflict bodily harm and assault with a deadly weapon and placed in the same jail cell as Bibianna and Hannah (Kinsey).
- Dr. Howard: A Chiropractor who worked for Raymond. A insurance-defauding bone cracker.
- Dr. Cherbak: A Neurologist at ST John's Hospital. He was Bibianna's doctor in ICU.
- Luevanos: A Parish Priest at Raymond's brother's funeral.
- Gordon Titus: He was a high mucky-mucky transferred from Palm Springs Branch to Santa Teresa At California Fidelity to make adjustments and oversee the issue of claims lost.
- Chago: A friend of Raymond's.
- Rosie: Local bar/restaurant owner. Quirky! Hungarian, speaks with an accent
Setting & Locations edit
- Santa Teresa: California town where Kinsey lives and works
- Los Angeles
- California
- Caddy
First Sentence edit
Looking back, it's hard to remember if the low morale at California Fidelity originated with the death of one of the claims adjusters or the transfer of Gordon Titus, an "efficiency expert" from the Palm Springs office, who was brought in to bolster profits.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 8 of 22 in Kinsey Millhone. (standard series)
Preceded by "G" Is for Gumshoe, and followed by "I" Is for Innocent.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sue Grafton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Country: United States & Canada
Publication Date: 5/15/1991
ISBN: 9780805010848
Page Count: 287
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Country: United States & Canada
Publication Date: 5/15/1991
ISBN: 9780805010848
Page Count: 287
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3557.R13 H17 1991
- Dewey: 813.54 20
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