"V" Is for Vengeance (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Kinsey Millhone: Protagonist, a private investigator and former cop
• Lorenzo Dante: Mobster, loan shark, goes by Dante to avoid being confused with his father Lorenzo Dante Sr.
• Henry Pitts: Kinsey's landlord and good friend
• William Pitts: Henry's brother and married to Rosie; hypochondriac
• Rosie Pitts: Owner of Rosie's, a neighborhood bar
• Phillip Lanahan: Nora Vogelsang's son
• Tomasso: Dante's chauffeur
• Audrey Vance: Shoplifter, employee of Dante
• Pierpont "Pinky" Ford: ex jockey, burglar, gave Kinsey her lockpicks.
• Mr. Koslo: Store loss prevention officer
• Leonard Priddy: Police detective, was a friend of Kinsey's ex-husband
• Abby Upshaw: Priddy's girlfriend
• Diana Alvarez: Reporter
• Vivian Hewitt: Audrey's landlady
• Hubert: Dante's bodyguard
• Maria Gutierrez: Chief of mall security, former cop
• Georgia Prestwick: Audrey's accomplice
• Dodie Ford: Pinky's wife, independent sales rep for Glorious Woman
• Nora Vogelsang: A beautiful socialite that is bored with her current life.
• Lola: Lorenzo Dante Junior's live-in girlfriend
• Cappi Dante: Lorenzo's younger brother
• Cheney Phillips: A cop, former lover and friend of Kinsey's
• Marvin Striker: The fiance of Audrey Vance who originally hires Kinsey to find out what happened to her and more about her
• Thelma Landice: Channing Vogelsang's personal assistant and secretary.
• Len Priddy: A vice detective who dislikes Kinsey
• Mr. Ishiguro: Channing and Nora's Japanese gardener
• Gretchen Heller: Robert Helper's wife and socialite frenemy of Nora Vogelsang
• Abbie Upshaw: Add a description of this character.
• Claudia Rines: Sales Rep at Nordstrom
• Alfredo: Dante's ailing uncle
• Lou Elle: Lorenzo Dante Junior' secretary
• Nell: Henry's older sister who has hip replacement surgery
• Robert Heller: Friend of the Vogelsang's on the country-club circuit; husband of Gretchen.
• Saul Abramson
• Mr. Sharonson
• Melissa Mendenhall
• Cara: Caretaker for uncle Alfredo; ex-fling of Dante's
• Mrs. Stumbo
• Lewis
• Charlie
• Sophie: Dante's personal live-in chef
• Mickey Magruder
• Ricardo
• Margaret
• Lorenzo Dante Senior
• Bernice
• Channing Vogelsang
• Dan Prestwick
• P. Martinez
• Maurice Berman
• Donatello
• Delaney
• Pinky: Ex-con and an acquaintance of Kinsey's
• Portia
• Charles Koslo
• Michael Sutton
• Sabrina Striker
• Tripp Lanahan
• Nico
• Meredith
• Imelda Malcolm
• Belinda
• Rafe
• Gloria
• Amo
• Felicia Stringfield
• Eric
• Earldeen: Marvin Striker's friend from 'Down the Hatch'
• Talia
• Ethan Anderson
• Ollie Hatch: Local pub owner of Down the Hatch and Marvin Strikers pal.
• Mrs. Vogelsang: Nora Vogelsang
• Mr. Striker: Marvin Striker

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• “I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.”

  Kinsey Millhone

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• “‘To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.’

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• “Everybody has regrets. Things you did, you shouldn’t have. Things you didn’t do, you should have. Hard to know which is worse.”

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• I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I’d like to say I’m a big fan of forgiveness as long as I’m given the opportunity to get even first.

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• Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn’t.”

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• Anger is about power. Tears are about weakness. Guess which category I prefer?

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• These are the days that require discipline, when exercise is pure duty and the good feeling only comes later, consisting solely of self-congratulations for having done the job at all.

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• A is for Alibi B is for Burglar C

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• Q is for Quarry R is for Ricochet S is for Silence T is for Trespass U is for Undertow

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• She pondered the complexities of the human heart, cunning, opaque, unknowable, and impervious to judgment. What one did in the world at large might be condemned, but thoughts and feelings and daydreams were protected by the simple expedient of silence.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Santa Teresa: California town where Kinsey lives and works
• San Luis Obispo: California city where Audrey rented a house.
• California
• Montebello
• Los Angeles
• Malibu
• San Francisco
• Cold Spring Bridge: Place where "someone" fell to their death
• Miami
• Mustang
• Chicago
• Horton Ravine: Posh area in Santa Theresa
• Paseo
• Santa Monica

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In Chapter 32, as main character Kinsey Millhone is summing up the details of the recently-wrapped case, she compares the sudden and complete disappearance of Dante to that of B.D. (sic) Cooper, an obvious reference to famous highjacker D.B. Cooper.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by "U" is for Undertow.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Sue Grafton (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3557.R13 V46 2011
• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Women Sleuths
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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