{"product_id":"i-is-for-innocent-hardcover","title":"\"I\" is for Innocent - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSue Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders of Sue Grafton's fiction know she never writes the same book twice, and \u003ci\u003eI Is For Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e is no exception. Her most intricately plotted novel to date, it is layered in enough complexity to baffle even the cleverest among us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonnie Kingman is in a bind. He's smack in the middle of assembling a civil suit, and the private investigator who was doing his pretrial legwork has just dropped dead of a heart attack. In a matter of weeks the court's statute of limitations will put paid to his case. Five years ago David Barney walked when a jury acquitted him of the murder of his rich wife, Isabelle. Now Kingman, acting as attorney for the dead woman's ex-husband and their child (and sure that the jury made a serious mistake), is trying to divest David Barney of the profits of that murder. But time is running out, and David Barney still swears he's innocent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatterned along the lines of a legal case, \u003ci\u003eI Is For Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e is seamlessly divided into thirds: one-third of the novel is devoted to the prosecution, one-third to the defense, and a final third to cross-examination and rebuttal. The result is a trial novel without a trial and a crime novel that resists solution right to the end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Kinsey Millhone agrees to take over Morley Shine's investigation, she thinks it is a simple matter of tying up the loose ends. Morley might have been careless about his health, but he was an old pro at the business. So it comes as a real shock when she finds his files in disarray, his key informant less than credible, and his witnesses denying ever having spoken with him. It comes as a bigger shock when she finds that every claim David Barney has made checks out. But if Barney didn't murder his wife, who did? It would seem the list of candidates is a long one. In life, Isabelle Barney had stepped on a lot of toes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI Is For Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e, Sue Grafton once again demonstrates her mastery of those telling details that reveal our most intimate and conflicted relationships. As Kinsey comments on the give-and-take by which we humans deal with each other, for better and sometimes for worse, the reader is struck yet again by how acute a social observer Ms. Grafton can be. Frequently funny and sometimes caustic, she is also surprisingly compassionate-- understanding how little in life is purely black and white. Except for murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomewhere out there, a killer waits to see just what Kinsey will find out. Somewhere out there, someone's been getting away with murder, and this time it just might turn out to be Kinsey's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Is For Innocent\u003c\/i\u003e is Sue Grafton in peak form. Fast-paced. Funny. And very, very devious. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Is for Alibi\u003cbr\u003eB Is for Burglar\u003cbr\u003eC Is for Corpse\u003cbr\u003eD Is for Deadbeat\u003cbr\u003eE Is for Evidence\u003cbr\u003eF Is for Fugitive\u003cbr\u003eG Is for Gumshoe\u003cbr\u003eH Is for Homicide\u003cbr\u003eI Is for Innocent\u003cbr\u003eJ Is for Judgment\u003cbr\u003eK Is for Killer\u003cbr\u003eL is for Lawless\u003cbr\u003eM Is for Malice\u003cbr\u003eN Is for Noose\u003cbr\u003eO Is for Outlaw\u003cbr\u003eP Is for Peril \u003cbr\u003eQ Is for Quarry\u003cbr\u003eR Is for Ricochet \u003cbr\u003eS Is for Silence \u003cbr\u003eT Is for Trespass\u003cbr\u003eU Is for Undertow \u003cbr\u003eV Is for Vengeance \u003cbr\u003eW Is for Wasted \u003cbr\u003eX\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cb\u003e Sue Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e (1940-2017) entered the mystery field in 1982 with the publication of\u003ci\u003e 'A' Is for Alibi\u003c\/i\u003e, which introduced female hard-boiled private investigator, Kinsey Millhone, operating out of the fictional town of Santa Teresa, (aka Santa Barbara) California, and launched the bestselling Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Mysteries. In addition to her books, she'd published several Kinsey Millhone short stories, and with her husband, Steven Humphrey, wrote numerous movies for television, including \"A Killer in the Family\" (starring Robert Mitchum), \"Love on the Run\" (starring Alec Baldwin and Stephanie Zimbalist) and two Agatha Christie adaptations, \"Sparkling Cyanide\" and \"Caribbean Mystery,\" which starred Helen Hayes. Grafton is published in 28 countries and in 26 languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.57 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 15, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228757901561,"sku":"9780805010855","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Mll1Z3MxVnF2S0ZPYncwUktzZ3dPdz09.webp?v=1768296241","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/i-is-for-innocent-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}