"L" is for Lawless

By Sue Grafton

  • Release Date: 1995-09-15
  • Genre: Women Sleuths
Score: 4
4
From 261 Ratings

Description

Get ready for one of Kinsey Millhone's "wildest adventures yet" (San Francisco Examiner) from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton

Kinsey's skills are about to be sorely tested. She is about to meet her duplicitous match in a couple of world-class prevaricators who quite literally take her for the ride of her life.

"L" Is for Lawless: Call it Kinsey Millhone in bad company. Call it a mystery without a murder, a treasure hunt without a map, a quest novel with truly mixed-up motives. Call it the return of Kinsey as bad girl-- quick-witted and quicksilvery, smart-mouthed and smart-alecky-- poking her nose into everyone's dirty laundry as she joins up with a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde in an Our Gang comedy that will take her halfway across the country and leave her with a major headache and an empty bank balance.

America's favorite borderline delinquent is back with her one-liners on tap and her energy level on high, romping through her fastest and funniest adventure in this, her twelfth foray into the alphabet of crime.

"A" Is for Alibi
"B" Is for Burglar
"C" Is for Corpse
"D" Is for Deadbeat
"E" Is for Evidence
"F" Is for Fugitive
"G" Is for Gumshoe
"H" Is for Homicide
"I" Is for Innocent
"J" Is for Judgment
"K" Is for Killer
"L" is for Lawless
"M" Is for Malice
"N" Is for Noose
"O" Is for Outlaw
"P" Is for Peril
"Q" Is for Quarry
"R" Is for Ricochet
"S" Is for Silence
"T" Is for Trespass
"U" Is for Undertow
"V" Is for Vengeance
"W" Is for Wasted
"X"

Reviews

  • A Departure, Crude & Reckless

    5
    By Boopany
    I can see the point of the other less favorable reviews, but honestly I think this was a great book. Kinsey devolved in a way we have not seen, definitely setting us up for the next book. The middle had me reading all night, like watching a slow train wreck. Although I somewhat guessed the climax I didn't know how Kinsey was getting out of the mess she got herself into. So much fun.
  • L is for lawless

    4
    By Xsethilpok
    Definitely the least of the series so far. The reader is asked to believe Kinsey makes numerous 'convenient' ridiculous moves to keep story going. And obvious clues are ignored to build suspense. Ending is uninspired at best. Cheap and convenient-again.