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![]() | U Is for Undertow (2009) (Book 21 in the Kinsey Millhone series) A novel by Sue Grafton |
It's April, 1988, a month before Kinsey Millhone's thirty-eighth birthday, and she's alone in her office doing paperwork when a young man arrives unannounced. He has a preppy air about him and looks as if he'd be carded if he tried to buy booze, but Michael Sutton is twenty-seven, an unemployed college dropout. Twenty-one years earlier, a four-year-old girl disappeared. A recent reference to her kidnapping has triggered a flood of memories. Sutton now believes he stumbled on her lonely burial when he was six years old. He wants Kinsey's help in locating the child's remains and finding the men who killed her. It's a long shot but he's willing to pay cash up front, and Kinsey agrees to give him one day. As her investigation unfolds, she discovers Michael Sutton has an uneasy relationship with the truth. In essence, he's the boy who cried wolf. Is his current story true or simply one more in a long line of fabrications?
Grafton moves the narrative between the eighties and the sixties, changing points of view, building multiple subplots, and creating memorable characters. Gradually, we see how they all connect. But at the beating center of the novel is Kinsey Millhone, sharp-tongued, observant, a loner - 'a heroine,' said The New York Times Book Review, 'with foibles you can laugh at and faults you can forgive.'
Genre: Mystery
Grafton moves the narrative between the eighties and the sixties, changing points of view, building multiple subplots, and creating memorable characters. Gradually, we see how they all connect. But at the beating center of the novel is Kinsey Millhone, sharp-tongued, observant, a loner - 'a heroine,' said The New York Times Book Review, 'with foibles you can laugh at and faults you can forgive.'
Genre: Mystery
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Hardback Editions
June 2011 : Hardback
| Title: U Is For Undertow Author(s): Sue Grafton ISBN: 1-4448-0674-2 / 978-1-4448-0674-8 Publisher: Charnwood Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2010 : Hardback
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2010 : Hardback
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December 2009 : Hardback
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December 2009 : Hardback
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2008 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
July 2012 : Paperback
| Title: U is for Undertow Author(s): Sue Grafton ISBN: 0-425-24767-8 / 978-0-425-24767-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Trade Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2010 : Paperback
| Title: U Is for Undertow (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries) Author(s): Sue Grafton ISBN: 1-59413-418-9 / 9781594134180 (USA edition) Publisher: Large Print Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2010 : Mass Market Paperback
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August 2010 : Paperback
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August 2010 : Paperback
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August 2010 : Paperback
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December 2009 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
June 2012 : Audio CD
| Title: U is For Undertow (Kinsey Millhone) Author(s): Sue Grafton ISBN: 0-449-01004-X / 978-0-449-01004-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2011 : Audio CD
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October 2010 : Audio CD
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October 2010 : Audio Cassette
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January 2010 : Audio CD
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December 2009 : Audio CD
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December 2009 : Audio CD
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October 2010 : Unknown
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January 2010 : Kindle edition
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October 2009 : Kindle edition
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2009 : Unknown
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