The listing, U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton has ended.
Like new hardback with dust cover. Published 2009, 416 pp.
Takes place in 1988, with flashbacks to 1967. Kinsey Millhone, 37, is the veteran of 2 failed marriages. Most of her time is devoted to her work as a private investigator. Kinsey's latest case involves Michael Sutton, who claims that he recently recalled an event that occurred when he was 6 years old. A four-year-old abducted . Although her parents agreed to pay the ransom, the money was not picked up and the child was never seen again. Sutton remembers playing in the woods when he saw two men digging a hole and burying a bundle in the ground. Michael hires Kinsey to reconstruct the past and find out if his memories are accurate.
Kinsey is smart, intensely curious, and reluctant to give up once she starts an investigation. When Sooner or later, she connects the dots. Grafton provides the reader with a poignant glimpse into Kinsey's early life that helps explain why she is a loner who is reluctant to trust anyone.
this book is another winner from an extremely talented author.