"D" is for deadbeat : a Kinsey Millhone mystery
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Published
New York : Henry Holt & Co., [1987].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm.
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Published
New York : Henry Holt & Co., [1987].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.2, 11 Points
Lexile measure
790

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Description
Sleuth Kinsey Millhone is pulled into the detritus of a dead man's life, a man who was wanted dead by everyone he knew. He called himself Alvin Limardo, and the job he had for Kinsey was cut-and-dried: locate a kid who'd done him a favor and pass on a check for $25,000. It was only later, after he'd stiffed her for her retainer, that Kinsey found out his name was Daggett. John Daggett. Ex-con. Inveterate liar. Chronic drunk. And dead. The cops called it an accident--death by drowning. Kinsey wasn't so sure. Pulled into the detritus of a dead man's life, Kinsey soon realizes that Daggett had an awful lot of enemies. There's the daughter who grew up with a cheating drunk for a father, and the wife who's become a religious nut in response to an intolerable marriage. There's the lady who thought she was Mrs. Daggett--and has the bruises to prove it--only to discover the legal Mrs. D. And there are the drug dealers out $25,000. But most of all, there are the families of the five people John Daggett killed, victims of his wild, drunken driving. The D.A. called it vehicular manslaughter and put him away for two years. The families called it murder and had very good reason to want John Daggett dead. Deft, cunning, and clever, this latest Millhone mystery also confronts some messy truths, for, as Kinsey herself says, "Some debts of the human soul are so enormous only life itself is sufficient forfeit"--But as she'd be the first to admit, murder is not a socially acceptable solution.
Target Audience
790 L,Lexile
Target Audience
790L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.2,11.0,85708.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,High School,6.4,17,Quiz: 25968,Guided reading level: NR.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,5.2,11,SD,Quiz 85708,English fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.2,11,85708.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.2,11.0,85708.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,High School,6.4,17,Quiz: 25968,Guided reading level: NR.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,5.2,11,SD,Quiz 85708,English fiction.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Grafton, S. (1987). "D" is for deadbeat: a Kinsey Millhone mystery (First edition.). Henry Holt & Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grafton, Sue. 1987. "D" Is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery. Henry Holt & Co.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grafton, Sue. "D" Is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery Henry Holt & Co, 1987.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Grafton, Sue. "D" Is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery First edition., Henry Holt & Co., 1987.

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