N Is For Noose (Sue Grafton)

Product Description4 CDs 4 hoursRead by Judy Kaye"There are few writers able to sustain the solid mixture of detection, narrative energy and cultural observations that one finds in Grafton." -- Washington Post Book WorldIn N is for Noose, Kinsey Millhone is about to put herself in the gravest jeopardy of her career as she becomes the target, and an entire town seems in for the kill.When Tom Newquist, a tough, honest, and respected detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office died suddenly, the townsfolk were not surprised: Newquist worked too hard, smoked too much, and exercised too little. That, plus an appetite for junk food made him a poster boy for an American Heart Association campaign.Newquist's widow didn't doubt the coroner's report. But Selma couldn't accept not knowing what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life -- and the only way she'd get closure was if she found out what it was that had made him prowl restlessly at night, that had him brooding constantly.Kinsey should have dumped the case. It was vague and hopeless -- like looking for a needle in a haystack. instead, she set up shop in Nota Lake, where she found that looking for a needle in a haystack can draw blood. Very likely, her own.N is for Noose is also available Unabridged from Random House AudioBooks.Review"UNLIKE MANY DETECTIVE SERIES, GRAFTON'SSEEMS ONLY TO GET BETTER EVERY TIME."--Entertainment Weekly"The lady can write. . . . Any reader who needs a smart and sassy P. I. would do well to hire Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone."--The New York TimesFrom the Paperback edition.From the Inside Flap4 CDs 4 hoursRead by Judy Kaye"There are few writers able to sustain the solid mixture of detection, narrative energy and cultural observations that one finds in Grafton." -- Washington Post Book WorldIn N is for Noose, Kinsey Millhone is about to put herself in the gravest jeopardy of her career as she becomes the target, and an entire town seems in for the kill.When Tom Newquist, a tough, honest, and respected detective in the Nota Lake sheriff's office died suddenly, the townsfolk were not surprised: Newquist worked too hard, smoked too much, and exercised too little. That, plus an appetite for junk food made him a poster boy for an American Heart Association campaign.Newquist's widow didn't doubt the coroner's report. But Selma couldn't accept not knowing what had so bothered Tom in the last six weeks of his life -- and the only way she'd get closure was if she found out what it was that had made him prowl restlessly at night, that had him brooding constantly.Kinsey should have dumped the case. It was vague and hopeless -- like looking for a needle in a haystack. instead, she set up shop in Nota Lake, where she found that looking for a needle in a haystack can draw blood. Very likely, her own.N is for Noose is also available Unabridged from Random House AudioBooks.About the AuthorSue Grafton spends part of the year in Kentucky and the rest in California. All of her Alphabet Mysteries are available from Random House AudioBooks, read by Judy Kaye.About the ReaderJudy Kaye has appeared on Broadway in Oh Brother, Grease, and On the Twentieth Century, and won the Tony Award for her performance in The Phantom of the Opera. She also created the role of Emma Goldman in Ragtime."Judy Kaye . . . is hilariously on target." -- Newsweek"It's hard to imagine anyone doing a better job with Grafton's popular alphabet series than Tony winner Judy Kaye."--L.A. LifeExcerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.1Sometimes I think about how odd it would be to catch a glimpse of the future, a quick view of events lying in store for us at some undisclosed date. Suppose we could peer through a tiny peephole in Time and chance upon a flash of what was coming up in the years ahead Some moments we saw would make no sense at all and some, I suspect, would frighten us beyond endurance. If we knew what was l
Author: Grafton, Sue

Publisher: Random House Audio

Binding: audioCD

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0553713396

ISBN-13: 9780553713398